Season 2 of HBO‘s “Harry Potter” series has cast three key roles.
Rafe Spall (“Trying,” “Life of Pi”) has joined the show as Arthur Weasley, with Molly Hewitt-Richards (“Code of Silence,” “Casualty”) as Moaning Myrtle, and Jasper Ambrose (“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” “The Sheep Detectives”) as Colin Creevey. As previously announced, Season 2 will be based on the book “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”
Spall is repped by B-Side and UTA. Hewitt-Richards is repped by Curtis Brown Group. Ambrose is repped by Sylvia Young Agency.
Fans of the franchise will recall that Arthur is the patriarch of the Weasley family, which includes Harry’s best friend Ron. Moaning Myrtle is a ghost and former Hogwarts student who haunts one of the girls’ bathrooms at the school. Creevey is a first-year Hogwarts student who is a big fan of photography and of Harry.
Arthur was played by Mark Williams in the film franchise, while Myrtle was played by Shirley Henderson. Creevey was played by Hugh Mitchell.
These are the latest additions to Season 2 of “Harry Potter.” Others include Kit Harington as Gilderoy Lockhart as well as Bonnie Hill as Ginny Weasley, Lenny Rush as Dobby, and Billy Barratt as Tom Riddle.
“Harry Potter” will debut on HBO and HBO Max on Dec. 25. The series stars:
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Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas, Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Finn Stephens as Vincent Crabbe, William Nash as Gregory Goyle, Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick, Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, Richard Durden as Cuthbert Binns, Louise Brealey as Rolanda Hooch, Bríd Brennan as Poppy Pomfrey, Leigh Gill as Griphook, and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
Season 1 is written and executive-produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive-produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by author J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
From Variety US