18 feb hp news!!

The Drogheda Independent has conducted an interview with 14-year-old Evanna Lynch, who has been cast as Luna Lovegood for the fifth installment in the Potter movie series. In it, Evanna talks about why she loves the books, saying, "...sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you're taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different." She also discusses her reaction to finding out she landed the coveted part on January 23rd, beating a whopping 15,000 other hopefuls:

"I was completely shocked, I thought it was some awful joke or they were testing me or something but I still got so excited.

"I had to keep it quiet for days and pretend everything was normal which was hard considering my dream had just come true. When I went home that day I had to study for my French test as if everything was normal."

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