Evanna Lynch is a strong advocate for animal rights and is actively involved with several organizations working towards animal welfare. She also supports mental health awareness and has shared her own experiences with overcoming struggles. Verniere, James (20 November 2010). "Hollow 'Hallows' ". Boston Herald . Retrieved 5 December 2010. Evanna Lynch joins cast of Monster Butler". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012 . Retrieved 10 June 2012. At Christmas, Harry invites Luna on a platonic date to the party hosted by Horace Slughorn. Despite wearing a spangled silvery dress, she looks quite nice, Harry notices, and her conversation about the Rotfang conspiracy (where the Aurors are allegedly trying to bring down the Ministry via Dark Magic and gum disease) has Harry coughing into his drink with laughter. Luna also does the Quidditch commentary for Gryffindor's game against Hufflepuff during which she says little about the play – talking instead about "interestingly-shaped clouds" above the stadium and how nice Ginny is and referring to one of the Hufflepuff players as suffering from "Loser's Lurgy". Minerva McGonagall does not quite know what to do with her, but some fans find her commentary highly amusing. This wins over Ron, who remarks that Luna may be mad, but in a good way. Rowling said in an interview that she " really enjoyed" writing Luna's commentary and considered it "blinding insight". [10] [11]

a b c "Harry Potter Actors: Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)". CBBC Newsround. BBC. 12 July 2007 . Retrieved 29 July 2010.It will get easier’ is probably the most offensive thing you can say to someone in the grip of pain. You are borrowing from a future that isn’t promised, a future that depends entirely on their endurance of the pain. You are taking for granted a well of strength within them that they may not possess, fast-forwarding through the ugly bits that you don’t want to watch but they must live through, nonetheless. ‘It will get easier’ is not a helpful thing to say to someone for whom only the present moment can exist, so vivid, so intense that it’s not possible to imagine a moment beyond it. The future doesn’t matter to someone enduring an unimaginable pain, so let’s not entertain that childish fantasy. All that matters is the pain that is consuming you in this moment, that you grit your teeth and try to survive it. You invalidate the pain and the damage it inflicts when you hasten to skip past it to a brighter tomorrow. Sometimes things are just unremittingly shit and the only respectful thing to do is to stand next to the person going through it and scream along with them.” Electronic Arts (12 July 2011). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 , Instruction manual. Electronic Arts.

J.K. Rowling's Emotional Speech at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 London Premiere". YouTube. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021 . Retrieved 23 July 2015. That is how Evanna’s striking authenticity personally reached me: as a grounded, lucid whisper — from within the darkness and beyond it — that there is meaning, wisdom, and significance to your suffering even when you cannot yet perceive it. The book also has an uplifting, dare I say inspirational tone, without being cheesy. She reminds us that there's intrinsic value in pursuing art. You don't have to be the best there is to benefit from making something. See: these words sound so lame and cliché when I say it point blank in a review. But in the book, it works. I remember, years ago, coming across an article by Evanna about how to approach one's self-image. She said something to the effect of it being worth it to deal with one's flaws not as an affirmation of self-loathing, but as a means to no longer have them rule your life. And as a pimply, stretch-marked, gangly teen, her words carried immense gravity and far-reaching power. That simple wisdom — something my young mind, ensnared by obsessive self-hating loops, could not yet rise up to see — has remained with me as a precious guiding light.One of the most interesting parts (to me) was how she found herself in Luna Lovegood and the Harry Potter series. She talks about reading them in the hospital and becoming “entranced” by Luna’s character. The more she reads, the more she finds herself skipping looking for Luna to show up again. She loves how the character seems to exist outside of the problems in the book and bringing a sense of calmness and uniqueness to every scene. And beneath its poignant surface are even deeper insights that seem to hold their weight from being hinted at than being definitively explored: existential questions surrounding the impossibility of living without an anchor in the world, however light or damaging; the crucial importance of having myths and characters to live in and embody for strength and wholeness; the solemn awareness that it is sometimes in our nature to stave off healing, even when it is within our grasp, because of our instinct that doing so would summon a horde of uncontrollable unknowns. a b Prinzivalli, Fallon (6 June 2012). " 'Harry Potter' Actress Cast In 'Monster Butler' ". MTV . Retrieved 10 June 2012. a b O'Connor, Rachael (1 November 2019). "Evanna Lynch on compassionate activism, the power of podcasts, and veganism in the wizarding world". The Irish Post. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019 . Retrieved 10 November 2019.

One Cow, Eight Cities". Farm Animal Voice. No.195. United Kingdom: Compassion in World Farming (published 9 October 2015). Winter 2015. p.6. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015 . Retrieved 10 November 2019. McDonagh, Patricia (25 July 2007). "Luna Lovegood's a wizard with words". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media . Retrieved 16 July 2010.Rowling has often said that Luna is the "anti- Hermione", as Luna believes things on faith alone, while Hermione grounds her views on facts and logic. [8] Hermione repeatedly tries to convince Luna that her beliefs are nonsense, but to no avail. This is not to suggest that Luna is foolish; instead, as a Ravenclaw, she believes that "wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". Hermione sees Luna as gullible, whereas Luna views Hermione as smart, but limited. Though they have different views, Luna and Hermione eventually become friends. CALICO by Michael Hastings (WATCH ONLINE)". Bloomsdayfestival.ie. 11 June 2021 . Retrieved 1 November 2021. Evanna Lynch was a huge fan of the Harry Potter series and would send letters to J.K. Rowling expressing her admiration for the books. After reading one of her letters, Rowling recommended Lynch to audition for the role of Luna Lovegood. Heyde, Jennifer (20 March 2016). "Harry Potter's Evanna Lynch Shares Her Surprising Half-Marathon Training Playlist (Think Disney!)". People. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017 . Retrieved 10 November 2019.

Although it can be said that this is every memoirist’s role, there is an uncanny difference here. She seems at once to be sharing her story and subtly communicating the significance of stories themselves, their potent, enigmatic power to restore, to provide context to your growth, to offer love and comfort to a past version of yourself who, through your telling, find still to be alive. You can feel it in her voice, as she renders each line and character with intense reality. As someone who has breathed boundless praise on Potter, it’s clear this is a writer who has internalized and wholeheartedly partaken in the majesty of stories. Accio interview! – We chat to Bonnie "Ginny" Wright and Evanna "Luna" Lynch". BBC Slink. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007 . Retrieved 23 July 2010. Retrieved from Internet Archive 16 February 2014.

VegOut (VO): When did you first go vegan? What was the leading factor that caused you to make the switch?

I wasn’t depressed or unhappy during this time; I was just completely driven and completely numb. In some ways, I was the happiest I’d ever been. Maybe not happy, but content, certain. I had achieved some previously elusive anaesthetised state of mental calm. This is a story of the tragedy and the glory of growing up, of mourning girlhood and stepping into the unknown, and how that act of courage is the most creatively liberating thing a woman can do. Having danced since her childhood, Evanna is also passionate about movement and continues to study new disciplines. In 2019 she discovered a love for the circus arts and has trained in aerial hoop, flying trapeze, rope and silks. I firmly, firmly believe that J.K. Rowling had a hand in her casting as Luna, even though everyone involved keeps insisting that she didn't. What a coincidence that the troubled young girl who'd had frequent personal correspondence with J.K. herself was the one that finally got the role. The "She was promised the role by JK, and that's how she found the ~strength~ to beat anorexia!!" stories are definitely false, but I think that she saw the casting tapes of the finalists and recognized here there. Her getting cast completely independently, and then her penpal JK only learning that fact along with the rest of the world, is too good a story to be true imo. In 2020, I ran out of all excuses not to write a book. It had been bubbling up inside me for years, not so much as the book I wanted to write, but the one I had to because otherwise other people were just going to keep writing it for me, abbreviated and sensationalised, softened and squashed into claustrophobic little corners of newspapers and never, ever told in its full integrity, the way I lived it.