Overview
- Radcliffe told Good Morning America he wrote to Dominic McLaughlin and received “a very sweet note” in return.
- He reiterated he does not plan to take part in the show, saying he doesn’t want to be “a spectre in the lives of these children.”
- Production began in July at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, with HBO targeting 2027 and adapting one book per season.
- The core trio features McLaughlin as Harry, Arabella Stanton as Hermione, and Alastair Stout as Ron, alongside John Lithgow (Dumbledore), Paapa Essiedu (Snape), Janet McTeer (McGonagall) and Nick Frost (Hagrid).
- The child leads emerged from an open casting reported to draw over 30,000 applicants, and a temporary school was built on-site to support their studies during the long shoot.