Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis lived the type of fantasy fanfics are made of this past weekend.
The 28-year-old actor said “I do” to longtime girlfriend Angela Jones in Italy over Memorial Day weekend, and it turns out their origin story is a tale as old as celebrity-fueled diary entries have existed. The couple met in 2016 while Jones was working at the Orlando, Florida, Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, hit it off, and started dating immediately. It’s a true underdog story for Lewis, whose character Neville Longbottom is notoriously clumsy, out-of-shape, and just trying to get through the day as a full-blown nerd. Think about it: Pudgy child stars in hit movie series about wizards; grows into tall, handsome adult actor; marries woman he meets while she’s working at his movie’s IRL headquarters.
The couple seems to have fun together, too. Lewis joked about the ceremony on Twitter Monday, saying: “Not only did I miss @arcticmonkeys in LA but they were performing in Italy at the same time we were there and my wife made me get married instead. Fuming.”
Not only did I miss @ArcticMonkeys in LA but they were performing in Italy at the same time we were there and my wife made me get married instead. Fuming. pic.twitter.com/VEZfTkizBa
— 🇺🇦Matthew Lewis🇺🇦 (@Mattdavelewis) May 28, 2018
Good things happen sometimes.