Daniel Radcliffe writes a supportive letter to Harry Potter’s successor in the new TV series | film

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said he has written to 11-year-old actor Dominic McLaughlin, who has been chosen to play the lead role in the new Harry Potter TV series.

Radcliffe appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday and said: “I’m not going to say that anyone who plays Harry should do it.” [call me]He added: “I wrote to Dominic and sent him a letter and he sent me a very nice letter.”

McLaughlin’s role in the Harry Potter series was announced in May, alongside Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alistair Stout as Ron Weasley, following an open casting call. HBO producers had previously said that John Lithgow will play Albus Dumbledore, Papa Essidu will play Severus Snape, Janet McTeer will play Minerva McGonagall, and Nick Frost will appear as Rubeus Hagrid.

“I didn’t want to be a ghost in these kids’ lives,” Radcliffe said. “I just wanted to write to them.” [McLaughlin] To say, “I hope you have the best time, and even a better time than I had – I had a great time, but I hope you have a better time.” And I do. I just see these pictures of him and the other kids and I just want to hug them. They seem very small. I look at them and say, “Oh, that’s crazy that I was doing that.” But it’s also incredibly adorable and I hope they have a good time.

Since falling out with Harry Potter author JK Rowling over transgender rights and gender identity issues, Radcliffe has stayed away from the new TV series, saying he has no plans to star in it. E! said! Online in 2024: “I guess [the producers] Very wisely you want to [have] Clean break. I don’t know if there’s any point in doing anything with it.

The new series is scheduled to premiere in 2027 and, according to HBO, will be a “faithful adaptation” of the books by Rowling, who serves as executive producer. The eight films based on the books were released between 2001 and 2011, and the series has a similarly ambitious time frame, with Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, saying it will run for “10 consecutive years.”