“I was too young,” says the Oscar nominee.
No spell could makeSaoirse Ronanforget that she missed the train ride to Hogwarts.
I lost, again.
Saoirse Ronan; Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood in ‘Harry Potter’.Vera Anderson/WireImage; Everett
It’s a running theme for me I had gone up for Luna Lovegood inHarry Potteryears ago."
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“It was the Irish character, so they got everyone Irish,” added Ronan.
“Like half of Ireland came and auditioned.”
The role garnered Ronan her first Oscar nomination at just the age of 13.
“We’re a house of losers,” she joked.
“We have very low expectations for ourselves.”
For more from Ronan, watch her interview above.
