Harry Potter series casts Hermione, Ron and Harry

The new HBO Harry Potter series has found their Harry, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley.

A casting call, announced in September, saw around 32,000 children audition for the lead roles, with the team reviewing up to 1,000 tapes per day, according to HBO.

Dominic McLaughlin will play brave Harry, Arabella Stanton will be the clever Hermione, and Alastair Stout will portray clumsy Ron, the TV company and Warner Bros said.

It was previously stipulated that the three young child actors must be residents of the UK or Ireland, and aged between nine and 11 on April 2025.

The three children are “newcomers”, according to HBO, while Arabella’s agent says in her acting CV that she is based in London.

She has been in musical productions including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express as the narrator Control and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical in the title child prodigy role.

Alastair’s Manchester-based agent, Urban Talent Youth, has listed him as appearing in Albert Bartlett’s Jersey Royal potato advertising campaign and having a “northern” accent.

Production will begin at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden in summer 2025.

Published: 27/05/2025 by Radio NewsHub