Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
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said: “Are you eleven yet?” “No.” “So you haven’t had your letter?” “No.” “Just you wait,” I told her. “Just you wait.” The girl’s face shone and you could sense a real excitement in the audience.
Paula
I cried lol
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Then, one day, she stood outside an event for four hours simply so that she could give me a card telling me how sorry she was that my dog Timber had passed away. It was a kind, heartfelt gesture and it caused me to re-evaluate my opinion of her.
Paula
Cried again
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David Holmes—or Holmesey to us.
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<3
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me something that will always remain with me. “I’ve always known I was a duck,” she said, “but I’ve spent my whole life being told I was a chicken. Every time I try to say ‘quack’ the world tells me that I have to say ‘cluck.’ I even started believing that I was a chicken and not a duck. Then we started hanging out and I found somebody else who quacked. And that’s when I thought: To hell with them, I really am a duck!”
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Neville Longbottom was never intended to be the stud of the show. Matthew Lewis, who played Neville from the beginning, very much looked the part in the first film. He had the ears, he had the face, he had the endearing accent. He was Neville head to toe. But there was a problem. Each year, when we all congregated to make the next film, Matthew was ever so slightly hunkier, which meant that—physically speaking—he was ever so slightly less Neville-like.
Paula
My favorite part so far LOL
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They thought they were sharing a moment with Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad. They thought I was the actor Aaron Paul. “Say it! Say the line!” I panicked. I grinned for the camera, raised two thumbs, put a little madness in my expression and shouted: “YEEAAHHH, BITCH!” Click! The family was ecstatic. I made their evening, apparently. Even the daughter seemed pleased. They got their selfie with the fantastic Aaron Paul and I didn’t have the heart to tell them they had the wrong guy. I was in too deep.
Paula
i laughed out loud