Potter girl Evanna speaks only to the Drogheda Independent

EVANNA LYNCH, the 14-year-old local girl who has just clinched the coveted role of Luna Lovegood in the next Harry Potter movie is living proof that dreams do come true.

In a worldwide exclusive interview with the Drogheda Independent Evanna, a daughter of Donal and Marguerite Lynch from Termonfeckin, has revealed how she turned to the Harry Potter books to escape from the stresses of everyday life.

‘Sometimes I’m stressed and I’m sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you’re taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different,’ she said.

‘But also the main characters are completely real and modern so you can relate to them.’

A Harry Potter fanatic she dreamed of playing the role of Luna. She and her friends even made a recording of her acting out the part and sent it to Warner Brothers but without any success.

When Evanna read about the open auditions in London she knew she just had to go. ‘I knew if I didn’t I probably would regret it for the rest of my life’.

That life changed forever on January 23 last when Evanna was told via a phone call that she had won for part, beating 15,000 other young hopefuls.

‘I was completely shocked, I thought it was some awful joke or they were testing me or something but I still got so excited.’

‘I had to keep it quiet for days and pretend everything was normal which was hard considering my dream had just come true. When I went home that day I had to study for my French test as if everything was normal.’

Evanna is a second year pupil of Our Lady’s College Greenhills which became the focus of world media attention on Thursday morning when the official announcement was made by Warner Brothers that she had gotten the part.

‘My friends are great. They’re happy for me and they were all so excited. It was a shock to be on the news.’

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