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[GulfCoastZilla]

So….im pretty hyped for this, films were great but the show is really going to be able to take advantage of keeping everything from the books. Really looking forward to to Prisoner of Azkaban season for sure.

Dominic McLaughlin will play the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton is Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout is Ron Weasley. More than 30,000 actors auditioned for the lead roles since HBO launched an open casting call last fall. Filming is expected to begin this summer

 

[Wastelander92]

If Warner were smart, they'd release Hogwarts Legacy 2 alongside the release of this show.

 

[GymWolf]

After the piton casting i lost any hope of this being remotely good tbh.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Should have cast Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass and Roland Manookian

 

[El Muerto]

Imagine Malfoy calling Hermione a mudblood now

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

If Warner were smart, they'd release Hogwarts Legacy 2 alongside the release of this show.

Recently started a second playthrough of this and couldn't agree more. Fantastic game.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Hermoine is a lot more light skin than I figured they'd go for.

 

[Power Pro]

Annnd of course Hermonie has a darker skin color. She's described as white in the books. Can you imagine the backlash if any other race was race swapped other than white characters?

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

Imagine Malfoy calling Hermione a mudblood now

Yeah I mean…..Malfoy to me is the most inportant casting to me. Dude needs to be a miserable little shit right up there with Geoffrey from Game of Thrones.

I mean he has to have the punchable smug face but they need to nail that.

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

Annnd of course Hermonie has a darker skin color. She's described as white in the books. Can you imagine the backlash if any other race was race swapped other than white characters?

I mean of all the things they could have done this is the least offensive thing possible and didn't even garner an initial reaction out of me.

 

[Just_one]

i always said they would fuck up hermoine...now watch harry being gay and into dean thomas and not ginny

 

[Power Pro]

i always said they would fuck up hermoine...now watch harry being gay and into dean thomas and not ginny

I saw the cursed child play in new york a couple years ago, and while it's never implicitly stated, I'm 90% sure that Harry's son and Draco's son are gay for each other in it.

 

[LordCBH]

I dig it.

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

i always said they would fuck up hermoine...now watch harry being gay and into dean thomas and not ginny

How is Hermoine "fucked up"
All she has to do is be a book smart nerd that helps the boys out.

Her skin color has like zero impact on that. I'm white with a darker complexion than her. It's not a big deal. I'm more offended by how red Ron's hair is. That's like red red

 

[AJUMP23]

One of these actors will become a trans by the 4th season.

 

[cormack12]

Why is Harry having a shit in a field

 

[K' Dash]

Could have been worse.

 

[Toons]

How is Hermoine "fucked up"
All she has to do is be a book smart nerd that helps the boys out.

She isn't. Its people who have a problem enough to think she is that are.

 

[Fbh]

Seems surprisingly accurate, I was expecting them to go all in on the race swapping with Harry and Hermione

 

[Tams]

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

 

[DKehoe]

Why is Harry having a shit in a field

He should be honouring the Hogwarts tradition by having a shit in a castle hallway.

 

[Doom85]

He should be honouring the Hogwarts tradition by having a shit in a castle hallway.

God, that was that period Rowling would not shut the fuck up and kept digging herself in deeper with idiotic lore updates after Deathly Hollows released.

J.K. Rowling's Pottermore unearths stupefying detail on how wizards used to poop

This is a bunch of crap.

ew.com

What's hilarious is when I saw a fan point out that vanishing spells are 5th year at Hogwarts. So, err, I guess people had to really watch their step at Hogwarts back in the day.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Cautiously optimistic. They seem to not be casting with malice so I hope the writing is in line with the books.

He should be honouring the Hogwarts tradition by having a shit in a castle hallway.

 

[Schmendrick]

So Hermione just came home from her vacation in the Caribbean.
Not as bad as I expected ... Yet

 

[DKehoe]

Cautiously optimistic. They seem to not be casting with malice so I hope the writing is in line with the books.

As Doom85 linked to above, for some reason a while back Rowling decided to declare that before Hogwarts had indoor plumbing the witches and wizards there just used to shit on the ground and then magic it away.

 

[CGNoire]

Hermione isnt even close to dark enough to call it a race swap.

Pick your fucking battles you fucking weirdos this aint it. Your fucking reaching.

 

[jshackles]

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

She isn't. Its people who have a problem enough to think she is that are.

I mean those people have bigger mental health problems than the color of Hermoine's skin.

Now Snape being black, the only problem I have with that is……I always viewed Snape as this walking corpse. Dude looked like a vampire and Rickman…..well he filled the role well maybe TOO well.

That's not to say this actor can't fill those shoes and knock it out the park with the pettiness that comes along with being Snape. Pettiness sees no color.

Maybe he loses that dead man look and they do something else with him. Still hyped regardless.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

God dammit yeah that's the play:

 

[Drew1440]

Annnd of course Hermonie has a darker skin color. She's described as white in the books. Can you imagine the backlash if any other race was race swapped other than white characters?

I'm just glad they didn't cast Bella Ramsey.

 

[AJUMP23]

They did a good job of hiding his scar.

I'm just glad they didn't cast Bella Ramsey.

Professor McGonagall confirmed

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Hermoine is a lot more light skin than I figured they'd go for.

WB knows what sells, and it's not black Hermione.

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

Yeah I mean…..Malfoy to me is the most inportant casting to me. Dude needs to be a miserable little shit right up there with Geoffrey from Game of Thrones.

I mean he has to have the punchable smug face but they need to nail that.

Not easy to come across but yeah, agree.

 

[Pigenator]

Harry isn't black or asian, HBO gone berserk

 

[YCoCg]

Are these kids American? Cause I'd find that worse than a light skin Hermione.

 

[John Bilbo]

I can't believe Ron is ginger

 

[sono]

Cute casting

 

[Zathalus]

Are these kids American? Cause I'd find that worse than a light skin Hermione.

They are all British thank god.

 

[Connificent]

I can't believe Ron is ginger

But is he trans tho

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

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[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

She isn't. Its people who have a problem enough to think she is that are.

I think the casting is fine. My only issue has been the Snape casting but we shall see how they do

 

[Alandring]

Honestly great casting. It was far better than I was afraid.

But the more important will be how good they will be, and what they will become in the next ten years.

 

[Zathalus]

If I'm looking at the correct photo from her playing Matilda, she certainly looks the part. The bushy hair is on point.

Arabella Stanton

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[SidViscous]

These kids are going to have their lives changed, wish them all the best and hope fans give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Doom85]

These kids are going to have their lives changed…hope fans give them the benefit of the doubt.

Oh yeah, that made me realize, should this turn out not so great, I really hope THOSE sorts of people don't harass these kids. We don't need another Jake Lloyd (kid Anakin) situation.

 

[Gp1]

 

[DAHGAMING]

Should have cast Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass and Roland Manookian

 

[IntentionalPun]

Oh yeah, that made me realize, should this turn out not so great, I really hope THOSE sorts of people don't harass these kids. We don't need another Jake Lloyd (kid Anakin) situation.

Yeah it can be bad even if it does work out lol

 

[The Cockatrice]

casting aside, even if it was perfect, I doubt theyd nail it. It's gonna be generic trash, prolly good for the 1st season then turn to shit as it goes on just like 90% of all tv shows.