‘Luna’ reveals pen-pal friendship with Rowling

IRISH actress Evanna Lynch and Harry Potter author JK Rowling have been pen-pals for years, the 17-year-old who plays Luna Lovegood revealed yesterday.

Evanna, who has been obsessed with the book series since childhood, wrote frequently to Rowling as a youngster, telling the author how much she loved her books. “I wrote a lot to her and I poured my heart out to her. She was very sympathetic.”

Evanna, from Termonfeckin, Co Louth, was cast as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after beating 15,000 hopefuls in an open audition in London in 2006.