‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Casts Three Main Characters—
The three main characters for the HBO television adaptation of “Harry Potter” have been announced, and comments were shut off on social media, presumably to protect the young actors.
Per Variety, Dominic McLaughlin was cast in the lead role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton will play Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout will play Ron Weasley. The outlet noted that more than 30,000 actors auditioned for the three parts.
“AfteranextraordinarysearchledbycastingdirectorsLucyBevanandEmilyBrockmann,wearedelightedtoannouncewehavefoundourHarry,HermioneandRon.Thetalentofthesethreeuniqueactorsiswonderfultobehold,andwecannotwaitfortheworldtowitnesstheirmagictogetheronscreen.Wewouldliketothankallthetensofthousandsofchildrenwhoauditioned.It’sbeenarealpleasuretodiscovertheplethoraofyoungtalentoutthere,”showrunnerFrancescaGardinerandexecutiveproduceranddirectorMarkMylodsaidinajointstatement.
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