Green skin, brown hair, Hermione..Harry Potter TV version of the trio revealed
May 28, 2025
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Warner Bros. Discovery, an American media and content company that is producing the world-renowned bestselling `Harry Potter' TV series, said Thursday that the `HBO original" Harry Potter" TV series stars newcomer Dominic MacLoughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
Co-producers Francesca Gardner and Mark Myrod, who produce the series, said "We're thrilled to find our Harry, Hermione, and Ron"The talent of these three special actors is amazing, and the world will witness the magic they will unleash together on screen.'
I want to thank the tens of thousands of children who participated in the audition," he added.
Variety, a U.S. entertainment media outlet, said that the chosen actors are newcomers who have rarely appeared in major productions before. `Just as actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint gained worldwide fame as Harry Potter in the early 2000s, new actors are likely to follow the same path.'
Stanton, who plays Hermione, played Matilda in the London West End from 2023 to last year, played Matilda: The Musical, and McCloughlin starred in Sky Channel's new comedy The Grows, which will make Stout's first lead role in the series.
Variety said more than 30,000 people have applied for auditions since HBO began public casting last fall. Filming on the series will begin this summer and be released next year on HBO's streaming platform.
First published in 1997, British author Joanne K Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series created a worldwide sensation and was made into movies, plays, games, theme parks, and related merchandise The Financial Times (FT) reported that Harry Potter built a market worth $25 billion (about 34 trillion won) in 2017, the 20th anniversary of the publication of the original.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, the main characters in the Harry Potter film series, were also internationally popular.
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