In the first film, I was only on set for three or four days,’ she explains. It was a really interesting thing to do, but not drastic; nothing life-changing. I think if my parents had realised how big it would end up, they’d have worried about how I was going to balance filming with family life and school.
But I started at such a young age, I was able to adapt. We all grew up together doing the film. Living in London has helped a lot. I’ve been able to go home to my own bed and see my friends at the weekend.’
She had a tutor on set, and when she wasn’t filming, attended King Alfred’s School, an arty independent school in North London, popular with actors, directors and TV types.
It’s much harder for people like Evanna [Lynch, the Irish actress who plays Luna Lovegood].’
When Bonnie first arrived on set, she was a complete rookie who didn’t even know what Action!’ meant, let alone which her best side was.
Fortunately, as well as having her mother as chaperone, she was also immediately welcomed into the bosom of her substitute family, the Weasleys.
The first day of filming, they introduced me to Julie Walters and said, “This is your mum.”’
She adores what she calls her parallel family’, especially Rupert Grint who is lovely’. When we do scenes with all of us, it gets quite giggly,’ she says.
You can really tell on screen when people feel a real connection.’
She has also relished the opportunity to work with some great contemporary British actors. They don’t have to give you any tips,’ she says, Just watching them, you pick things up.’
Aside from Walters and Mark Williams (who plays Mr Weasley), she gets on especially well with Dumbledore, aka Michael Gambon, who is, she says, not as saintly as he looks. He’s always good fun on set, always laughing,’ she says.
During the climactic scene in which (spoiler alert!) Dumbledore falls to his death from the school’s astron-omy tower, she says he was giggling as he lay there.’ Her favourite occupation is visiting the different departments, from costume to carpentry.
The level of detail is amazing,’ she confides. If there’s a book in a scene,
it will be fully printed, even if nobody’s
going to open it.’
Bonnie ha also become good friends with Emma Watson, Katie Leung (who plays her love rival, Cho) and Evanna Lynch. When we all come back to do the next film, it’s really nice, like going back to school after the summer break. Even the premieres are like a school reunion.’
The comparison is an apt one. Child stars are traditionally doomed, in popular opinion at any rate, to a future of drug abuse and missed opportunities.
But Hogwarts seems to have done spectacularly well with its alumni.
From Radcliffe and Watson down, graduates of the most exclusive institution in history seem to be emerging into adulthood astonishingly well-balanced and mature.
Warner Bros reputedly has a policy of shielding what they call the Potter children’ from the limelight, and warning them about the pitfalls of fame.
The kids have remained natural because we have protected them,’ claims one executive.
You’ll never catch them snorting cocaine at Boujis and they’ve all managed to do well at school.
Bonnie is no exception. When we meet, she is in the midst of revising for her A levels, which she is sitting before starting work on The Deathly Hallows.
She’s taking art, photography, design technology and English, and will start at London’s University of the Arts in September to study film and television. I want to continue performing,’ she explains. I have such a love for the job. It’s been nice to find something that I enjoy and makes me tick.’
A couple of other roles have come her way; most notably, she played the young Agatha Christie in a 2004 TV film.
She’s saved up her earnings, which must run into millions, and will fund herself through university. It would have been so stupid to spend it and go out all the time,’ she says sagely.
Money goes much faster than you think. It’s amazing that I can provide for myself and live comfortably while I decide what to do.’ Eventually, she hopes to use it to fund her own films.
She accepts that at the age of 18, her greatest success may already be behind her. In terms of box office sales, nothing will ever be at this scale,’ she says. But personally speaking, I definitely think there’ll be something bigger for me.’
Photographs by Nicole Nodland Styled by Nicky Yates
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