Irish actress, Evanna Lynch once shared that she suffered from an eating disorder when she was just 11 years old. she disclosed that the only thing that helped her recover rapidly was the Harry Potter novels because they pulled her attention from the condition.
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She then became a big fan of the author, J. K. Rowling.
“I started writing to JK Rowling and she wrote back and we became pen friends after that. I was in and out of the hospital and I would be getting these letters,” she said.
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Lynch discovered the open casting for Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and landed the role.
“I love the feeling of creating and acting more than I love the feeling of being skinny or being perfect. Being in ‘Harry Potter’ changed my life because it proved to me that I could do something, that I had something to offer the world,” she revealed.
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