It's been 13 years since Harry made his last stand against Voldemort on the big screen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, but Pottermania has never fully died off. Warner Bros. Discovery has tried to keep it alive through the Fantastic Beasts films, and after those fizzled out, a new Harry Potter TV show coming to Max in the next couple of years.
The show will be a from-the-ground-up adaptation of the original seven books by J.K. Rowling, with new actors playing the likes of Harry, Ron and Hermione. But the cast from the original movies is still very much around, and I'm sure WBD wouldn't say no to a few of them turning up for walk-on roles. Imagine Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry himself for eight movies, appearing as a teacher at Hogwarts or something.
Radcliffe himself doesn't see it happening. "I don't think so," he told E! News at the Drama League Awards last week. "I think they very wisely want to a clean break. And I don't know if it would work to have us do anything in it...I'm very happy to just watch along with everyone else."
But does the studio want a completely clean break? Radcliffe played coy when asked if he'd been approached about appearing in the new series. "I'm gonna be a politician about this and not deal in hypotheticals."
Daniel Radcliffe loves being a new dad
It's probably for the best that the new Harry Potter not cross over too much with the older movie series; that way it can establish its own identity. Also, there's still some tension between members of the cast like Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling, who is working on the new show. Keeping a safe distance is best for everyone.
And Radcliffe doesn't need the work. He's been killing it onstage, earning a Tony nomination for his work in a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. And have you seen the guy dance?
He also had a child last year with partner Erin Darke. "It's the best," he said of being a dad. "I never thought it would be possible for a creature to make me so tired and me still just love that thing so much. It's been a crazy year."
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