Were you actually shot off the cliff?
Yeah, yeah, I was.
Hi, thank you so much-,
Hello.
For being-, this is such an honour for me. I'm Miranda, as I said. It's such an
honour for me to get to interview you, so, thank you so much.
That's my pleasure.
So, yeah, I just watched the film Baby Done the other night, and I really enjoyed
it, actually. I think I can sympathise with Zoe and Tim's need for all that
adventure and, like, kind of, wild things, because there's so many things in the
film, like there's bungee jumping, there's competitive tree climbing, and-, 'Let's
make a list of the wildest things we need to do before the baby comes.' 'I can't let
you climb.' 'I can do anything pregnant.'
What do you think's the wildest thing that you've done either be on or off set?
Well, I mean, I had to do that bungee jump for one, which was the first time I've
ever done that.
Were you actually shoved off the cliff?
Yeah, yeah, I was, which
I don't know if that made it easier or worse, to be honest. I mean, I'd been-,
I'd been looking forward to it the whole time. Like, they asked me, it was-, it was
in the contract that I'd-, you know, I'd signed a contract saying I would do a
bungee jump. And then the closer it got to it the more nervous I got, and I was
getting, like, kind of, worried. And then-, and then when you actually get up
on the thing and you look down and it's so high, I was, like, 'Oh, man, I, I, I don't
know if I can do this. I don't know if I can-, if I can actually jump off this.'
And so I said to the director, I said, 'Look, she's-, I know that we all wanna be
safe and stuff, but, you know, as per script she pushes me. Can she really push
me?' And he was, like, 'Yeah, I guess. We'll ask the safety guy.' The guy was,
like, 'Are you sure?' I was, like, 'Yeah, I think I need it.' He was, like, 'Yeah,
fine by me.' So, yeah, she really-, she really pushed me, and I, I don't know if I
could have done it if she hadn't pushed me. So, that was nice.
'Sorry, he cries when I cry. Don't look at me. Just don't look at me.' 'Argh.' 'Oh,
my God.' But I've been-, I've been-, I've been quite, quite fortunate with, with
doing mad stuff.
When I was younger I actually had-, I had a bucket list of, of three things, three
extreme things that I wanted to do. And I wanted to do a skydive, I wanted to swim-,
go cage diving with great white sharks, and I wanted do a bungee jump. And I,
I did the first one for charity many years ago, skydive.
When I was filming a show down in South Africa I was able to go and do the great
white shark diving.
And now in this-, in this film I did a-, I did a bungee jump. So, I've, kind of,
ticked off three pretty extreme things that I've always wanted to do there. I
guess, if there's anything left over I'd quite-, I'd quite like to go to space at
some point. I don't know how feasible that is. It's a bit-, it's a bit more expensive
than, than jumping off a cliff, but
that'd, that'd be a dream, for sure. What would you do? What extreme stuff have you
done?
I think probably the most extreme thing is I've been up an active volcano. I don't
think that was particularly safe but-,
That's mad. Where was that?
We did it in the moment. This was in the Philippines. Yeah, I rode up a horse up an
active volcano.
That's wicked. Were you-, were you-, were you allowed to, or did you just do it?
No, my, my parents were there. My grandfather was there. And, like, the
locals were, like, 'Yeah, yeah, it's no problem. Just, like, come on.'
That's class.
And so we did, yeah.
That's brilliant. I mean, I, I, I rode a horse up to the Hollywood sign once, and,
and it was pretty-, it was pretty scary actually. This, this bloody horse was one
that it really enjoyed-, she told me before I got on, she was, like, 'Are you
afraid of heights?' I was, like, 'No, I mean, how tall can the horse be?' She was,
like, 'No, not the horse. It's that the horse, ever since it was-,' before
was obsessed with, with the edge. She, she loved to look over the edge. So, when we
were walking up the-, up the cliff to the Hollywood sign, she would walk as close to
the edge as she physically could, and all the way up she kept slipping, like, a foot
would slip, and she'd get back on. But she loved it. She was, I don't know, she was
an adrenaline junkie this damn horse. So, it was quite frightening. I don't-, I
don't know how much I'd enjoy going up an active volcano, to be honest.
Yeah, in retrospect not the best idea, but, you know, we did it, so there you go.
Obviously, I could not leave this interview without acknowledging that I am
a massive Harry Potter fan, which obviously is one of your most iconic
roles. And so, looking at this film made me reflect, like, if Neville Longbottom
was to become a father, how do you think he would do?
Wow.
I've never had that question before.
How would Neville be? I think-, I mean, I think he'd be-, I think he'd be a
brilliant dad. I think he'd be excellent. I think that he-,
in many ways he's-,
I mean, he's, he's, he's better than me in terms of that I don't that Neville's a
lazy person.
I'm, I'm quite lazy me.
And I'm quite selfish in that I, I like to do what I want to do before I have to do
things that I have to do, if that makes sense?
Yeah.
So,
at
certain times my-, particularly when it comes to, like,
finances, tidying the house,
I'll leave them until the last minute, the last possible second, while I'm too busy
doing things I wanna do, you know, watch-, watching football, or playing PlayStation,
or whatever.
And I don’t think Neville's like that. I think Neville would, would get stuff done.
He likes to-, he likes to be productive, and, and to work hard, and, and,
and do the best he can.
I don't know if he actually spends that much time on himself actually. I think he,
he probably is more focused on, on, on getting, getting
things done
that need doing, rather than things that he can enjoy doing.
And therefore, I think that with a child that would-, that would shine through his,
his, his degree of responsibility
would, would be a huge thing. I mean, he'd, he'd put the child first in
everything before himself.
Yeah.
I mean, he'd-, he would make a mess of it, like, you know, he would probably drop the
kid maybe at some point. He'd, he'd probably, you know, get the formula mixed
up, and he'd, he'd forget the nappies when they went away, and all stuff like that.
Do wizards wear nappies? I don't know. But he-, I think he would get-, he would, sort
of, get all these things wrong and make a mess of it, and it would be a tremendous
effort
but his heart would always be in the right place, which I think is the most important
thing when it comes to raising a child. His heart would always be there, and, and
he would put the kid first no matter what. And especially with the,
the example set for him by his own parents, he would know that, that his
own-, that the safety of his child would be paramount above his own. He'd be
willing-, I mean, he's-, we already know that he's willing to sacrifice everything
for what's good, so he'd definitely be willing to sacrifice everything for his
child. And I think he'd be a great father.
I think he would be, like, very-, maybe a little bit of a pushover though, but, you
know, we'll see.
Absolutely. Once, once the kid got older, particularly if it was, like, a-, if it
was a young girl, or he'd be a-, he'd be so terrible, because he would-, he would
be a soft touch. You're absolutely right.
Well, speaking of Harry Potter, obviously we've seen various things come out in
lockdown, and hopefully-, I hope you guys are still in contact, and keep in touch.
But if you were forced to go into, like, a 2020 lockdown with one of your fellow cast
members, who do you think you would go with?
Just, just me and them? Just the two of us?
Yeah. Yeah.
Well-,
Maybe the dogs.
The dogs. I think that I would go into lockdown with
Alfie Enoch.
Oh, okay.
Alfie Enoch, because he is the smartest man that I know. He is passionate.
He-, we love the same comedy. We have the same sense of humour.
He loves football, so we'd talk and watch football. We-, he makes me laugh. He's
incredibly funny.
And I also-, I like-, I like a debate, and Alfie is,
is always been someone who loves to, much like myself, has always been someone who
loves to play devil's advocate.
I mean, I don't think he was in the debating society at school. I think it's
just when you go to Oxford you just are good at it. So, he-,
we would have
endless debates. I mean, I think we're, we're pretty much on the same page-,
Yeah.
Politically, and, and, and socially, and stuff like that. But we would have endless
debates of one of us playing devil's advocate, and having fun, and, and talking
about philosophy, and existential crises and all the rest of it.
And I think that the important thing in lockdown is to stimulate your mind as well
as your body. So, I think that Alfie would be-, would be great for that.
Very wise words from you as well.
Rubbing off on you already. You're not even in the same room.
I think that's all we have time for, but thank you so much. Again, this is, like,
such an honour for me to be able to speak to you. I can't even tell you how much
impact you've had on my childhood.
Well, that was really fun. Thank you very much.
So, thank you so much. Have a brilliant day. And thank you also so much for this
film. It was a really surprising one. I hadn't heard too much about it, but I
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well, I'm glad you liked it.
So, I'm sure it's gonna be a hit when it comes out. So, yeah, thanks a lot.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. That was a really nice interview. I will
be googling active volcanoes and, and horse riding after this. So, thank you.
Try it. It's, it's an interesting experience.
I'm sure it is. I'm sure it is. Thanks a lot.
Awesome. Thank you so much, Matthew. Bye.
Bye.