More stars have joined the cast of HBO Max’s Harry Potter series!
Ahead of the Christmas Day premiere of season one – which will follow the events of the first book, The Philosopher’s Stone – HBO has already renewed the series for a second season, which will be focused on book two, The Chamber of Secrets.
While filming for season two is scheduled to begin this fall, it has been announced that three new stars have been cast in the series.
Variety has revealed that Rafe Spall will be playing Arthur Weasley, Molly Hewitt-Richards will be playing Moaninng Myrtle, and Jasper Ambrose will be playing Colin Creevey.
As fans of the books and movies may recall, Arthur is the Weasley family patriarch, and dad to Ron Weasley, Myrtle is a ghost and former Hogwarts student who haunts one of the girls’ bathrooms, and Colin is the first-year Hogwarts student and photographer who is a big admirer of Harry.
The new cast news comes after it was announced that Kit Harington has signed on to play Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in season two. Originally, Nicholas Hoult was tapped to play Lockhart, but he exited the project due to schedule conflicts.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone premieres on Christmas Day on HBO. Watch the new trailer here!
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