--- title: J.K. Rowling Responds to Neville Longbottom's Abs description: Lesson learned: Tell the woman who created the fictional character you played that you're appearing in your underwear. canonical: https://time.com/3892426/j-k-rowling-matthew-lewis/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-21T16:29:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:35.599Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Also Has Feelings About Neville Longbottom's Abs og:description: Lesson learned: Tell the woman who created the fictional character you played that you're appearing in your underwear. og:url: https://time.com/3892426/j-k-rowling-matthew-lewis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Also Has Feelings About Neville Longbottom's Abs twitter:description: Lesson learned: Tell the woman who created the fictional character you played that you're appearing in your underwear. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.K. Rowling Also Has Feelings About Neville Longbottom's Abs ## Video: Emma Watson Shoots Down Prince Harry Rumors [Watch (HLS stream): Emma Watson Shoots Down Prince Harry Rumors](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O6vhh8Ia.m3u8) (1:02)  _Published 2015-02-23. The 24-year-old "Harry Potter" star was rumored to be secretly dating the Prince, but took to Twitter to shoot down the story._ by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 21, 2015 4:29 PM UTC by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 21, 2015 4:29 PM UTC Matthew Lewis—a.k.a. _Harry Potter_‘s hot Neville Longbottom—is completely milking his sex symbol status in a new shoot [for _Attitude_ magazine](http://attitude.co.uk/harry-potters-matthew-lewis-is-attitudes-new-cover-guy/). He’s also giving _Harry Potter_ author J.K. Rowling fodder that makes us blush in solidarity. Rowling responded to Lewis’ revealing, ab-centric photos with a tweet that reminded people how she’s seen quite a bit of the _Potter_ kids as their careers moved beyond her world of wizards. And, come on, Matthew, you couldn’t give her a heads up? > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/601355861248860160) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/601357841019047936) To make matters worse, Jason Isaacs, the man who played Lucius Malfoy, went for the groan-worthy joke. We get it, Lewis played a character who has the word “bottom” in his name. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/601361651712008194) ### Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Illustrations  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hermione Granger Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Ron Weasley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Draco Malfoy Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Rubeus Hagrid Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hogwarts Grand Hall Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Dragon Alley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hagrid Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  An owl Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  The Golden Snitch Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3892426/j-k-rowling-matthew-lewis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3892426/j-k-rowling-matthew-lewis/"},"headline":"J.K. 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