--- title: J.K. Rowling Draco Malfoy Neville Longbottom Twitter Rivalry description: "So proud of my boys." canonical: https://time.com/4015884/harry-potter-draco-malfoy-neville-longbottom-twitter/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-29T13:25:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:12.041Z og:title: J.K. Rowling 'Proud' of Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom's Twitter Rivalry og:description: "So proud of my boys" og:url: https://time.com/4015884/harry-potter-draco-malfoy-neville-longbottom-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73027936d2bbe9ad/69886187cd1bba68f06fcf32/matthew-lewis-neville-longbottom-tom-felton-draco-malfoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2235 og:image:height: 1257 og:image:alt: Matthew Lewis and Tom Felton at the after party for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in New York City on July 11, 2011. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling 'Proud' of Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom's Twitter Rivalry twitter:description: "So proud of my boys" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73027936d2bbe9ad/69886187cd1bba68f06fcf32/matthew-lewis-neville-longbottom-tom-felton-draco-malfoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # J.K. Rowling Is 'Proud' of Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom's Twitter Rivalry ## Video: J.K. Rowling Is Incredible At Keeping A Fandom Satisfied [Watch (HLS stream): J.K. Rowling Is Incredible At Keeping A Fandom Satisfied](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vsnwlvIt.m3u8) (1:46)  _Published 2015-08-22. Years after the end of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling keeps proving she's the best at keeping the fandom going._ by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Aug 29, 2015 1:25 PM UTC  Matthew Lewis and Tom Felton at the after party for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in New York City on July 11, 2011. Matthew Lewis and Tom Felton at the after party for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in New York City on July 11, 2011.Dimitrios Kambouris—WireImage/Getty Images by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Aug 29, 2015 1:25 PM UTC As we all know by now, J.K. Rowling maintains an active presence on Twitter, and apparently keeps an eye on her old _Harry Potter_ actors (see [her priceless reaction](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/21/jk-rowling-neville-longbottoms-shirtless-photoshoot) to Matthew Lewis’ shirtless photos back in May). Today, she gave her seal of approval to a series of friendly ribbings between Lewis (who played Neville Longbottom) and Tom Felton (who played Draco Malfoy). After Lewis retweeted [a trailer](http://news.moviefone.com/2015/08/28/tom-felton-harry-potter-new-trailer-risen/) for Felton’s upcoming movie _Risen,_ he and Felton got into a friendly back-and-forth, teasing each other with jokes about their characters’ Hogwarts houses. If we were judging this based on pun quality, Felton clearly won, but Rowling doesn’t care. She’s just happy that the former costars (whom she cutely referred to as “my boys”) are still trying to “kick each other’s arses,” and, of course, still referencing _Harry Potter._ > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/637360947963801600) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/28/jk-rowling-applauds-harry-potter-stars-twitter-rivalry) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) _Read next:_ [_J.K. Rowling Just Revealed a Very Specific New Detail About the_ ](http://time.com/4006299/jk-rowling-harry-potter-play-detail/?iid=time%5Freadnext)[Harry Potter _Play_](http://time.com/4006299/jk-rowling-harry-potter-play-detail/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4015884/harry-potter-draco-malfoy-neville-longbottom-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4015884/harry-potter-draco-malfoy-neville-longbottom-twitter/"},"headline":"J.K. 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