leakycon hp alumni appearance

when chelley and auto and i signed up for leakycon, we decided it would be worth the extra money to get to see the hp actors who would be at the convention. we had been hoping that would get us some autographs, which sadly it didn't, but i still think it was worth it.

the hp alumni who were there were evanna lynch, louis cordice (blaise zabini), william melling (nigel), and robbie jarvis (young james potter). they talked about what it was like filming hp and what they're up to now.

one of my favorite stories was that robbie jarvis was a big fan and was excited just to get to try out for the role of james potter. they had a large group of potential jameses and potential lilys doing activities together, he said like summer camp, one of which was a game in which you had to be the first to touch ten people on the head without being touched. just before the game started he noticed a group of five people including the casting director and movie's director sitting on the sidelines watching the young actors and actresses. being competitive, he decided, since he didn't think he had much chance of getting the role, to go ahead and bop them all on the head for an easy first five touches. his cheek landed him the role. :)

i also, at this time, decided that my niece is going to marry william melling. the boy's simply adorable. he's cute, funny, likes lotr, and if he could've been anyone else in the movies, he would've wanted to be neville, so clearly he's smart, too.

after all this came q&a time. can i just say that the fact that louis cordice took the lead every time, answering first, was extremely sexy? cuz it was.

after that the actors headed off to do autographs (not for us, though :( ) and we headed off for supper. and that was day two.

oh, and p.s. - i love this picture of evy. :)