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Okay, I’m working on the new issue of EvyZine, and I need a little participation from all of you. We have on an average 400 unique visits so please don’t hesitate to participate.

I need you to write a testimonial about either Luna Lovegood or Evanna Lynch. It is just supposed to be a paragraph about why you like them, what is the best thing about them, how you think their qualities can be incorporated in yourselves, and other general things.

One entry will be featured in the coming up issue, so mail us here hpfan.network@gmail.com

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LeakyNews.com’s second set report from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is now online and focuses especially on Evanna Lynch.

When David Yates and the rest of the production crew on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were having trouble with Luna’s famed lion hat (which can now be seen in a production photo), they knew exactly whom to turn to for help.

“We’ve got concept artists and designers who work on the film as you know, that spend hours upstairs here at Leavesden, designing these things,” Yates said during a brief break in fliming a Great Hall scene. “We all looked at them and said, ‘Well, maybe we should change that…change that…’ And we got stuck. We just couldn’t make it work. So we said, ‘Hey, Evanna [Lynch, who plays Luna]? Why don’t you design the thing?’ So she got a pad and paper and she was up until four o’ clock in the morning designing.

“It was brilliant. She came up with these brilliant designs. And we made it, we made it based on her design.”

Though she’s still acting as a defacto Potter consultant, Evanna, now through her second film, has found a more comfortable role for herself on set; she’s no longer afraid to mess up, she says (“everyone does it”), but has retained her trademark honesty (of her costume for Slughorn’s party, she says, “I’d wear it all year.”). She at first “was kind of begrudging that Michael Goldenberg [scriptwriter for OotP, her first film] wasn’t going to stay on, you know?,” she admitted. “Then I saw the script for this one, and I was fine,” she said with an air of relief. It just – it has all the tension between Ron and Lavender and Hermione, and they focus on that a lot, as the book does.

“It keeps in all the good bits.”

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Evanna Lynch recently appeared on the RTE Radio One Tubridy Show, discussing what it’s like being a child actor. She also confirmed that she begins working on Deathly Hallows next month, May. The podcast can be found here and here.

A transcript of the interview can be read below, thanks to SnitchSeeker.com

On the casting call:

You had to wait about four hours in the crowd. and it didn’t feel long at all, it was just really exciting. … They bring you into rooms. They saw everyone who was of the right age and nationality. They check your passports and everything. In fact, the girl in front of me who I was talking to, she was 13 and they just kicked her out. We went in. It was harsh at first the way they knocked people out. They’d take about 200 into a room and line about 30 up and they’d tell you to come forward and say your name and where you come from. And by that they would pick 2 or 3 people out and the rest would be, “Goodbye. Go home.”

We had 1:1 auditions then and they said we want to see you again, that was on Saturday. And then the next Monday they called and said, “All right, screentest with David Yates, Daniel Radcliffe” … cameras, the whole shebang. I was a bit tazed by then.

I’m still more a Harry Potter fan than an actor.

On the screen test at Leavesden:

We went to the studios. That was so daunting for me because you’ve been watching this thing forever and suddenly it’s in front of you. And you can’t believe it. They put us in costume and make up and hair and all this. And I was meeting all these people who I’d seen all the time and introducing myself to them. But it was like I was ‘reintroducing’ myself because I felt … as you do, you think you know the person you’ve been reading for years. And then we went on set and had to do a few scenes. It was so professional. It was like right out of a dream because it was all happening. It was a film set and they were treating me like an actor.

I went back home and they were kind of vague about it. They said, “You know, we’ll let you know.”

After school on the following Monday the casting agent called me up. I was in the local shop in Termonfeckin and my mom takes ages in the shop and she said, “Can you get to somewhere where there aren’t a million people watching?” So I went outside. She was very simple about it, what else can you say, she said, “We want you to play our Luna.” She said, ‘Oh, by the way. You’re not allowed to tell people – only tell your family – because we’re not going to announce it for a few days.” It was awful because my friends, I couldn’t tell them, they were asking the next day. And I had to go home after that and study for a French test because I’m a studious person and if I hadn’t studied, something would be up, you know? So we had to keep it quiet for 10 days.

On watching herself on screen:

Well it’s mad. I just felt like the whole time during the film it was like, “I’m lucky. I’ve won something.” They’d all been there for seven years and I found it hard to suddenly think, “Yeah, I’m an actress.” I just kept feeling like a Harry Potter fan. And they were all so nice and so welcoming, but it’s hard to go from one extreme to the next. I remember, at the premiere, I was sitting and I was watching. Half of me was like, “That’s not me.” and in that way I was able to watch it comfortably rather than objectively watching it. But at the same time, everyone else looked like they should be up there. And there was me … very normal, I know everything about myself. I’m not a movie star. It was confusing.

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Lauren, from The Moaning Myrtles, the famous Wrock Band served as the head of Hufflepuff House in last night’s HPA Accio Books event, about which we told you yesterday. Evanna Lynch had served as the head of the winning Ravenclaw house.

She wrote an entry in her blog and mentions a little something about Evanna :

My personal favorite moment was when I suddenly decided that it was a good idea to start singing songs from Rent because Evanna Lynch mentioned that she loves it. She asked me to keep going once I stopped and then she sang along with me. I felt pretty freaking cool. Evanna is awesome.

So, yes, we know Evanna is awesome, right?

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Thanks to Andrew Slack for the heads up about the celebration of the end of Accio Books!

Featured on the call will be the Head of the champion, Ravenclaw House’s very own Evanna Lynch who plays Luna in the Harry Potter movies. Also on the call will be Head of Gryffindor Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters, Head of the Chapter House, Matt Maggiacomo of the Whomping Willows, Andrew Slack of the HPA, Karen Bernstein Chapter Coordinator, and many more special (and surprise) guests!

They will be taking questions and feedback during the call but it is likely you will need to be a member of UStream to take part. However you only have to CLICK HERE to listen. Remember, Tuesday at 8 pm EST!

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I have uploaded a new still – in glorious high resolution – of the Quidditch stadium where Luna – in her infamous Lion Hat – along with Hermione, Neville and Lavendar is cheering the Gryffindor team. We’d earlier seen this scene in the last trailer. Click on the thumbnail below to view it:

EDIT: There’s one more! Click on the thumbnail below. Evanna looks absolutely awesome as Luna!

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It was good to see Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood once again, wasn’t it? She looks as good as ever.

Here are screencaptures of the Quidditch scene and the new scene where we see her in the trailer posted below.

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Yes, the much anticipated trailer number 5 of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is out.  Watch it below in HD thanks to JessieCave.com. The download links follow below the video:

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This trailer is very dramatic and contains many new footage from the movie, and is also, therefore very full of spoilers.

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WB has announced that the Worldwide Trailer will debut on Thursday through satellite.  The times listed in the press release are:

Also, Warner Bros says download links for the trailer will be released at 6pm PST (9pm EST; 2am GMT) on Thursday, April 16th.

Oclumencia is reporting that new banners and character posters will be released on Thursday, by Yahoo! Movies.

AND, ComingSoon.net are reporting that Warner Bros has changed the release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince yet again, this time two days earlier than stated before to Wednesday, July 15, 2009. WB have confirmed this to be true.

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All right everyone, I’ve cleared up my affiliates page. I’ve removed all dead links, and links where we were still linked as lunafans.for-fan.org.

I don’t blame anyone because we did move around much. So, if you still wish to remain affiliates, please re-apply. Also, I might have mistakenly removed you – please don’t take offence and just let me know. Thanks!
Also, the form as I understand wasn’t working. It has been corrected up as well. And now that I have removed a lot of affiliates, I’m looking for affiliates.
Plus, we have a brand new layout at Shimmers Multimedia section, the header of this new layout has been taken from a wallpaper donated earlier by an awesome fan, Galen Higgins, so thanks Galen! Don’t forget to check out our huge database of Evanna Lynch Multimedia.

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Glam Sham, an Indian entertainment magazine, is reporting that IMAX have secured a deal of being the only company showcasing Half-Blood Prince in 3D in the country. They state that the movie will open in June simultaneously with the 2D version.

Obviously, this is great news for me, but we have to wait for this to be confirmed. Till a confirmation is recieved, please treat it as an awesome rumour.

Source: Snitchseeker.com

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I was FINALLY able to scan the Ponytail Magazine Issue which had the Evanna Lynch photoshoot by Katrin Thomas. There’s even a new photo among there. And the note that Ms. Thomas gave us is also on the magazine. You can order your own magazine at PonytailMagazine.com

Please DO NOT re-post without asking permission. And, DO NOT remove the tags!

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Yeah, here are the screencaptures of the few Evanna Lynch scenes that were there in the HBP Trailer posted below.

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If you remember, a Japanese trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince had released with heavy voiceovers and subtitles. We finally have the trailer online and in high definition too. Check it out below:

We have a few scenes with Evanna Lynch and much new footage. Enjoy!

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Just a little update to let you all know that from now on, you won’t be able to visit the complete site from lunafans.fan-sites.org.

Please make sure you only use the domain – http://www.lunafans.net – from now on.

Also, I’ve added a Paypal Donate button to the right sidebar. I assure you that any donation I recieve from it, will only be used for the betterment of the site and I draw no personal benefit from it. Thanks all!

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We have new screencaptures of the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince video game about which I posted earlier in the week.

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ITN will be airing a Half-Blood Prince feature soon, it is unknown when but we do know that Ben Shepherd has revealed he has made three behind the scenes segments. He also announced that he has a cameo role in Half-Blood Prince at the Weasley’s Joke Shop. Thanks to LeakyNews.com

Also, we have a new domain name, LunaFans.net. Thanks so much Gertie!

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Thanks so much to the wonderful Courtney over at LoveUnchained.com for making Luna Fans the Site of the Month for April. Check out the pretty award she gave us below. And don’t forget to give the Romione fansite a visit!

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IndieLondon have a new interview with Rhys Ifans where they talk to im about his latest movie The Boat That Rocked. Ifans also talks of his other projects, Nanny McPhee 2 with Emma Thompson, who played Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter movies and also, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Q. Who do you play in Harry Potter? And is this something quite new for you, to be doing family orientated movies?
Rhys Ifans: I play a wizard. The last few Harry Potter films, I think they’re really cool. I was never a real fan of Harry Potter, but I love how they’ve become darker, and I love how Daniel Radcliffe and his co-stars have grown up through the telling of the story. Harry Potter is a little bit of history; it will be. So it’s been kind of a real honour being asked to be part of a project like that, and though I haven’t got kids myself, a lot of my friends have kids, so it’ll be great to do something they can see. He’s a good wizard – a really great guy. In Nanny McPhee, I’m a bad guy, someone you’d boo and hiss at.

Also, we have the April Calendar which features Evanna Lynch from the London premier of The Dark Knight.

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