{"id":523425,"date":"2026-04-10T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523425\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:04:08","slug":"harry-potter-ralph-fiennes-on-reprising-voldemort-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523425\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter: Ralph Fiennes on reprising Voldemort role"},"content":{"rendered":"

The famous trio has been cast – with Scottish actor Dominic McLaughlin set to star as the titular wizard.<\/p>\n

He will be alongside Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley and Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger.<\/p>\n

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint previously portrayed the lead characters in the film franchise. <\/p>\n

While the TV series is welcoming many new faces, it will see Warwick Davis reprise his role as Professor Filius Flitwick.<\/p>\n

The first instalment will be called Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, based off of JK Rowling’s first book in the popular series. <\/p>\n

Some cast members have spoken about facing criticism for taking part in the series from those who are opposed to Rowling’s views on trans rights.<\/p>\n

Paapa Essiedu also previously told the BBC he’s received death threats<\/a> from people who think a black actor shouldn’t play Severus Snape.<\/p>\n

“I’d be lying if I said I was a completely impenetrable robot,” he said.<\/p>\n

However, he added that since the trailer was released last month “there’s been a flood of positivity” and “people are being incredibly supportive of the show and my involvement in it and that makes me excited for what is to come”.<\/p>\n

The first series is set to launch Christmas 2026 on HBO Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The famous trio has been cast – with Scottish actor Dominic McLaughlin set to star as the titular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-523425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}