Ever since the new Harry Potter series was announced, there has been considerable discussion about the casting choices and whether the show will live up to the legacy of the original books and films. One heartwarming moment to emerge from the buzz was Daniel Radcliffe’s decision to write a letter to child actor Dominic McLaughlin, who will be playing Harry Potter in the series. Now, the young actor has reacted to the gesture in a recent interview.
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While appearing on the Saturday Mash Up show, McLaughlin was asked about his initial reaction to getting a letter from Radcliffe. He said, “It was insane. My dad tapped me on the train and just gave me this letter. I read it, and then I got to the bottom, and it said, ‘Dan R.’ I was going mad, but I had to keep cool. I was on the train.” He also added that the shooting of the series was going extremely well and that he had made a lot of friends on the sets.
Daniel Radcliffe said during a Good Morning America interview that he even received a very sweet thank you note from Dominic McLaughlin. “I don’t want to be a spectre in the life of these children, but I just wanted to write to him to say, ‘I hope you have the best time, and an even better time than I did — I had a great time, but I hope you have an even better time.’ I just see these pictures of him and the other kids, and I just want to hug them. They just seem so young. I just look at them and say, ‘Oh, it’s crazy I was doing that at that age.’ But it’s also incredibly sweet, and I hope they’re having a great time,” said Radcliffe.
Dominic McLaughlin is playing ‘The Boy Who Lived’ alongside Alastair Stour as Ron Weasley and Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger. Rupert Grint, who played Ron in the Harry Potter movies, also wrote a similar letter to Alastair, and he told the BBC that he is very intrigued about how the series is going to play out. He said, “I wrote him a letter before they started, passing the baton, as it were. It was really just wishing him all the best with it. I had so much fun stepping into this world, and I hope he has the same experience… It’s quite strange to have the cycle happening again. I’m really intrigued about what it’s going to be like.”
The Harry Potter series is set to begin airing in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max.
