The child actors for the Harry Potter TV series have been announced - and Hermione is already a West End star.
HBO has revealed the lead cast for the series, with Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
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The actors were selected out of 30,000 hopefuls, after HBO announced last year there would be an open casting for the famous roles.
Stanton has already performed in the West End as the lead role in Matilda: The Musical from 2023 to 2024.
She has also starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express as the narrator Control.
McLaughlin is also no stranger to acting, as he has starred in upcoming Sky comedy Grow - however, the show will be Stout’s first big acting role.
Production for the show will begin at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden in summer 2025.
Showrunner Francesca Gardiner and executive producer and director Mark Mylod said in a statement: “After an extraordinary search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we are delighted to announce we have found our Harry, Hermione, and Ron.
“The talent of these three unique actors is wonderful to behold, and we cannot wait for the world to witness their magic together onscreen.
“We would like to thank all the tens of thousands of children who auditioned. It’s been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there.”
Several other roles have already been cast for the upcoming show, including British actor Paapa Essiedu and US star John Lithgow as the cruel Professor Severus Snape, and Hogwarts headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore, respectively.
The show – which will readapt the entire book series (one through seven) – was first announced in April 2023 by Warner Bros Discovery, before moving to HBO Max earlier this year, aka the brains behind shows like Succession and House of the Dragon.
“Max’s commitment to preserving the integrity of my books is important to me,” Harry Potter author JK Rowling said in a press release announcing the news.
“I’m looking forward to being part of this new adaptation which will allow for a degree of depth and detail only afforded by a long-form television series.”
