Saoirse Ronan revealed during a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel that it’s been impossible to let go of losing out on the role of Luna Lovegood in the “Harry Potter” franchise. Evanna Lynch was cast as the fan-favorite character starting in 2007’s “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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The actor shared that she knew she would not get the role because she was too young for the part, but went for the audition just to read for it.

While Ronan was too young for the part in the end (she was only 13 when the Order Of The Phoenix, the first film featuring Luna, came out in 2007), she still “got to read out a scene that was going to be in Harry Potter, and it was the coolest thing ever.”

Her notable roles include Susie in The Lovely Bones, a teenage assassin in Hanna, and a baker in The Grand Budapest Hotel. Recently, she portrayed Jo March in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women and won a Golden Globe for her lead role in 2017’s Lady Bird, co-starring Timothee Chalamet.

The character of Luna Lovegood is introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which debuted in theaters in 2007 with then-newcomer Evanna Lynch in the role. That was the same year Ronan's film Atonement came out, earning her her first Oscar nomination at age 13.

Saoirse Ronan has recently expressed her regret for not playing the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter.During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 3, the four-time Oscar