- Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley in all eight Harry Potter movies, told Insider that the actors who played her brothers Fred, George, and Ron are still “like brothers” off-screen.
- “Evanna [Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood] and I are very close and then James [Phelps], Oliver [Phelps], and Rupert [Grint] are because they had all their Weasley stuff so they’re all kind of like brothers too,” Wright said.
- The 29-year-old admitted that while it’s rare for them to be in the same city, they’re “all on different group chats together.”
- She said their most recent group reunion was a drinks event Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) organized for those of them spending Christmas in the UK. Each actor posted pictures from the night on their respective Instagram accounts.
- “I spent a very huge part of my formative years and life with them so it’s nice that we still have each other,” Wright told Insider.
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The final Harry Potter film may have been released more than nine years ago but Bonnie Wright said that many of the stars are still close to this day in an interview with Insider.
The British actress, who played Ginny Weasley in all eight movies, said the actors who played Fred, George, and Ron Weasley are “like brothers” off-screen.
“Evanna [Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood] and I are very close and then James [Phelps], Oliver [Phelps], and Rupert [Grint] are because they had all their Weasley stuff so they’re all kind of like brothers too,” Wright told Insider.
Wright is closest with Lynch and keeps in regular contact with her other co-stars via group chats. But it's not often they're in the same city as one another.
"To be in the same place at the same time is hard but I do definitely see and speak to a lot of them," Wright said.
The Harry Potter cast caught up at a bar in London over Christmas
Last December, Harry Potter fans went crazy when photos emerged on social media of Wright, Lynch, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) all reuniting.
The photos - which each of them posted to their respective Instagram accounts - showed the stars posing as a group.
In a nod to their magical roots, Felton captioned his post: "Seasons greetings from my school mates."
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Wright told Insider it was Watson who organised the reunion at a bar in Soho, London, for all the Harry Potter stars who were spending Christmas in the UK.
"It was relatively last minute, Emma put together a little sort of Christmas drinks party thing and it was just the perfect time because we all happened to be back in England," Wright said
"Like I spent a very huge part of my formative years and life so it's nice that we still have each other."
Wright prefers to work behind the scenes now
All the actors are now dotted across the globe, with Wright having lived in Los Angeles for the past three years.
While most of them have continued acting post-Potter, Wright said she's found her niche as a writer and director, which came from her personal observations on the set of Harry Potter.
"I was so interested in the skills, craftsmanship that went into all the details from the set design to the edits, to the lighting, to the costumes. I was just always really interested in the bigger picture," Wright said.
"And personally, I much prefer being actually behind the camera and not being in a job role that is heavily focussed on the look of the character and how it is visually," Wright said.
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Wright has directed a number of short films and is working towards her first feature film, an "action kind of horror" movie about pollution titled "Unearthed" - a homage to her environmental activism. Depending on the coronavirus pandemic, she hopes for it to be released by the end of the year.
As for being so far from home during this difficult time, Wright said she's been keeping busy working on her films, "cooking a lot," growing a vegetable garden, and reading poetry each morning.
"If you're spending a lot of time on your own, just reading out loud in the morning is a way to get dialogue going, which has just become very virtual," Wright said.
Wright has been fostering a puppy named after her character
Wright told Insider she's recently been fostering a puppy called Ginny - coincidentally, the owners named the litter after Harry Potter characters before they even knew Wright would be involved.
"When I met her, there was Ginny, Harry and Hermione, and the others got adopted, and she needed a foster home so I looked after her and a friend has now adopted her so they will get her this week. The rescuers were just really excited that I was fostering her," Wright said.
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While Wright advises people to be "gentle" with themselves during the current health crisis, she said it's important to keep their friends and loved ones close.
"Like I spent a very huge part of my formative years and life with [my Harry Potter co-stars] so it's nice that we still have each other," Wright said.
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