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" Matthew Lewis has revealed that he felt &amp;quot;uncomfortable&amp;quot; with the media attention he has received for his physical transformation. The Harry Potter star plays Neville Longbottom, who went from being a shy student to a hero in the final installment of the franchise. &amp;quot;It was a pretty daunting experience, to be honest with you. The film came out while I was flying to Australia,&amp;quot; Lewis shared to The Telegraph. &amp;quot;When I landed there was all the news about [box office] records being broken, and various bits of press about me - all the headlines about how I&amp;#039;d been &amp;#039;transformed&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;I called [my publicist] Will and said, &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t like this&amp;#039;. It was very, very weird, and I suddenly felt very exposed. People started focusing on my appearance rather than my work, and I was uncomfortable with it. &amp;quot;It was all very nice things they were saying, very flattering and humbling, but it was very odd. I just wanted to get back to [my hometown] Leeds and focus on work.&amp;quot; Lewis also confessed that he hated the false yellow teeth, fat suit and ear prosthetic he wore in the movies. &amp;quot;When I was about 15 or 16, I hated it. I thought this is what the rest of the world thinks I am, what I really look like,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;I was so sick of the fat suit I used to take it off as soon as I came off set even if it was only for 20 minutes.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Then I started to appreciate what it was all about. Becoming a character was important, and by the end I had a whole new appreciation of it. That fat suit and the make-up did help me get into the role. I&amp;#039;m glad I stuck with it.&amp;quot; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was  was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Triple Play and Digital Download last week.  Watch a &amp;#039;Look Back&amp;#039; at the eight Harry Potter films below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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