There, they find Neville visiting his parents, and even the return of the now-insane Gilderoy Lockhart does little to lighten the mood. Alice gives Neville a chewing gum wrapper, something she is said to have done every time he has visited, so while she is able to recognize him to some degree, it is not as her son.
Actor Matthew Lewis has publicly expressed his disappointment that he never got to shoot the scene. I thought that was a real important part of his journey and [director] David [Yates] agreed, and we never got the chance to do it. We were both a bit gutted. Given what happened to his parents, Neville is hardly forthcoming about the events of his childhood.
Having just been sorted into Gryffindor however, Neville does provide his housemates with a rare moment of insight, explaining that his family thought he was a squib a non-wizard born to magical parents until he was eight. It was then that his great-uncle Algie was hanging him from an upstairs window and accidentally let go when he was distracted by a meringue priorities!
Neville bounced all the way down to the garden, and displayed his first conscious use of magic. But he actually had his name down on the Hogwarts register just moments after his birth. As explained by Rowling on Pottermore , there is a magical Quill that writes down the names of magical witches and wizards who display proficient underage magic.
It stirred when Neville was merely seconds old, when the young wizard tucked himself in more tightly to his blankets. His family continued to miss the indistinct hints at his magical powers until the famous meringue incident. JK Rowling did actually warm to the idea of their relationship, purposely leaving it open at the end of The Deathly Hallows , but she has since insisted that both found love elsewhere.
Neville eventually settled down with Hufflepuff Hannah Abbott. The newlyweds live alone above the Leaky Cauldron, where Hannah is the landlady, although she has applied for the role of Hogwarts matron to be closer to her husband. The two continued to be friendly afterwards, and Ginny, like Harry, Hermione and Ron, encouraged Neville to be more confident.
After the war, Ginny and Neville remained in contact, and they remained closest friends, with Ginny naming Neville godfather to her son Albus Severus and being on friendly terms with her other son, James Sirius. Luna Lovegood , a good friend. Neville and Luna, a Ravenclaw student, first met on the Hogwarts Express , in Neville found Luna a bit " odd ", as she believed in the existence of strange, mythical creatures, had a tendency to read magazines upside down, and wore earrings that appeared to be made of radishes.
Luna, like Harry and Neville, had the ability to see Thestrals , as they had all seen someone die. At some point they became very close friends. Neville seems to have a place in his heart for Luna, they also remained close friends in later life. It seemed that Luna was always glad when Neville, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, and Harry were close by, proved when the trio visited Luna's father Xenophilius Lovegood and seeing Luna's room with their painting on her bedroom ceiling connected with gold letters spelling " friends ".
Draco Malfoy , his school bully. Initially shy and clumsy, Neville regularly found himself on the receiving end of insults from Draco and his gang , and was often the butt of their jokes and pranks — a fact which served only to make Neville clumsier and less confident. When encouraged by Hermione, Ron, and Harry to stand up for himself, Neville replied with " how I can barely stand at all " but, despite this previous mind set Neville grew to be someone who was much more difficult to bully by his later years at Hogwarts.
During the Battle of Hogwarts , Neville proved to have made an impressive and complete turn around from his earlier years of crumbling under Draco's bullying, when he openly defied Lord Voldemort and beheaded Nagini , effectively destroying Voldemort's final Horcrux. Dumbledore's Army , his friends and allies. Dumbledore's Army was an organisation led by Harry Potter that sought not only to undermine the dictatorial authority of Dolores Umbridge , but to offer students a means of learning the practical defensive magic Umbridge denied them in their actual Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
Neville became a member at the time of its formation in , and this marked something of a turning point both in terms Neville's relationships with other Hogwarts students, and in terms of his magical ability beyond Herbology.
As the D. When several Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban in early , all of the D. While training with the D. Most of the former members reunited and spent ample time hiding in the Room of Requirement , awaiting the return of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Bellatrix Lestrange , a hated enemy and the witch who helped torture his parents into insanity.
When Bellatrix escaped from Azkaban prison in January , Neville was heavily affected. His performance in Dumbledore's Army increased to the point where he managed to master the Shield Charm before everyone but Hermione.
When he went to the Ministry of Magic later that year, Bellatrix taunted him about his parents, but Neville fought back, much to Bellatrix's surprise. Neville also saw Bellatrix murder Sirius Black , and expressed his condolences to Harry. Neville met Bellatrix again in , during the Battle of Hogwarts , where she was eventually killed in a duel by Molly Weasley.
Severus Snape , his professor and Boggart. During his years at school, Neville was terrified of Professor Severus Snape, and the poor boy managed to earn the Potions Master 's ire in almost every lesson. Snape regularly and unnecessarily targeted Neville with verbal taunts, threats, sarcasm, and malice, which put an extremely nervous Neville even more on edge. Snape went so far as to feed a few drops of Neville's Shrinking Solution to Neville's pet, Trevor , so as to humiliate him for doing badly on the potion and almost kill Neville's toad.
Thanks to Hermione, Neville was able to fix his potion so that his toad wasn't harmed. Neville admitted in that Snape scared him more than anything else in the world, and was the form his boggart took.
When Professor Lupin asked the Defence Against the Dark Arts class what frightened them the most, Neville at first mumbled inaudibly; when Professor Lupin asked Neville to say it clearly, Neville after wildly looking around whispered " Professor Snape. When he sat his Potions O. Neville also co-led the second Dumbledore's Army and wrote slogans on the walls, in order to oppose Snape and the Carrows. Snape was killed by Nagini during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Though Neville was present when Harry informed Voldemort of Snape's true allegiance, it is unknown how Neville reacted. It is possible Snape hated Neville so much because if Voldemort had chosen to go after him rather than Harry, Lily would still be alive. Albus Dumbledore , his headmaster. Neville thought Albus Dumbledore was the greatest wizard of all time.
He met Dumbledore in , when he was the headmaster of Hogwarts. At the end of Neville's first year, Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor the ten points they needed to win the House cup because Neville had the courage to try and stop Harry , Hermione , and Ron from leaving the Gryffindor tower after hours. Dumbledore also knew about Neville's parents, and told Harry not to say anything, leaving Neville the right to choose when he revealed his past to his friends. Neville was devastated by his death.
Neville despised professor Dolores Umbridge , the Ministry -appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor for the — school year. Like nearly everyone else at Hogwarts, with the possible exception of some of the Slytherin students and Argus Filch , Neville hated Umbridge for her sadistic punishments and attempts to control the school.
He became a member of Dumbledore's Army partially in order to oppose her. Umbridge left the school in after paying the price for verbally assaulting a herd of centaurs and attempting to flee; she was discovered by Peeves, who led the students in chasing her away from the school. Amycus and Alecto liked to punish the students with the use of torture, and ordered students to practise the Cruciatus Curse on other students who had been detained.
Neville helped re-form Dumbledore's Army, along with Ginny and Luna, and maintained a steady opposition against the Carrows throughout the course of the year. In an attempt to control Neville, Ministry Auror John Dawlish was sent to take Neville's grandmother hostage; unfortunately for Dawlish, the tenacious Augusta Longbottom fought back, apparently putting Dawlish in St Mungo's and going on the run.
As the Carrows no longer had hope of finding any real leverage to use against Neville, and had no reason not to simply kill him, Neville went into hiding in the Room of Requirement, where he was soon joined by a number of other Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students who saw fit to do the same. Professor McGonagall , his Head of House and professor. She often scolded Neville for his clumsiness and incompetence, though it was more likely his lack of confidence that frustrated her.
McGonagall knew that Neville was capable of more than he seemed and saw that he was actually brave, and thus encouraged him to work to his potential. She was also a friend of Neville's grandmother , and had known his parents in their days as Aurors. Years after the war, Neville was given the position of Herbology professor at Hogwarts, although it is unknown if McGonagall was still teaching there.
Professor Sprout , his Herbology professor. Professor Sprout was Neville's Herbology professor, and as Neville proved to be quite adept at Herbology, possibly the best in the year, she was undoubtedly the Professor he got along with best.
It is likely that Sprout had retired by the time Neville was appointed the new Herbology Professor, though they may have taught the class together. Bartemius Crouch Jnr , who helped torture his parents into insanity. Barty Crouch Junior was also involved in the torture of Neville's parents by means of the Cruciatus Curse.
During his first lesson with the fourth years, Barty as Moody took notice of Neville's name on the class register. He then demonstrated the three Unforgivable Curses on spiders , including the Cruciatus Curse, which left Neville deeply shaken.
Barty Crouch was given the Dementor's Kiss in after having been exposed, losing his soul. Neville was one of the two boys possibly referred to in the prophecy as being destined to bring about Voldemort's end.
However, Voldemort chose to target the Potters based on the simple concept that Harry was a half-blood like himself, thus marking Harry, and not Neville, as his equal. After Lord Voldemort's first defeat, four fanatically loyal Death Eaters tortured Neville's parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom , to the point of insanity, using the Cruciatus Curse , in an attempt to force Voldemort's whereabouts out of them; this fact initially haunted Neville, but eventually spurred him to rise to his full potential.
After honing his skills and steadily acquiring self-confidence through training with Dumbledore's Army , Neville fought against Voldemort's Death Eaters countless times during the Second Wizarding War. Near the end of the Battle of Hogwarts , Neville actually attempted to charge directly at Voldemort, presumably aiming to slay Nagini , as Harry had told him she had to die at all costs.
Voldemort offered Neville the chance to join him, commending his " spirit and bravery ;" Neville declined, and instead, drew the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and succeeded in beheading Nagini. As Nagini had been Voldemort's last remaining Horcrux, Neville's incredible display of bravery allowed Harry to defeat Voldemort once and for all. In addition to this, Neville also indirectly fulfilled his role in the prophecy by destroying Voldemort's last remaining Horcrux as it was this act which allowed Harry to finally defeat Voldemort.
Although Voldemort chose to mark Harry as his target based on the prophecy, Neville proved by standing up to him and destroying his final Horcrux that he was almost exactly capable of being the other boy to meet the prophecy's requirements. It is unknown whether Voldemort recognised Neville as the other boy which the prophecy referred to and it is also unknown if Neville ever learnt this himself after Voldemort's final defeat.
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Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies. Gryffindor will be in even more trouble I won't let you do it. I'll — I'll fight you! It'll be worse if you don't. My gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and — it was horrible. I would advise you not to entrust him with anything difficult.
Not unless Miss Granger is hissing instructions in his ear. Hermione Granger : " Neville, are you all right?
Very interesting dinner — I mean lesson — what's for eating? Neville : " We were all in the D. It was all supposed to be about fighting You-Know-Who, wasn't it?
And this is the first chance we've had to do something real — or was that all just a game or something? We want to help.
Luna Lovegood : " People expect you to have cooler friends than us. None of them were at the Ministry. I've never really been super-ambitious. I think there's always been something in me, particularly when I finished Potter, that wants to prove myself, but I'm also naturally quite an insecure person anyway.
Whatever he was doing worked. Shyamalan told EW. I don't know if I've ever seen this kind of reinvention from child actor to adult actor in my life, it's amazing.
Without a doubt, the erstwhile child actor who played the awkward Neville Longbottom has made the biggest splash in the then-and-now department, as news of Lewis' grown-up hotness has since traversed the globe. In , he raved about the time he was having playing a soldier in the BBC Three dramedy Bluestone 42 , about a bomb disposal squad in Afghanistan. The title might not mean a lot to some, Lewis noted, but it was "a bit of an institution" in Britain and it's since come to Masterpiece on PBS.
They live in Florida, where Angela is from. He blew fanboys-and-girls' minds showing up as Julian "Dr. Also a singer-songwriter, he has released several EPs over the years as well, and his Instagram , where he makes soup, plays guitar, hangs out with his dog and has the occasional Potter reunion , is one of the most joyful places on the Internet.
The auburn-haired actress was barely 10 when she started playing Ginny Weasley, going from "Ron's little sister" to Harry Potter's soul mate over the course of the films. Her latest production is the music video for "Melt" by the singer Maguire. In December , Wright joined Watson, Felton, Lewis and Evanna Lynch for a reunion that, happily, someone thought to take a picture of.
She then dated Simon Hammerstein for several years but more recently appeared to be single, up until this Christmas message. Not to take away Fred and George Weasleys' individuality or anything… but Ron's twin older brothers and Hogwarts' resident pranksters were indeed played by actual twins Oliver is 13 minutes older and has a mole on the right side of his neck.
The brothers remain as close as ever, though, and James was happy to report on June 25, , that he had just beat Oliver on the golf course. They also host a podcast together called Double Trouble , and recently had sister Ginny—Bonnie Wright, that is— on as a guest.
Chris Columbus was looking for a toyear-old to play the specter of year-old Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , but the year-old Coulson won the part anyway. After beating out roughly 3, other aspirants to play Harry's Goblet of Fire -era crush, Cho Chang, the classically trained Scottish actress did theater and TV on her side of the pond, including the series White Dragon and Chimerica.
Neville does not understand, but agrees he will, if the opportunity arises. After Harry's apparent death in the Forbidden Forest, Voldemort orders the captured Hagrid to carry Harry's body as the Dark Lord and his army march to the school.
At Hogwarts, Voldemort singles out Neville, saying he is a Pureblood from an old Wizarding family, and entices him to join his side. Defiant, Neville refuses and charges, only to be thrown into a full Body-bind by Voldemort, who then Summons the Sorting Hat and pulls it onto Neville's head. He sets the Hat afire to show that there is no more Sorting and only one school House—Slytherin.
Neville is then seen helping Ron defeat Fenrir Greyback during the battle's confusion; after the fighting, Harry notes that Neville has survived and is sitting exhausted in the Great Hall. Neville remains a close family friend to the Potters and Weasleys. Neville is descended from a powerful magical family, and he has the potential to be a great wizard.
His problems stem, in Professor McGonagall's opinion, from, "a lack of self confidence. Despite his earlier lackluster abilities, Neville's magical power has grown substantially since his 5th year when he trained with Dumbledore's Army under Harry Potter's tutelage.
With great determination, he worked harder than most to master defensive skills, and struggled to break through the fog that perpetually clouded his mind. Neville has shown courage and nobility from an early age as he silently endured a personal tragedy without ever seeking attention and sympathy.
In his first year, he bravely confronted Harry, Ron, and Hermione, protesting their decision to protect the Philosopher's Stone. He was among the few D. He also showed leadership and bravery when, following Harry's departure, he helped reestablish and lead Dumbledore's Army at great personal risk to resist the Death Eaters' controlling Hogwarts during his seventh year. Neville never wavers in accepting and fulfilling the potentially deadly challenge.
Neville is gifted in Herbology and received an "Outstanding" on his O. He also received an "Exceeds Expectations" on his Charms O. During Neville's early years at Hogwarts, he could best be described as clumsy, shy, and had very low self-confidence.
These traits seriously affected his Wizarding abilities and training. He was prone to mishaps or accidents, especially in Potions, due to his fairly rational fear of Professor Snape , who constantly bullied him, further eroding his self-esteem. Due to serious memory problems, Neville was unable to remember the simplest things, such as the Gryffindor passwords.
His difficulty with Potions were likely memory-related as well. As a young boy, Neville displayed no leadership abilities whatsoever and rarely took initiative in anything. His only interest appeared to be Herbology, which he does excel at. His shy, passive nature resulted in him rarely standing up for himself. Slytherin students particularly enjoyed heaping abuse on him. Like Harry, Neville is an only child who was raised by someone other than his parents.
In Neville's case, his grandmother, Augusta Longbottom, became his legal guardian after his parents were permanently committed to St. Mungo's hospital after being tortured into insanity by Death Eaters.
Neville apparently loves his grandmother, but her stern, overbearing personality has created a barrier to their relationship, and he generally fears her. Neville also loves his parents, but, being a small child when Death Eaters tortured them, he has never known the people they were before. Whatever they once were, he now sees only their vacant shells and uncomprehending expressions when he visits them in the hospital.
Neville was embarrassed by his parents' conditions, and became particularly distressed when Harry and the other Weasley children accidentally saw his family while at St. They, however, supported him. Eventually, Neville fully embraces the heroic sacrifice his mother and father made in fighting Voldemort, and he is proud to be their son. The shy and rather nerdy Neville initially makes few friends at Hogwarts.
Most students either tease him or ignore him completely. Harry and Ron, his dorm mates, always treat Neville cordially, but Harry tended to consider him as someone he would rather not be seen hanging out with.
The two boys eventually become close, particularly after Harry discovers Neville's secret about his parents' fates. Having lost his own parents, Harry understands the emotional hardship this creates. Harry also learns that if circumstances had been a little different, Neville, rather than Harry, might have been "The Chosen One," when a prophecy involving Voldemort could have fit either boy.
If Voldemort had targeted Neville, a pure-blood, rather than Harry, who is a half-blood like Voldemort, it is highly improbable that Neville would have survived the Killing Curse as Harry did. With the many similarities between Harry and Neville's circumstances, and their tie to Trelawney's prophecy, it seems more than coincidental that they should also be assigned to the same Gryffindor dorm. Was this intentional on Dumbledore's part? We never know, but if it was, he may have intended that the two boys support each another in a way few others could.
This hardly seems likely at first, as Harry has relatively little interest in or interaction with Neville. Their bond grows however, and Harry exerts a great influence on Neville, helping him overcome his magical handicap.
Neville, in return, is among Harry's strongest supporters, risking his life in the battle at the Ministry of Magic, and stepping into a leadership role after Harry departs Hogwarts before his seventh year. It was only after Harry embraced Neville as a friend that most other students also did so; but as Neville becomes a capable wizard and a strong leader, he is acknowledged and admired for his own merits.
During the final battle at Hogwarts, Harry tasks Neville to kill Nagini. Though not fully understanding why, Neville promises he will, and destroys Voldemort's last Horcrux. Harry never forgets what Neville has done for him.
Romantically, Neville remains challenged throughout the series. He becomes close to Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood, eventually reviving and leading Dumbledore's Army along with them, but both girls are only friends. He is also on good terms with Hermione, though their relationship is more casual. While at Hogwarts, Neville never has a girlfriend, nor is it known if there is anyone he is interested in. Though Luna would seem a suitable match, her personality is probably much too eccentric for the more conventional Neville.
Whether he was actually attracted to either or just felt comfortable enough to ask them as a friend is unclear. Hermione already had a date, and it was Ginny who accepted Neville's invitation, though she had no romantic interest in him, and was merely excited to be going to the ball.
She was soon disappointed, however, upon learning that she could have instead gone with Harry, who was having difficulty finding his own date. Both Harry and Ron seemed mildly annoyed that Neville was able to procure a date to the ball before they did, even if it was Ginny. Professor Dumbledore and Neville's teachers genuinely like him, though other than Professor Sprout who teaches Herbology, there apparently is little expectation regarding his academic performance.
Professor Snape is overly critical regarding his in-class abilities, so much so that Neville becomes terrified of him. Under Professor Lupin's patient guidance, however, Neville is coaxed into performing quite well in the Defense Against the Dark Arts demonstration, infusing him with a much needed confidence boost that Harry is later able to build upon to improve Neville's magical skills in his own Defensive Arts class.
In the Epilogue, it is learned that Neville becomes Hogwarts' Herbology teacher, and in later interviews, Rowling stated that he had married Hannah Abbott. This makes him the first Hogwarts teacher that is known to have a spouse. There were likely other married teachers at some point, but they are never mentioned in the series.
Early on, Neville could best be described as a classic "misfit. Indeed, it appears he has few friends, and those students who are cordial, are seemingly only being kind. Neville shares a dorm with Harry and Ron, but in the early years, he and Harry are arguably more amiable acquaintances than friends; he and Harry grow much closer during their 5th year, however.
Neville is seemingly clumsy and magically challenged in the first three novels, but by the fifth book, partially with Harry's help, he adopts a new persona, becoming a stronger, more capable character. Rowling may be saying that even the most seemingly hopeless student, given time and encouragement, can develop into a valuable asset. This is evident by Neville's growing role in Book 5, his extraordinary Herbology ability, and that, under different circumstances, he could have been "the boy who lived.
Initially, Neville seems an odd choice to have been sorted into Gryffindor, a House mainly known for bravery and nobility. Neville is certainly a noble character, but his timid, fearful nature, along with his poor magical skills and memory problems, seem out-of-place with the more assertive Gryffindors.
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