{"id":611351,"date":"2026-09-25T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611351\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:10:12","slug":"harry-potter-legend-reveals-experience-reprising-film-role-for-new-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611351\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter legend reveals experience reprising film role for new TV series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Wars and Willow actor Warwick Davis<\/a> has spoken about returning to the role of Professor Filius Flitwick for the new Harry Potter TV series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Davis originally played Flitwick in the Harry Potter movies<\/a>, beginning with 2001’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and is so far the only cast member from the films to also appear in the upcoming TV series.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat character has been one of my favourite characters to play in my career, he told the Press Association (via Somerset County Gazette<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very warm, kind of likeable character, as far as I\u2019m concerned. I actually based him a lot on some of my teachers. He\u2019s the kind of teacher you could say you\u2019d forgotten your homework and they wouldn\u2019t mind, they\u2019d say, \u2018OK, don\u2019t do it again, but don\u2019t worry about it for now\u2019.”<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be asked to come back and play him again for the series was a huge honour, and I\u2019m excited to retell these stories because they\u2019re fantastic stories.”<\/p>\n

\"Warwick<\/p>\n

Warwick Davies.\u00a0HBO<\/p>\n

Davis said that he couldn’t say anything about the series because it is “very top secret,” but he did talk about how important the world of Harry Potter has been in his acting career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis place is super familiar to me because I worked on the films for over 11 years, and I\u2019ve worked constantly since then with the team at the studio tour in Watford as well,\u201d he said. \u201cSo Harry Potter has become part of my professional life since the\u2026 late ’90s throughout until now. So it\u2019s a constant. It\u2019s fabulous.”<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me as an actor, being involved with the Star Wars franchise for so many years and now the Harry Potter world franchise, it\u2019s a terrific honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as starring as Flitwick in the Harry Potter movies and series, Davis is best known for his lead role in the fantasy drama movie and series Willow, and as Wicket the Ewok (among other roles) in the Star Wars films.<\/p>\n

\"Dominic<\/p>\n

Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter in HBO’s Harry Potter\u00a0HBO<\/p>\n

The eight-episode first season of Harry Potter is based on JK Rowling’s first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and is due for release on HBO Max on December 25 this year.<\/p>\n

Joining Davis in the cast are John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Hagrid.<\/p>\n

Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton star as Harry, Ron and Hermione.<\/p>\n

Filming has been taking place at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, near Watford in Hertfordshire since July 2025, the same studios where the original film series was made.<\/p>\n

Other locations have included Borough High Street and King’s Cross Station in London, Cadgwith and Carnglaze Caverns in Cornwall, and the Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire, which was also used for Quidditch scenes in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.<\/p>\n

A second season was confirmed in May, and production has already started<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harry Potter will be available to watch on HBO Max from 25 December 2026.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Fantasy<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Wars and Willow actor Warwick Davis has spoken about returning to the role of Professor Filius Flitwick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-611351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}