In an interview with CBBC Newsround Matt Lewis, Tom Felton, and James & Oliver Phelps discussed their thoughts on Half-Blood Prince.

Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton said the new film is definitely much funnier. “There’s lots to look forward to,” he said. “I was laughing through the whole two hours.”

And it’s probably no surprise to fans of the Harry Potter books that Matthew thinks the story of the Half-Blood Prince isn’t that nice, in terms of what happens in it. “Every year, we always say ‘it’s much darker, this one’, but this one really is. It gets pretty heavy in parts,” he said. But the balance they’ve achieved with the comedy… the timing is wonderful. Jim Broadbent [Professor Slughorn] is superb, Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley] is on top form and it is very very funny.”

Meanwhile, away from Hogwarts, Fred and George Weasley have opened their own joke shop, but what was it like filming away from the famous school? “It was really cool because we got to work in probably the best set there,” said Oliver. “The set Fred and George have is so insane we weren’t disappointed to be away from Hogwarts at the time,” added James. “But when we saw the film I realised how much I missed the shoots in the Great Hall and on the quidditch pitch.”

Thanks TLC!

Also, I asked Matthew Lewis yesterday if he had plans on going to the NYC premiere on July 9th and sadly his answer was, “I think I’m going straight off on a European tour with the film instead of NYC”.  (Credit Lewis Lovers if this is reposted)