Wright: 'Kissing Radcliffe was weird'

Harry Potter star Bonnie Wright has admitted that she was nervous about kissing Daniel Radcliffe in the new film.

The 18-year-old actress's alter ego Ginny Weasley shares an intimate moment with boy wizard Harry after they realise their feelings for each other in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Discussing the day the kiss was filmed, Wright told Teen Hollywood: "It was weird. They make it more of a closed set but there are still a lot of people involved and it's weird because, not only knowing Dan for so long but all the same crew too, so it's a bit like 'oh, we're doing that scene today'. They know it's difficult but I think they were too scared to tease us about it."

She added: "You do forget everyone around you. You have to. Especially in this scene when Ginny and Harry come together. There's just the two of them in this room and it's quite an intimate moment and there's this element of secrecy, so you do have to forget everyone's there to make it this magical moment between them. You just make this bubble for just the two of you."

Wright has appeared in all six film adaptations of J.K. Rowling's novels so far and the new movie sees her enjoying an increased role in the ongoing story.

She commented: "I definitely was looking forward to it when I read the book. It's difficult because you never know how they're going to adapt it to screenplay so you can't get too excited. But I remember when I read the script I just got really excited."

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released on Wednesday.