Overview
- The Jan. 17 pre-tape casts Finn Wolfhard as Harry Potter and Ben Marshall as Ron Weasley in a faux HBO trailer that reimagines Quidditch as a steamy rivalry.
- Jason Momoa cameos as Hagrid, the trailer clarifies the characters are 18+, flashes a fake J. K. Rowling quote, and leans on explicit wand and broom innuendo.
- Bits include Harry disarming Ron’s towel with “expelliarmus,” suggestive owl messages, and professors reacting to locker-room nudity.
- Viewer response on X ranged from calls for a full series to criticism of the humor, including complaints that some jokes were homophobic.
- The sketch aired during Wolfhard’s SNL hosting debut as Heated Rivalry continues its rapid rise, renewed by Crave with U.S. streaming on HBO Max.