HBO unveils its Harry Potter casting, opposite the Warner Bros. film actors.
Each major role from the first two volumes is played by new faces, closer to the characters' ages.
Trailer · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHBO presented the full cast of its Harry Potter series, pitting each new actor against their Warner Bros. film counterpart. Fifteen years after the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the series arrives at Christmas, with each book adapted into a season. The main roles of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets are recast with younger adult actors, matching the characters' ages in the books. John Lithgow plays Dumbledore opposite Richard Harris then Michael Gambon; Tristan and Gabriel Harland replace James and Oliver Phelps; Gracie Cochrane (season 1) then Bonnie Hill (season 2) succeed Bonnie Wright. Daniel Rigby and Bel Powley take the places of Richard Griffiths and Fiona Shaw, and Jasper Talbot replaces Adrian Rawlins. Some characters, such as Lucius Malfoy, only appear in later seasons. According to The Hollywood Reporter.
