David Thewlis And Natalia Tena Talk Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One | Empire Magazine

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In our quest to bring you everything that's worth knowing about Harry Potter, we recently trekked to New York to talk to the cast and crew of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One. Much of the supporting cast, along with producers David Heyman and David Barron, were there at the Harry Potter Experience off Times Square to talk about the story so far and their role in the madness of Potter. Head this way for the latest from (deep breath) Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, David Thewliss, Natalia Tena, Warwick Davis, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Domnhall Gleeson, Oliver Phelps, Jamie Phelps, David Barron and David Heyman.. www.empireonlin...
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[@belatedbirthday7257]

Honestly I'm so disappointed that most of the Tonks scenes got cut from the Half Blood Prince. She's such an important character. And the fact their relationship all progressed off screen was so depressing haha. Only readers of the books would've understood what was happening. They're such beautiful characters, and both Natalia and David did an incredible job. I just wish they were given more screen time (or at the very least, that they filmed more scenes that got released as deleted scenes like the one from the Battle of Hogwarts).

[@kipperL1]

yes there was so much more to remus and tonks, the film didn't do it justice.

[@silab4444]

yeah but the books did

[@arsonne]

Not very fair to compare the books and movies. The books can dedicate whole chapters to just conversations over dinner, whereas the movie is... a movie.

[@sophie-mia5455]

"Our relationship" I couldn't agree more at all I wanted her in half blood price so much but no lets make the other characters more important UJDMDJXKSCJKDL my rage is over

[@sophie-mia5455]

Yea so true even though they deserved a book of there own

[@Ranger1812]

Sophie - Mia *their It wasn't to make other characters more important than they needed to be. That doesn't even make sense, that's not what happened. Luna deserves those scenes.

[@eatscrumpets]

@@Ranger1812 why tho

[@Ranger1812]

@@eatscrumpets Because she's the one who rescued Harry. She had the means of finding him, did so, and accompanied him, her friend (them being friends isn't a reason but the truth), on the walk to the castle.

[@kunfayakun1612]

@@Ranger1812 you mean rescued harry in hogwart express? By the time they arrived hogwarts the one that saved Harry was tonks not luna

[@tris2306]

"i didn't understand, it could be russian. 'muggle', 'hufflepuff' i had no idea what was going on" I LOVE HER OMG

[@fireandice7882]

You know what I'd like? A TV show to explain what happened between characters that aren't Hermoine, Ron and Harry.

[@ethereal7480]

iStandWithRowling your username is so funny I’m dead 💀😂

[@sulamiify]

i kinda feel sorry for natalia that they cut out like EVERYTHING her character does in the books, tonks was always my favourite character in the books, gotta love lupin too tho, loved their relationship - best love story ever!!

[@annajones8196]

That last minute or so when she's talking about all that got cut in Half Blood Prince...I was literally squealing because I agree with her completely.

[@ahdndjnff8146]

Same

[@femmeinspiration4067]

When he said our relationship i screamed. Couldnt fucking agree more

[@izzierose2]

SAME OH MY GOD

[@MoonysPie]

David and Natalia are like king and queen of the tupin ship. Like they ship it and were (like almost everyone around here) mad, that they got cut of the movie. like they are both my fav ppl in the entire series and i was so excited about all the scene.... then it just wasn't and i was soo mad, that i reread the books, just to imagine them in these scenes, like in the movie.... gosh... i honestly dont wish for a remake, as i think the movies were awesome, but if they do make one, i sure hope they pay more attention to those two and some other great stuff like peeves or winky...

[@thekazumii2226]

Yes! I feel EXACTLY the same.

[@susie3360]

The ship is called remadora, no hate btw

[@RemusL19]

They completely deny Teddy Lupin's existance until the scene in the forest where Harry's like "Right after you had your son..." and like all the people that have never read the books are thinking "He had a son!??" And JKR said that Remus and Teddy Lupin were two of her favorite characters, so I don't think that she was happy with the movies. I remember thinking as I was leaving the theater after seeing the last movie. ". Somewhere out there JK Rowling is throwing herself into a wall. Poor JKR."

[@unicornfloo46]

I want a Harry Potter series where they put more attention on the supporting characters who we love and adore, like Tonks and Lupin. Netflix please hear my prayers.

[@ivetschon7796]

i adore both natalia and david. theyre both gorgeous.

[@emlmm88]

Can we just make a petition to ensure that Harry Potter NEVER gets remade? Like never EVER EVER.

[@alina0000]

Ohhh yes please. I'm gonna sign immediately !

[@MrsPaul]

I'm so glad he didn't get the part of Quirrell -- I can't see anyone else as Remus.

[@ahdndjnff8146]

N E V E R

[@ahdndjnff8146]

Nah

[@hyokikim8241]

Katy Small i wanted to agree but I cant imagine anyone else playing those character no matter what the potential are.

[@Ferrychick1]

Out of all the female characters from Harry Potter, Tonks (Natalia) is my most favorite. She's far more beautiful than Lily, Fleur, Ginny, Narcissa, Bellatrix, and Hermione. She is so beautiful that not even a Veela can seduce a man. Remus deserves Tonks, definitely because she doesn't care that he's poor, a little too old, and a werewolf. Tonks is the Beauty and Lupin is the Beast. Tonks and Lupin are my most favorite couple! They are definitely meant to be.

[@charlotteg958]

Rose McLean PREACH🙏🏼

[@lillianalo3408]

Envious Green nah Carter is gorgeous , Tena doesn't even come close

[@allyouneedislove3218]

Envious Green THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

[@pazt8418]

I couldn't agree more 💕💕

[@annak2529]

Lilliana Lo she’s talking about characters not real people. Thanks

[@nickytbaby5005]

Oh when she said that she was disappointed about their relationship not being in it David started to smile and blush !!!! NAAAAAAW !!!!! ♡♥♡♥ YEAH DATALIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@1heart.rileyy]

STOP DAVID IS MARRIED HDBOVB

[@nickytbaby5005]

@@1heart.rileyy Tbh I don't even remember commenting this..

[@1heart.rileyy]

@@nickytbaby5005 how old are you now

[@Jakarta_15]

@@1heart.rileyy noooo he is divorced man living with his daughter.. so its still count as single ;)

[@1heart.rileyy]

@@Jakarta_15 wait so it’s just him and gracie?

[@crashbangmillmoo]

Tonks and Lupin was my favourite pairing, i was so.annoyed when they put hardly any of it in the films:(

[@taylorluvshorses16]

Tonks is one of my favorite characters and she was such an important character. The movies just didn't portray that like the books. I mean she's badass and her and Lupin's story was beautiful. I really wish they would have done just a little more with them. Nevertheless I love these 2. Really sad they died

[@Ivylightable]

They do actually put the last scene of them together but it's only on the deleted scenes. I do wish they did more with their relationship as well

[@HPfan42154]

These two are literally my favourite Harry Potter characters and Lupin has to be my favourite character in any book I have ever read. The filmmakers severely downplayed not only their relationship, but their roles. I was looking so forward to the scene where Harry snapped on Lupin when he was freaking out about her pregnancy. It showed so much! It showed a lot about Harry and Lupin as characters! I was so mad that scene was cut!

[@TheMindbreak2]

I missed those lil' moments, too. Their relationship was very interesting for me in the books. Loved it!

[@jaywar69]

Natalia Tena is a gem. I really love that girl! Wish her the best...

[@webcomiclulu9056]

The remadora relationship is so beautifully written in Remus Lupin s biography and the books

[@soupsoupsoup1402]

I couldnt agree more with her 😢😢 i loved all those tonks lupin scenes and especially when lupin announces tonks has had the baby😍😫

[@Starlight-VA]

THE FUCKING SHADE DAVID THREW JUST “our relationship-“ MY GOD I CRIED SO MUCH WITH LAUGHTER

[@catalinamelo9932]

Why is there more chemistry between those two here than the 4 movies themselves

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

I love David Thewlis he has such a charisma and is a very handsome great actor😍😍😎

[@justemoikmie]

Ya, it's terrible, I was so disappointed...like "nooooooo" I wanted this scene in the nurse (Half Blood Prince), I wanted the scene Remus says to Harry and co that Tonks is pregnant and then shows harry a photo and tells him he's Teddy's godfather...at least I wanted to hear his name and know that he's a metamorphmagus and not a werewolf like Remus thought (and explained to Harry and co)... I wanted to see their story!!!

[@coombeslauren]

Not sure why they even bothered casting Tonks at all since she barely has any screen-time compared to the books. Must've been very frustrating for Nat to have so much info on her character from the books and never get to use it. I also hate how Lupin went from being a main character in the third book/film to basically being reduced to a minor background character for the rest of the film series, for all the screen-time/plot lines they gave him. Hell they have him mention his son in during the Resurrection Stone scene when it was never even mentioned beforehand. I get that not everything can be squeezed into a film but what's worse is attempting to include half a plot and leave audience members confused. It definitely felt like they got sloppy with plot inclusion and continuity towards the end of the series because they know it would be a box office smasher either way.

[@angelus656]

As for Natalia's statement of her part being cut, to put in a better word shrinked, I missed Tonks's moments along the books as well.

[@ShyteKreek46]

As soon as she said Hufflepuff, I though of the musical when Dumbledore says, "What the hell is a Hufflepuff?"

[@HilaryLudkin-Finnie]

Hufflepuff's are good finders!

[@ARGHHHHHHHH]

@@HilaryLudkin-Finnie what the hell is a hufflepuff? (love starkid man)

[@nellebolton7910]

"you've got a mate called Sirius?" 🤣🤣

[@disney43075]

i love it when natalia says "and i was like oh..." when talking about all her cut scenes. her face is just hilarious when she says that! lol.

[@puppygirllucky]

I'm so sad they cut most of Remus and Tonks bits! They didn't even make it clear that they got married and had a baby together! If you didn't read the books, you wouldn't know that!

[@YouCantHateMyName1]

WHY DID THEY CUT ALL OF THAT STUFF????!!!!

[@sorayaalhady7368]

YouCantHateMyName1 no space i guess

[@malu.9595]

"all cut" . . . and that is when I got really drab and really depressed

[@ahtanzxc]

its so cool that david is sitting infront of his own costume .. HAHA I LOVE DAVID !

[@DisneyFan16672]

I couldn't agree more with both David & Natalia in their agreement that Lupin and Tonk's relationship was never really developed in the films at all (except for the small bits in "Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows: Part 1"). I loved their relationship in the books, and to have them cut from the films is almost close to blasphemy, in my opinion. I sincerely hope that their son isn't cut from "Part 2" as he was almost mentioned in "Part 1" when Tonks was going to announce her pregnancy.

[@gabyr.883]

I read your comment and went straight to the date uu

[@blackwolf409]

Tonks and Lupin were my favourite characters in the whole series and i was upset and disappointed how they ended up with just a few moments in the film. They deserve their own mini film or book! n_n

[@dgm01994]

I just went to the exhibition in NYC today 3/30/2013 I stood where they're being intetrviewed cept its been 2ish years since the interview!! Greatest day ever glad I went. I love Nat & David

[@az99946]

Natalia is an authentic Spanish beauty!

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

Really i thought she is russian...

[@scarpergirl]

It did have a flaw. In the film it's never stated that Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are Lupin, Pettigrew, Sirius and James, but in the next film, Harry refers to Sirius and Pettigrew as Padfoot and Wormtail anyway

[@aaron9989]

They should've made Harry Potter a tv series, would've seen more of the characters like tonks and Remus and see more development in other characters

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

They may in future!

[@ceciimc19]

She should have said i was sad because i didn't get to kiss david!!! LOL I LOVE DAVID!!

[@masha1683]

I love these two actors and characters

[@Bethumps]

How they cut the Lupin/Tonks relationship is like how they cut the whole Marauder backstory in Prisoner of Azkaban. Annoying and so it doesn't make any sense unless you've read the books.

[@TechnicolorYear]

They're so relaxed and just have fun and talk about it like they're fans. :) I am so disappointed with what they did to Tonks and Lupin's relationship in the movies, though. :/ They're my absolute favorite couple, and they just rushed with it. Nothing was shown. In the books you have the process of them falling in love, and in the movie it's like, "Oh. Sweetheart? They're together now??" But all the same, I LOVE the characters and I love the movies/books. :)

[@sapphicsaro]

I ship them

[@charlotteg958]

Thank you!!!😂

[@realaurellia]

I know you wrote this comment 10 years ago, but just so yk their 20 years apart

[@mesrsmoonywormtailpadfootandpr]

yeah i agree with natalia on how in the 6th one she was supposed to be accompanying harry on a lot of them

[@beccanixon9600]

Nat is in a relationship with her bandmate Sam. They have been together for a long time!

[@webcomiclulu9056]

They(the directors) did Remus Lupin, tonks and remadora so dirty in the movies! The actors were amazing! Ilove them sm.

[@enchantedcoeur]

Nat Tena is so amazing!! She is the best possible actress to play Tonks.

[@Eurora17]

I'd wish that Alfonso would have returned to do the other films... Perhaps their relashionship would have not been so cut :3 :3 :3 I'm so in love with it and with them.

[@YVIANDFRANZI]

Loved him so much in the books & films, hes so amazing

[@Audi0mancer]

I feel really sorry for Nat, almost all of her character's scenes were cut and she was barely in the films. Which is unfortunate, because she has a great on screen presence and I was really hoping to see more of her, especially in HBP.

[@abiya4241]

3:36 can't agree more

[@riskatriatama3271]

I like her voice

[@jezzaminejude6090]

UGH HES SO FIT

[@Jakarta_15]

I watch this everyday and never got bored 👁👄👁

[@mochitheneko2984]

ngl i just find it adorable he stutters! ❤🥺

[@kelseyvision]

Natalie Tena is HOTTT!

[@Ferrychick1]

Far more beautiful than Emma Watson, Clémence Poésy, and Bonnie Wright, in my opinion.

[@voidargent3436]

Rose McLean Thats rude! Everyone knows that Emma Watson is prettiest

[@sleepwalkster]

Fandom Trash Now you're being rude too. All of them are beautiful, noone is "the prettiest"

[@gabyr.883]

@@voidargent3436 noooo

[@AAARON.]

At around 2:11 it looks like Nat is mocking the interviewer like she's an idiot, don't you agree? oh well. BIG LOVE FOR NAT AND DAVID!!

[@xILoveLancelot]

oh my god nat has a friend called sirius! what a legend

[@torinoherrera]

When I listen to Natalia speaks in Spanish, I thought she was from Spain. Here she speaks like with all the correct English accents. This is girl is good!

[@monikavec]

I was never big fan of their whole story in movies. Jo described their relationship so gently, how they passed away and left Teddy there... For people who didn't read HP this must be really confusing.

[@jennybrockartist]

Oh, right, I always got the impression from the books that Hagrid's hut was quite close to the castle, or at least not at the bottom of the hill; from the description, the characters always seem to have a very clear view of whether the lights are on etc.

[@masha1683]

Natalia is so pretty

[@disneysmagic92]

@scissorhandslove9 Completely agree. Their relationship was one of my favorite parts, especially in Deathly Hallows. Natalia and David were amazing as Tonks and Lupin and I was really looking forward to seeing them play out their relationship on film. I was very disappointed when the filmmakers, as you said, downplayed it in the films. They are great together and they would have been even better on film.

[@arjay2002ph]

I have been binge watching Harry Potter and during "The order of the phoenix" where Nymphadora first appeared I was like, "she's familiar from a tv series . . " then suddenly I remembered that she was the wildling who became the nanny of rickon stark in GoT.

[@tiptopluongo]

Tonks is one of my favorite characters and I was disappointed they cut her and Lupin's storyline out of HBP! That was the worst film for me, lots of people didn't like PoA, but I really enjoyed it. To each's own.

[@ladycplum]

@scissorhandslove9 AMEN! They cut out all the conflict with Tonks being in love and real unhappy in HBP, Lupin finally accepting her love and returning it, and, what I think is the worst crime, completely cutting out the scene from DH in which Lupin visits the Trio in Gimmauld Place and breaks down over Tonks's pregnancy. The film makers lost so many opportunities with these characters. (And a lot other, but I'll save that rant for another day)

[@aliciakrentzlin2991]

I love them. They so friendly and nice

[@romeosluvr4ever]

I miss those little moments too, Nat. I miss them too.

[@rachelmetriyakool]

i hate how they cut all the tonks/lupin scenes >.< two of my favorite characters & not mention no teddy lupin in the epilogue & lupin not mentioning that he had a son must be confusing for people who didn't read the book but hopefully its a deleted scene :S

[@tamartsadka2]

Ohhh I love David ♥

[@heyysimone]

haha "salmon coloured!" the fact that pretty much nothing about remus/tonks was in the film confused a lot of my friends in who hadnt read the books. they were like 'whats happening? why are they together?' me: dont ask, just go with it.

[@tarachamberlain5418]

THEY ARE SO CUTE AWE

[@MistvillagePirate]

David Yates...fans love all the characters....not just the main 3! Really could have done more with Tonks and Remus

[@jessfidler2356]

Two of my three favs Tonks Remus and Sirius ❤

[@hughsahlstrom951]

Whilst her role was sadly reduced for timing, she was totally Nymphadora... I mean, Tonk. Love her. ❤️

[@KHStar38]

Tonks and Lupin are Both Among my favorite charecters and I felt sad when they weren't in the movies as mcuh as they were in the books since I was looking forward to their relationship. If they make two parts might as well make as many parts as they have to and try and fit everything in! They make a heck a lot of money either way!!!

[@kanoiamayfield5610]

I love Natalias Voice

[@ladycplum]

@lovethemovies3 I know! The entire backstory of the Marauders has been chopped into tiny bits here and there. As for Tonks & Lupin, they don't say a word to each other in OOTP, then in HBP she's calling him "sweetheart", then in DH she cracks jokes about "her husband". Boy could I ever rant about how much the films make me sorta sick.....

[@misskit123]

There is definitely not enough Tonks in the films. I think Natalia is perfect as the character and it sucks that we didn't get more of her. Some important scenes, like discovering Harry under the invisibility cloak on the train, were given to other characters.

[@chadlambert1986]

Một bài hát rất hoài niệm , nhớ những ngày bồng bột của tuổi trẻ, chút kỷ niệm của tình yêu, lời chia tay vội vàng đúng như cái bồng bột ấy. Đức Phúc cover lại bài hát này tâm trạng quá !

[@user-sr5tp4du9x]

David thewlis😍😍😍

[@iloveejasper]

lol she has a friend named sirius

[@ladycplum]

Still extraordinarily angry that Rowling felt the need to kill them. If ANYONE was the true victim of the final book it was Andromeda Tonks! She lost her daughter, her husband, and her son in law!

[@tonksandlupin6]

I wish that they would show more of T&L

[@harrisn3693]

She is the girl who was in About a boy 😂😂😂

[@kamilaturzynska1412]

Haha yess I'm not the only

[@DisneyFan16672]

@Bethumps I really hope that there are some deleted scenes involving Lupin and Tonks. I liked the shot of them reaching for each other as the shield charm around Hogwarts was destroyed, and I would have liked to have seen the battle that led to their sad death (along with Fred's if they were shot but cut for time).

[@pascha120]

@ladycplum About the Marauders I honestly thought during Snape's last 'Pensieve moment' in DH pt 2 where Harry is looking back through Snape's memories that Harry was going to delve into the Maruaders backstory and explain the whole Secret-Keeper thing. But they didn't. All you got was a quick random shot of Pettigrew. And it annoys me that DH pt 2 is the shortest of all the HP movies... they could've used some extra time to FINALLY somehow explain the Marauders/Secret-Keeper story damnit!

[@samrehm6831]

Ugh if only she was around during movie 6..... that would have been awesome

[@izzierose2]

EVERYTHING THEY SAID ABOUT THINGS NOT BEING IN THE MOVIES - JUST SAME. FUCKING SAAAME.

[@DisneyFan16672]

@Bethumps Yep. I didn't happen to catch him in the Epilogue either, but I'm glad that he isn't forgotten otherwise people might have wondered what Tonks was going to tell everyone at the Dursley's house before the "7 Potters Chase".

[@AlenaNadia99]

@TheLastAbacus David Yates spoiled the stories from the book in the film series. I agree Alfonso did an amazing job on directing PoA.

[@loveringcam]

they're just absolute cuties

[@KelliHarrah]

David Thewlis is the snacciest of snaccs.

[@DisneyFan16672]

@Bethumps The film did seem a bit rushed to me (as awesome as it was), so I just figured that they cut out any material that didn't directly relate to Harry and his ongoing quest for the Horcruxes and the destruction of Lord Voldemort. As awesome as the final battle is, if they were going to go all out for the final film I would have hoped that they could have kept in as many of the smaller battles to show the enormity of the situation. As is, it's great, but extended it will be a masterpiece.

[@batmanrocks6727]

I wonder what david thewlis thoughts were after reading or hearing his character wasn't gay? Even the director said in the third movie that Remus was gay play him as a gay character

[@ojamajoyy]

Near the end, did David mean the other video of the last day shooting in which the kids clapped and David and Alan were there?