Daniel Radcliffe has been in touch with Dominic McLaughlin, the actor slated to star as Harry Potter in the franchise’s forthcoming HBO series.
Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he sent a letter to the next actor set to play Harry Potter, and that he received a heartwarming reply from him.
Ratcliffe by revealing the sweet letter to the next actor to take on the role Harry Potter, Dominic McLaughlin, who will be the star of the upcoming HBO series.
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What did Radcliffe say to next Harry Potter actor in his letter?
The Harry Potter film actor spoke on Good Morning America on Tuesday, Nov. 18, stating that the letter he had sent was due to not wanting to be ‘a spectre in the life of these children’.
“I know a few people who are working on the production so I wrote to Dominic and I sent him a letter and he sent me a very sweet note back.”
Radcliffe, who played The Boy Who Lived from 2001 through 2011 in the eight-film series, added that he does “not want to be a specter in the light of these children,” referring to the cast including actors McLaughlin, Alastair Stout (Ron Weasley) and Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger).
He said: “I just wanted to write to him to say, ‘I hope you have the best time, and an even better time than I did — I had a great time, but I hope you have an even better time”.
Daniel Radcliffe says he wrote a letter to Dominic McLaughlin to wish him luck on the new ‘Harry Potter’ series:
“I just wanted to write to him to say, ‘I hope you have the best time, and an even better time than I did — I had a great time, but I hope you have an even better… pic.twitter.com/HFNHjqszgj
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“I do, I just see these pictures of him and the other kids and I just want to hug them.”
“They just seem so young. I just look at them and say, ‘Oh it’s crazy I was doing that at that age.”
“But it’s also incredibly sweet and I hope they’re having a great time.”
He added that McLaughlin had sent back a ‘very sweet note’.
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The forthcoming HBO series, which is an adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s book series, kicked off production in July, and is set to premiere in 2027. It will adapt each of the franchise’s seven books into a separate season over the next few years.
While it features new cast members such as John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu as Professor Snape and Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, the series also sees Warwick Davis reprising his role as Charms professor Filius Flitwick — so there should be plenty of familiarity for Potter fans.
“We are delighted to give audiences the opportunity to discover Hogwarts in a whole new way,” HBO and Max chairman and CEO Casey Bloys said in a press release from Warner Bros. Discovery in April 2023.
The release added that “each season will be authentic to the original books and bring Harry Potter and these incredible adventures to new audiences around the world, while the original, classic and beloved films will remain at the core of the franchise and available to watch globally.”
While Radcliffe has confirmed that he wouldn’t be participating in the series, he told E! in May 2024 that he was “very excited to watch as an audience member.”
“My understanding is that they’re trying to very much start fresh and I’m sure whoever is making them will want to make their own mark on it and probably not want to have to figure out how to get old Harry to cameo in this somewhere” – he said.
“So I’m definitely not seeking it out in any way. But I do wish them, obviously, all the luck in the world and I’m very excited to have that torch passed. But I don’t think it needs me to physically pass it.”
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