"Harry Potter" TV Show Star Dominic McLaughlin Admits It's His 'Dream Role' as a 'Huge' Fan Julia MooreAugust 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM BBC.
- - "Harry Potter" TV Show Star Dominic McLaughlin Admits It's His 'Dream Role' as a 'Huge' Fan
Julia MooreAugust 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Dominic McLaughlin is inheriting the role of Harry Potter from Daniel Radcliffe for the new HBO TV series
The 11-year-old Scottish actor made his first comments about landing the iconic role weeks after production on the series began last month
He called it "surreal" to step into the shoes of such a beloved character, especially since he "was always a huge Harry Potter fan"
Harry Potter just became a dream role for a whole new generation of fans.
The upcoming HBO TV series adaptation of J.K. Rowling's beloved book series offered a fresh wave of newcomers the chance to step into the Wizarding World, and for those who scored a spot, it's a dream come true — or, so says Dominic McLaughlin, who is inheriting the role of the titular wizard from Daniel Radcliffe.
In his first interview since being cast in May — alongside Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley — the 11-year-old actor revealed how it feels to be stepping into the shoes of such an iconic character.
McLaughlin was asked how it felt the first time he put on the costume — the signature Hogwarts robes — and he said it was "surreal."
"I was always a huge Harry Potter fan when I was younger," he told BBC. "And it was like the dream role, of course."
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Arabella Stanton, Dominic McLaughlin and Alastair Stout
That made putting on the costume for the first time when production began in July "a bit surreal to be honest," the Scottish actor said.
"I'm thrilled to be able to be doing it," McLaughlin added.
Rowling has teased that the new interpretation of her book series, which will dive deeper into each of the seven books over the coming years, is really good.
"I read the first two episodes of the forthcoming HBO Harry Potter series and they are SO, SO, SO GOOD!" the author, 59, wrote in a post on X in June.
She also replied to a fan who asked if she is the one "doing the writing" for the series. "No," she wrote. "But I've worked closely with the extremely talented writers."
Rowling's involvement in the series has been controversial given her anti-trans views, and most recently, her support of the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that trans women are not legally women.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys clarified, though, that despite her views, "Harry Potter is not being secretly infused with anything."
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Dominic McLaughlin (left); Daniel Radcliffe in 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' (right)
"I think it's pretty clear that those are her personal political views. She's entitled to them," he said on The Town podcast. "And if you want to debate her, you can go on Twitter."
As casting announcements have rolled out for the new series, the previous ensemble of stars have expressed their support for the new wave of actors joining the Wizarding World.
Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the films, congratulated actor-musician Johnny Flynn after he secured the role for the TV show.
"A fantastic actor, a lovely man and, irritatingly, a rather brilliant musician too," Isaacs, 62, wrote in a post on X. "Couldn't have handed the snake-topped baton on to anyone better."
Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley in the films, offered some advice to the next actress who takes the mantle from her. "I think every actor stepping into all the roles, I hope, really go from the book and they take their interpretation of the characters from the book as the original source of material," she told PEOPLE. "And I just hope that they do what they wanna do and they make their character who they envision Ginny to be.
"I think that's what's cool, that other people can give her character and all the others new life."
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While the casting of Voldemort has yet to be confirmed, fans have been speculating about the possibility of Cillian Murphy taking the role, which is something that Ralph Fiennes himself gave a stamp of approval.
"Cillian is a fantastic actor," he said on Watch What Happens Live when asked about the casting rumors. "That's a wonderful suggestion. I would be all in favor of Cillian. Yeah."
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