{"id":142557,"date":"2025-11-19T23:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/142557\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T23:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:58:09","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-confirms-he-has-spoken-to-his-harry-potter-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/142557\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe Confirms He Has Spoken to His Harry Potter Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Radcliffe is officially passing the wand. As HBO\u2019s new Harry Potter series<\/a> continues to take shape ahead of its 2027 debut, Radcliffe \u2014 who starred as the Boy Who Lived for a full decade<\/a> \u2014 revealed on Good Morning America that he reached out personally to Dominic McLaughlin, the 11-year-old actor<\/a> taking over the iconic role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to write to him to say, \u2018I hope you have the best time, and an even better time than I did \u2014 I had a great time, but I hope you have an even better time,\u2019\u201d Radcliffe shared. He added that he \u201cjust wants to hug\u201d McLaughlin and the rest of the series\u2019 young cast every time he sees their photos. \u201cThey just seem so young. I look at them and think, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s crazy I was doing that.\u2019 But I hope they\u2019re having a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Radcliffe added that he doesn\u2019t want to be a looming presence over the reboot or the young actors stepping into roles he helped define. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say anyone who\u2019s going to play Harry<\/a> has to call me,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wrote to Dominic and he sent me a very sweet note back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who Stars in the New Harry Potter?<\/p>\n

McLaughlin was announced earlier this year alongside Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley<\/a>. HBO has also confirmed a stacked set of adult cast members, including John Lithgow (Albus Dumbledore), Paapa Essiedu (Severus Snape), Janet McTeer (Minerva McGonagall), and Nick Frost (Rubeus Hagrid).<\/p>\n

Despite Radcliffe\u2019s warm words, he won\u2019t appear in the series. He reiterated that producers are wisely aiming for a \u201cclean break\u201d from the original films. \u201cI do not want to be a spectre in the lives of these children,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The upcoming HBO adaptation is being billed as a faithful, decade-long retelling of J.K. Rowling\u2019s books, with one season per novel. Filming has been underway for a number of months now, and McLaughlin is expected to spend a significant part of his teens growing up on set \u2014 just as Radcliffe once did. If we’re all lucky, he will grow up to be just as measured and as kind a presence as the man whose invisibility cloak he has now stepped into.<\/p>\n

The new Harry Potter series is slated to premiere in 2027 on HBO and Max.<\/p>\n

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Showrunner<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrancisca Gardiner<\/p>\n

Directors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Mylod<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrancesca Gardiner<\/p>\n

Franchise(s)<\/p>\n

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