Who killed the longbottom's parents. A new photo of Neville Longbottom, who has grown up, has blown up the Internet.
Entered literary world spontaneously, presenting the book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” in 1997. This story was followed by sequels, which migrated to cinema, where the main roles were played by famous actors. On the pages of the writer’s novel there is not only Magic world Hogwarts, but also political subtext. Joan also managed to come up with colorful characters, because in the books even a minor character stands out with extravagant qualities, for example, and, of course, Harry’s classmate, Neville Longbottom.
Biography
A very forgetful and awkward boy appeared before the eyes of readers in the first book about. And he didn’t play last role at the end last novel, when readers saw the decisive battle between the young wizard Harry and: Longbottom destroyed one of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes.
JK Rowling did not hide Neville's origins, so she placed bits of his biography on the pages of the book. Thus, fans learned that the future owner of the magic wand was born on July 30, 1980 and was left an orphan with living parents.
The fact is that Neville’s mother and father are members of the first Order of the Phoenix and aurors, that is, those sorcerers who oppose black magic. After the disappearance of the one whose name cannot be spoken out loud, they fell into the hands of the Death Eaters. This happened due to a mistake, which was caused by the prophecy of Sibyl Trelawney: Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter were born almost on the same day, therefore, it was not clear which of the boys would ultimately destroy the Dark Lord.
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Voldemort's minions tortured Longbottom's parents: Bellatrix Lestrange and three of her associates used the Cruciatus spell on the unfortunate spouses, which drove them crazy. As a result, Frank and Alice Longbottom ended up being treated at St. Mungo's Hospital, and little Neville was raised by his grandmother, the purebred sorceress Augusta Longbottom, and was embarrassed by this fact. Although Neville’s relative was kind in her interactions with her, she gives the impression of an eccentric woman with a strong-willed character, who emanates menace.
It is quite natural that in early age Neville developed magical abilities, but due to natural shyness he for a long time did not demonstrate his skills. Therefore, in the family the boy was considered a squib, which in Potter means a person born into a family of wizards, but deprived magical abilities. You don’t have to look far for an example, because on the pages of the book, the old squib Argus Filch walks around Hogwarts.
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great uncle Algie tried in every possible way to provoke the boy to show magic, albeit in an eccentric way: Neville’s relative tried to scare him until his knees trembled. Once he almost drowned Longbottom when he pushed him off the pier. Another time, a resourceful man took his nephew by the legs and stuck him out of the window upside down, but when Aunt Enid offered him a cake, he unclenched his hands, forgetting about the boy.
Fortunately, it was then that Neville showed his gift, for he did not crash on the ground, but bounced around like a ball. Then the hero’s relatives had no doubt that he would enter the sorcerer’s school. Hogwarts school, where you will learn how to use a magic wand professionally. Ultimately, Neville received the treasured letter, which the owl brought, and became a first-year: the sorting hat sent Longbottom to the Gryffindor house, although the young man mentally asked for Hufflepuff.
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It is noteworthy that, as a student, main character didn't excel in the subjects like Hermione, but he quite enjoyed his Herbology classes. However, JK Rowling said that later, having matured, Neville himself became a teacher and taught young magicians to mix herbs within the walls of Hogwarts. And in 2007, the writer said in an interview that the hero’s personal life would improve: Longbottom would propose marriage to Hannah Abbott, the future owner of the Leaky Cauldron.
Image and character
Initially, Neville Longbottom does not give the impression of a hero from whom one would like to take an example, because one can only “envy” this guy’s absent-mindedness and shyness. This character trait was especially disliked by the boy’s grandmother, who sent her grandson original gift- a reminder ball. The magical item reminds the owner of forgotten immediate plans, and the haze inside the attribute turns red.
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As soon as Neville first picked up the souvenir from Augusta, the ball immediately changed color, but the problem was that the young man could not remember what he had forgotten. Perhaps the boy again lost his toad Trevor, which was given to him by Uncle Algie. Longbottom always leaves the amphibian in the wrong place, and this causes trouble. But in fact, he forgot to put on his robe.
Longbottom was a victim for bullies because, due to his character, he did not repay his offenders in the same coin. Neville didn't get to enjoy the ball enough, because the gift was immediately taken away by a local bully from Slytherin, who found it on the ground after a game of Quidditch.
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Thus, this subject indirectly helped Harry Potter to be in the faculty team for this team game, because the hero with a scar on his forehead wanted with all his might to return the reminder to Neville, who, shortly before his loss, broke his arm and ended up in the hospital wing.
Throughout the Potter series, Neville Longbottom grows up, which means that the guy changes not only externally, but also internally. If in the first year he was a black sheep, and bullies practiced spells on him, then in the last year the Gryffindor fights back the offenders with his fists. Neville's friends instilled confidence in him, for example, it was not for nothing that Harry said:
“You are a Gryffindor student, and where did this Malfoy end up? In a dirty hole called Slytherin."
Such support played into the hero’s hands, because he gradually began to get rid of self-doubt. A significant impetus for increasing the hero’s self-esteem also came from the professor. Fans of the novel probably remember that Neville Longbottom earned his faculty ten points for the fact that the boy knows how to resist not only enemies, but also friends, since the truth must always be defended. The points earned by Longbottom brought victory to Gryffindor, not Slytherin.
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If you give to the young wizard the opportunity to believe in himself, he will complete any task. When the professor said that the boy could not solve a single problem without the help of Hermione Granger, teacher Lupine supported Neville, thanks to which the shy student tried his best.
Shy character young man began to change after he learned of the mass escape from Azkaban of Death Eaters who were involved in the torture of his parents. Therefore, the boy became collected and purposeful, and his classmates noticed that Longbottom began to excel in his studies, although he did not outpace Hermione, who instantly managed to learn new spells.
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Neville has played a prominent role in the franchise since the middle of the series. For example, he and his friends end up in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic and fight along with Harry Potter, since the other guys were taken out of the battle. It is noteworthy that the former shy boy fought Bellatrix even without a magic wand and with broken face, insisting that Potter not give the recording of the Prophecy into the hands of his enemies.
Actor
Famous directors managed to bring Rowling’s creation to film, despite the strict conditions put forward by the writer: according to her, all actors must be British, and only by the fourth part of the “Potter” series were exceptions made to the rules.
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IN main cast the pictures included , and , and the role of Neville Longbottom went to the actor.
It is worth saying that avid film fans are surprised when they compare the “before and after” photos of this actor, because Matthew, who has grown up, does not look at all like himself as a child. If earlier he gave the impression of a guy who couldn’t fight back, now he’s posing topless for women’s magazines, exciting the hearts of his fans.
Fans of Harry Potter know the difficulties of translating this tale from the original into other languages, as JK Rowling used a play on words that only native speakers could understand in English. Thus, there is a hidden semantic subtext in the names and surnames of the characters. In the original source, the absent-minded hero is called Neville Longbottom. In Russia, the surname “Longbottom” is translated in different ways, for example: “Longbottom” and “Dolgobottom”. The word “long” itself is translated from English as “long”, but the second part of the word – “bottom” – has more than one meaning. It is translated as “bottom”, “bottom”, “base”, “reason”, etc.
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According to rumors, during the filming of The Order of the Phoenix, the actor's eardrum was accidentally pierced, and Lewis lost his hearing for several days.
Actor Matthew Lewis fell in love with Potter even before filming the film: after reading the book, he dressed up in a robe and imagined himself as a wizard.
Bibliography
- 1997 – “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”
- 1998 – “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
- 1999 – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
- 2000 – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
- 2003 – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
- 2005 – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
- 2007 – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
Film adaptations
- 2001 – “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”
- 2002 – “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
- 2004 – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
- 2005 – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
- 2007 – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
- 2009 – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
- 2010 – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part 1"
- 2011 – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part 2"
Quotes
“People die every day! Friends, family. Yes, Harry died today, but he is still with us! Here... Like Fred, Remus, Tonks. They didn't die in vain! Unlike you, because you are wrong! Harry's heart beat for us, for all of us! It’s not over yet!”
"- What it is? – Seamus Finnigan looked at the egg. - Looks like a banshee witch. Maybe you have to fight one of them?
- It's like someone is being tortured! – the pale Neville stammered, knocking over the sausages on the floor. “They’ll probably use the Cruciatus Curse on you!”
“- Friends, attention! I have a surprise.
- Another of Abeforth's concoctions? It will be a surprise if we digest it.”
There is probably no person in the world who has not at least once heard of Harry Potter. Books and films telling about the life of a young wizard and his friends have won the hearts of many fans.
Actors who played in "Harry Potter"
An entire generation grew up watching Harry Potter. Many, already quite adult people, remember Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione) and Rupert Greene (Ron) as very young people, with whom they appeared before the audience in the first part of the film - “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. Next are the characters , and with them the actors who embodied them on the screen, grew and developed under the close attention of the public.
And now the main characters are already under 25, they have shown themselves talented actors in many other genres, but the Harry Potter theme still haunts many fans of J.K. Rowling. And if everything is clear with the main actors, what happened to the minor characters of the cult film cannot always be known.
Neville Longbottom - one of the main supporting characters
Today we will focus on one of these heroes - Neville Longbottom. Surely everyone remembers the plump, clumsy boy who ran around everywhere with his toad Trevor and obeyed his grandmother in everything. Neville was not strong in studies and the only subject that interested him was herbology, in which, by the way, he was ahead of even Hermione.
Neville was born, like Harry, in July 1980, and according to prophecy, could have ended up in Harry Potter's place, but the Dark Lord considered the last of the boys a threat.
Neville's parents were tortured to the point of insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange during the rise of the Dark Lord. Despite this, Longbottom himself was never distinguished by strength and courage, although he studied at the Gryffindor house. Potter learns about Neville's misfortune only in the fourth year of joint study, then Longbottom says that he is not ashamed of it, but does not want others to know about it.
However, it is thanks to him that at the end of the first part, Gryffindor wins on points in the annual competition between houses. "Everyone can stand up to their enemies, but it takes true courage to stand up to your friends if that's what it takes." - Headmaster Dumbledore's words when presenting the winning points to Neville.
Despite the image of a loser, the actor who played Neville Longbottom, Matthew Lewis, very quickly matured and turned into a sex symbol.
Actor Matthew Lewis
The future actor was born in 1989 in England. He studied at a school with a religious bias. He got his first role at the age of five in the TV series “It’s Called Life.” But it was “Harry Potter” that brought him popularity. Neville Longbottom (the actor was approved for this role almost immediately when the directors saw him) is a supporting character.
In addition, Matthew starred in such films as “The Syndicate”, “Wasteland”, “Candy Shop”.
The popular actor, who played Neville Longbottom, is fond of rugby, and he also considers 11 to be his lucky number, he even has a tattoo with this number on his arm. He explains this by the fact that many events in his life were accompanied by this sign, in particular, he also received a role in “Harry Potter” at the age of 11.
Neville Longbottom in the final episodes
Throughout the magical epic, which lasted 10 years, the character Neville Longbottom (actor Matthew Lewis) underwent changes from Harry's homely classmate to one of the main members of the group opposing Lord Voldemort and his retinue.
In the final part of the battle in the seventh book, Neville kills Nagini, Voldemort's snake, which was also the evil wizard's Horcrux. The snake's death hastened Tom Riddle's own demise. So, in a way, the prediction came true: both boys, Harry and Neville, were dangerous to He Who Must Not Be Named.
By the way, he survived the final battle, and in the future he will teach herbology at Hogwarts, and marry Hannah Abbot, who will own the Leaky Cauldron. Neville Longbottom (actor M. Lewis created an attractive image) became one of the most likable heroes of Potter in the future. Viewers eagerly await the release of each part.
Neville Longbottom (actor Matthew Lewis) proved himself to be a hero and earned the respect of everyone he fought alongside.
Undoubtedly, "Harry Potter" is a unique creative phenomenon that could not leave anyone indifferent.
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Order of the Phoenix side, Dumbledore's Army
Magic wand - / Cherry tree/ Unicorn Hair
First appearance
Neville Longbottom - born at the end of July 1980, studied at school in the Gryffindor faculty. Quite absent-minded, forgetful, awkward. Of all the subjects studied at Hogwarts, the one who excelled most in and fell behind in .
Parents
Neville's parents were Aurors, and, according to the boy's grandmother, "very respected people in the wizarding community." Just like the parents, Neville's parents were attacked by supporters due to their similarity to the prediction. Neville and Harry Potter were born at the same time (July 31, 1980). Harry learns about the tragedy in the Longbottom family in his fourth year from , having previously accidentally looked into the Pensieve of Memory and seen the trial of the tormentors of the Longbottom couple. After the fall of Lord Voldemort, four Death Eaters: her husband Rudolphus, Rudolphus' brother Rabastan Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr. tried to find out the whereabouts of the owner from Alice and Frank Longbottom. At the same time, Bellatrix used the Cruciatus spell on them. Unable to withstand the torture, the couple went crazy and were subsequently sent to St. Mungo's Hospital. Later, when he ended up in the hospital, when he visited, they learned about Neville’s parents. In the fifth book, Neville says that he is not ashamed of his parents, but is not ready for everyone else to know about them and asks Harry and his friends not to tell anyone about the tragedy. Friends keep their word.
After an incident with his parents, Neville is raised by his paternal grandmother, Augusta. She is described in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (p. 478) as "...a mighty-looking old woman in a long green dress with a moth-eaten fox and a pointed hat adorned with nothing more than a stuffed vulture." Mrs. Longbottom was very kind in her conversation with Harry, Ron and Hermione, but she still had a menacing air about her. The grandmother’s hand was “wrinkled and, as it were, clawed.” Also, when leaving, the grandmother pulled on “long green gloves.”
Trevor
Neville has a pet - Trevor the toad, which was given to him by Uncle Algie before entering Hogwarts. Neville constantly loses his toad, it gives him a lot of trouble.
Prophecy
The prophecy uttered by Sibyl Trelawney said that there would come one who could stop the Dark Lord, born of parents who had defied him three times, born at the end of the seventh month, and Voldemort would unknowingly give him the power that could destroy him himself. This prophecy suited two boys - Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. Voldemort learned about the prophecy and chose Harry, deciding to get rid of him in infancy, and in fact, awarded him power - the protection of his mother. Neville doesn’t know about the prophecy, but it is noteworthy that it was he who broke the record of this very prophecy in the Department of Mysteries.
At the end of the seventh book, Neville kills Nagini with the sword of Gryffindor, which he inadvertently receives in the Hat from Voldemort, thereby greatly hastening the Dark Lord's death. It turned out that the prophecy turned out to be partly true in relation to Neville.
Further fate
In the epilogue, it is mentioned that Neville received a position as Professor of Herbology at Hogwarts.
In her interview on October 20, 2007, JK Rowling said that in the future Neville would marry, who would become the owner of the Leaky Cauldron.
Neville Longbottom has become one of the most striking characters in the famous Harry Potter saga. Having been accepted into the Gryffindor house, at the beginning of the story he often finds himself near three friends - Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He is present during their conversations in class and in the living room, becoming an accidental witness or an unexpected participant in their undertakings. However, he later enters Harry's circle and associates, changing dramatically with each book and film.
First courses at school
In his first year, Neville did not show heroic courage and did not perform feats of arms. On the contrary, he was completely under the control of his grandmother, was forgetful and inattentive, and cried often.
Many readers are wondering how the Sorting Hat could assign such an indecisive and downright cowardly boy to Gryffindor as Longbottom seemed to everyone. Before and after the third year, differences in his behavior and appearance striking! The Sorting Hat was the first to see the very essence of Neville - his heart was brave and selfless.
The magical power of encouragement
Probably the very first decisive step was Neville's confrontation with Harry and his friends during their foray in search of philosopher's stone. His desire to protect the faculty from losing points provoked a kind of rebellion against his own. As a result, Hermione even had to use the Petrificus Totalus spell against her fellow student to paralyze him. Such bravery was noted and rewarded by Dumbledore, which was the impetus for Neville's self-esteem.
The effect was consolidated later, when the boy became interested in herbology in his third year, finding a field in which he felt confident. He was Professor Sprout's favorite student. Thanks to his knowledge, after graduating from school he became a professor of herbology. The words of encouragement that Harry Potter said to him also meant a lot to Neville. Longbottom before and after learning spells in class - that's two different people. During these lessons, he showed unexpected abilities for spells. The acquired skills, nobility and courage helped him in the battle for Hogwarts. He not only took part in organizing the student resistance, but also fought with the Death Eaters, and was not afraid to speak out against Voldemort himself.
Neville is a true Gryffindor
In the film adaptation of the last book there is interesting point, illustrating Neville's determination and courage. When it was necessary to enchant Magic Bridge In order to prevent the dark army from entering Hogwarts, it was Longbottom and Seamus Finnigan who completed this task. Neville showed himself to be a true Gryffindor when he provoked an attacking werewolf into entering an enchanted bridge.
The changes that happened to Neville led to the fact that Longbottom before and after turning into a brave man are two completely different people. Remarkable is the fact that at the end of the seventh book he was able to pull the Gryffindor sword out of the hat and cut off the head giant snake Nagini. By destroying the last Horcrux, he significantly brought the demise of Lord Voldemort closer.
Matthew Lewis
Who brought this image to life on screen? Interesting character- Neville Longbottom. The actor who played him has been acting in films since he was 5 years old. This is Matthew Lewis, an Englishman. Real fame came to him after he received the role of Neville in Potter at the age of 11. He coped with it “excellently,” which, together with the general success of the films, brought him worldwide recognition.
Matthew notes that the number 11 has brought him good luck more than once, so he got the number tattooed on his arm. In addition, in his wardrobe there are many clothes with the image of “11”.
“Longbottom” looks completely different before and after filming the Harry Potter films. Matured Matthew is not shy about showing off his acting talents and toned abs, taking part in work on new films and in photo shoots.
In the four years since the end of filming “Potteriana,” he has been extremely productive: he managed to star in the series and five films, including the long-awaited film adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ novel “Me Before You.”