RTE Late Late Toy Show star lands major role in highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series
AN RTE Late Late Toy Show star has landed a major role in the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series.
From HBO, the upcoming series will adapt
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Toy Show star Leo Earley has been cast in HBO's Harry Potter TV series
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HBO are adapting JK Rowling's seven novels into a TV series
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Leo will be starring as Seamus Finnigan
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Bosses have been busy assembling the cast for the new adaptation and several new members have now been officially confirmed to join the Wizarding World.
Leo Earley, who appeared in last year's
The Leitrim native impressed
The young star has been reportedly cast as Seamus Finnigan in the series.
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The role was previously played by Devon Murray in the film franchise.
The casting of the
TV show's three young leads
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Dominic McLaughlin is set to star as Harry, with Alastair Stout as Ron and Arabella Stanton as Hermione.
Many other
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The actress, 47, is a BAFTA winner for her role as Jen in hit sitcom The IT Crowd.
Viewers may have more recently seen Katherine as Lizzie Vereker in raunchy Disney+ series Rivals.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Official Trailer
Fellow BAFTA winner Daniel Rigby, 42, is set to play Harry's Muggle uncle Vernon Dursley.
He won a BAFTA for playing Eric Morecambe in the 2011 BBC film Eric and Ernie.
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Also joining the cast is Bel Powley in the role of Harry's biological aunt, Petunia Dursley.
Her past credits include a main role on The Morning Show, opposite
Lox Pratt, star of the BBC's upcoming Lord of the Flies, will be playing Harry's school rival Draco Malfoy.
Meanwhile, actor Johnny Flynn, 42, will take on the role of Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy.
Rounding out these announcements
47, in the role of Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge.
The Sun revealed how HBO's adaptation
Producers are pouring
into Warner Bros' rapidly expanding studio complex at
.
It will include new roads, multi-storey car parks and vast hangars to house the sets.
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