It is a shame they cut out so many good scenes. So if the movie gets too long? the longer the better!

Don’t worry Matt your time of glory will come at end of DH (Nagini) as long as they keep it in!!

I hope they will add in all those out takes some time in the future. Make some special edition blue-rays or something. :) Lovely interview! I adore Matt. :)

WB probably knows exactly what they’re doing by with holding the outtakes. Rest assured, Potter fans, there will be a HUGE box set of the DVD’s and all of the out takes we haven’t seen yet as a new marketing ploy after DH2 is released. And we’ll be right there, lining up with money in our hands, right? :)

I hope they do release the outtakes when they release the final 7 film box set! Would love to see more MOM.

Sounds like they didn’t even film the St M scene, which is a shame, and I think one of the more important omissions from the series. Most I don’t mind about but that and the locket at Grimmauld Place scene were both pretty important.

What he says….it gives me the feeling that he KNOWS how neville is. He really seems into the books and seems to pay a lot of attention in what’s in the books.
I’d love to see all the outtakes, I wish they had put it into the OotP dvd!
so…yay for Matt!!

there was a brain room! man wish I could’ve seen it..

matt is right! that’s st mungo’s scene would’ve been epic! I would’ve loved to see him do it..for matt haha

I love Matt Lewis.

I hope they release it sometime.

"there was a brain room! man wish I could’ve seen it"

You will, when David Yates gets to release his original three hour cut of OOTP on the extended edition in a few years time.

I love Matthew Lewis. And he is so Handsome! I really agree with him about that scene in OOTP when Neville’s mom gives him the candy wrapper. It’s a really touching, character-defining moment and it sucks that it didn’t make it into the film. But I really hope he keeps acting I would LOVE to see him in other things. I can’t wait to see him in the Deathly Hallows movie when he cuts off the head of the snake! HBP comes out in 13 DAYS!!!

I always missed the Brain Room and the Flagrante curse with the spinning rooms. St. Mungo’s would have been a nice show of Neville’s softer feelings, like Matt said.

"I think if Steve Kloves had written the script then that scene definitely would’ve made it in the movie."

I don’t think so, because that was just one part of the entire St. Mungo’s sequence. I have a feeling he would have included St. Mungo’s in his first draft — this is based on his comments regarding HBP and the first draft having every memory — but I also have a feeling that would have been cut during the following drafts. In a book you can have several plot lines or sequences that diverge from the main plot. Film adaptations, on other hand, often seem to focus on one main plot and you cut what diverges from that plot — or find some shorthand way of dealing with it. The main goal of being at St. Mungo’s was Arthur healing after the attack, which they were able to cover with the "Daddy’s back" moment at Grimmauld Place. So regardless of who wrote the screenplay, I’d presume the entire St. Mungo’s sequence would have been cut and would have been cut rather early in the process.

"I think if Steve Kloves had written the script then that scene definitely would’ve made it in the movie."

Nah, I think it and the entire St. Mungo’s sequence would have been cut no matter who wrote the screenplay. From Kloves comments on adapting HBP his first drafts seem to try to include everything (e.g., his first draft included every memory). However, I also thing St. Mungo’s would have been cut very quickly. When adapting a book, the task often is sifting through the entire book, coming up with one main plot line, and cutting (or come up with a shorthand way of dealing with) anything that doesn’t apply to the main plot or at least doesn’t diverge too much from it. Harry and what happens to him has been the main focus of the movies. The main point of going there was Arthur’s attack. They were able to cover that with the scene of him coming home from St. Mungo’s. Neville’s parents were secondary, and were covered with his talk with Harry,. (The fact they could use sets that were used elsewhere in the movie probably didn’t hurt, either, rather than building new sets for St’ Mungo’s.) From that POV, the entire sequence could have been easily cut, and, as I said, I assume was cut rather early in development.

I’ll second others comments – I want an extended version that has all the delted scenes and all the bloopers and out takes – don’t care if it’s 10 DVD’s – I’ll buy it!!!