If he is one of the secondary characters in the saga Harry Potterhis quirky style makes him a personality that is difficult to forget. We therefore understand that this actress is disappointed to have missed out on this emblematic role.
Guest on the show Jimmy Kimmel Live Last week, Saoirse Ronan looked back on the roles she would have liked to have had in her career. This is the case of the eccentric Luna Lovegood, whom she lost to her Irish compatriot Evanna Lynch. A role in Harry Potter who is “remained engraved in my memory”confided the actress. “There are things that we leave aside and then they end up coming out and we say to ourselves: ‘Oh, my God, that was a failure'”details Saoirse Ronan who adds: “The one that has stuck with me over the years is that I didn’t play Luna Lovegood”. Of Irish origin, the actress says with irony that “Half of Ireland had auditioned for the role”. If Saoirse Ronan knew she wouldn’t get the role because she was “too young”she remembers the casting for which she had to read a scene, “the coolest thing ever”she remembers.
Harry Potter : in the absence of Luna Lovegood, a notable role for Saoirse Ronan
Luna Lovegood arrived in the fifth part of the saga to watch on Max, in the film entitled Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixreleased in 2007. The film arrived in theaters the same year as Come back to mein which Saoirse Ronan played the role of Keira Knightley’s younger sister. A sort of consolation for the young actress, which also earned her her first Oscar nomination, when she was just 13.
Saoirse Ronan: her career far from Harry Potter
Since then, Saoirse Ronan has been nominated four times for the Oscars, but each time she left empty-handed. A failure which amuses the actress more than it affects her since she joked about having been “four times loser” and the fact that her husband, Jack Lowden, nominated for his role in Slow Horsesalso lost at this year’s Emmy Awards. His recent role in The Outruncurrently in cinemas, and in which she plays a woman who tries to face her troubled past could perhaps, this time, earn her an award…
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