Overview
- Saturday Night Live aired a pre-taped trailer called Heated Wizardry that blends Harry Potter with the buzzy gay-hockey drama Heated Rivalry, starring host Finn Wolfhard as Harry and Ben Marshall as Ron with a surprise Jason Momoa turn as Hagrid.
- The spoof presents itself as a hastily revised version of HBO’s forthcoming Potter series, flashes an on-screen note that all characters are 18+, and includes a fake J. K. Rowling blurb reading, “I am not a part of this.”
- The trailer leans on double entendres and Quidditch-set rivalry-to-romance beats, weaving in familiar Hogwarts imagery, locker-room gags, and an invisibility-cloak bit.
- Reaction online ranged from enthusiasm to criticism, with some calling out a homophobic punchline and others saying the parody should have focused on a Draco–Harry ‘Drarry’ rivalry instead of Harry–Ron.
- The sketch amplifies Heated Rivalry’s recent breakout status and arrives as HBO advances plans for its multi-season Harry Potter TV adaptation.