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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Harry Potter HBO Show Has Genius Solution to Issue With Child Actors
Warner Bros. Discover is making sure that the child actors on set of the new TV show are well cared for and educated, going to some pretty big lengths to do so as well. How is the Harry Potter HBO show dealing with child actors' education? According to a report from BBC, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which is the production home for the upcoming TV series, is building a temporary school in order for the dozens of child actors on set to continue receiving an education and keep up with their school work while they perform on the show. The move was made alongside Three Rivers District Council, which permitted WB to 'use a series of portable buildings as a school facility for the next decade,' according to BBC. The buildings are designed to be used by 'up to 600 pupils during period,' but will only likely ever serve around 150 students. The 'school' will be operating on weekdays between 5:30am and 8:30pm, this way actors can squeeze in some school time between certain schedules that might call for night filming or any filming that takes place away from the main production site. BBC's report did not name Harry Potter specifically, but did say that the buildings were going to be used for a 'significant new TV series,' and that it will be in place 'for a maximum period of 10 years,' which coincides with how long the entirety of the new Harry Potter TV show might last. The Harry Potter series is described as a 'decade-long' project, with each season expected to adapt one book in Rowling's acclaimed book series. The series will be led by Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. Alongside the trio, the Harry Potter TV show also stars John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, and Bertie Carvel as the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge. It's unclear as of now who else will be in the cast, although rumors have circulated about other potential castings, including the likes of Voldemort. More casting information is expected to be announced in the future. The HBO adaptation is being written by Emmy-winning producer Francesca Gardiner (Killing Eve, Succession). The series is executive produced by Gardiner, Mark Mylod, Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts, and long-time Harry Potter franchise producer David Heyman. Mylod, who has worked with HBO on Game of Thrones and The Last of Us, will also helm multiple episodes. It is a production of HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. (Source: BBC) Originally reported by Anthony Nash on SuperHeroHype. The post Harry Potter HBO Show Has Genius Solution to Issue With Child Actors appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Solve the daily Crossword
BBC News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
What's it like going to school on the Harry Potter set
While many children dream of going to school at Hogwarts, for a lucky few, it is a has begun on a new Harry Potter TV reboot at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, and a temporary school has been built so hundreds of child actors can keep up with real lessons while pretending to learn magical Miles, who doubled for Emma Watson's Hermione in the original films, remembers wearing her Hogwarts uniform while having lessons on said: "We're all there with full hair and makeup. At one point, Hermione has cuts from the Whomping Willow, you'll just be like sitting in your class with a fake nose bleed and a lip wound." As child actors were only allowed to film for four hours, doubles were used to capture shots where they were seen from behind or far the three leads had private lessons, other members of the supporting cast attended classrooms down the corridor from the dressing young actors would attend the school for most of the academic year, as they might be needed at any Year 6 and Year 9, the young actress only went to her normal school in Barnet, north London, for 15 said: "To get your license to work, your school has to be on board with you having that time off and working... Which actually at first my school weren't that happy with me doing."Initially, her school only released her for 30 of the 180 days Warner Bros had requested for filming, but Mrs Miles' parents fought for her to have the opportunity. Due to their filming schedule, children had lessons at different times, but every child on set had to spend a minimum of three hours a day in recalled: "Assistant directors will be checking how many hours you've done because if you haven't hit your three, then you're going to have to go back into school for like half an hour before you can go down to set."But say you've done your hours and they're like 'no we don't need you again for another hour,' you'll carry on schooling."Lessons were monitored by runners who tracked each half-hour a child spent in lessons or on breaks, she explained. Class sizes were small, and Mrs Miles remembers there being about seven pupils at most on busy days, much smaller than the potential 600 students at the school being used for the reboot."You could be in with anybody," she said. "It wasn't a set a set class, if that makes sense."She'd often find herself sharing lessons with young stars of the film, such as Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis or Alfred student had an independent curriculum, and teachers from their original schools would tell the tutors on set what each child needed to be Miles said: "They wouldn't stand at the front and be like 'this is what we're doing today'. They would individually give you their attention and set you on your task, so we'd all be doing different work." She praised her teachers who kept lessons engaging and added: "They really tried to make sure we had fun and we were doing all the things that we should be doing, which I think was probably really hard for them. "They were really understanding of the fact that we were also working, which is quite weird, having a group of like 10, 11, 12-year-olds who are also working full-time. "If you're at school, you're there nine to three, but if you're filming, you're there a lot longer. I think they were really understanding with the wide range of emotions you feel as a child working on a film set." Now, a new group of children are heading to the same film studio to shoot a new version of the JK Rowling books, including 11-year-old Dominic McLaughlin as the title Miles, who now lives only a short drive away in St Albans, advised any young actors joining the wizarding world to "enjoy it"."It's really a once-in-a-lifetime thing working on something like Harry Potter- well, it might not be now," she laughed."But it's a really unique experience, and it's kind of weird because when you're in it, it just becomes normal life. "When you come out the other side, you look back at it and you're like 'wow, that was so amazing,' the things we got to do, the different experiences and all the incredibly talented people, which sort of goes over your head as a child."The best thing about being a child is you just take it all in for what it is, but I think really just enjoy it, make the most of every opportunity that you have there." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Telegraph
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Forget Hogwarts – Harry Potter studio has on-set school for child actors
The child stars of the new Harry Potter series will have a real school built for them while they are posing as Hogwarts students. Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout – HBO's Harry, Hermonie and Ron – will be among hundreds of young people from the show to attend a newly built school while they are filming. The specially built facility will be based at Warner Bros studios in Watford, Hertfordshire, where the cast is making the new series. It marks a different approach to that taken by the former child stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who dipped in and out of mainstream schools and various tutors while they played the same parts more than 20 years ago. The temporary facility will mean that the show's young actors can keep up with their studies while in production. The new series, scheduled for release on HBO and HBO Max in 2027, will be created over the course of a decade, with each instalment based on one of JK Rowling 's seven novels. The company's Leavesden studio has been told by Three Rivers District Council that the proposed classrooms, in portable buildings, will be able to be used by up to 600 pupils during peak periods, according to reports in the BBC. These will likely be during crowd scenes, where hundreds of young people will need to double as Hogwarts students. It will operate on weekdays between 5.30am and 8.30pm, meaning that learning can take place around the young actors' hectic production schedules. The school's planning documents do not specifically mention Harry Potter, but cite a 'significant new TV series which will base itself at the studio for the next 8-10 years'. HBO announced on Monday that filming had begun, marking the moment with a new picture of McLaughlin as the titular character. The young actor looked every part the Hogwarts student as he smiled for the camera in Potter's famous glasses and uniform. HBO has previously said that more than 30,000 children auditioned for the three coveted lead roles following an open casting call. Stanton, who will play Hermoine Granger, previously starred in the titular role of Matilda: The Musical in the West End from 2023 to 2024, while McLaughlin acted in the forthcoming Sky comedy, Grow. Meanwhile, the Harry Potter series marks Stout's breakout role as Ron Weasley. Each season of the new show will be a faithful adaptation of the books by Rowling, who is also serving as an executive producer of the series. Other stars who have previously been announced include award-winning US actor John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore, Welsh comedian and actor Paul Whitehouse as Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch, and Rivals actress Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley.
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ariel Winter recalls harrowing experiences with Hollywood 'male predators'
Ariel Winter received "inappropriate messages from older men" when she was a child. The 27-year-old star found fame through her role as Alex Dunphy on the sitcom Modern Family and has revealed how she had to deal with the unwanted attention of "male predators" from an early age. Speaking to Ariel said: "I am familiar with male predators because I worked in Hollywood at a young age. I started at age four. I don't wanna say too much about it, but by the time I was on a laptop and cell phone, I was getting inappropriate messages from older men, and it caused trauma." She added: "The experiences I had in person and online as a child have affected me so deeply that I've had to go to therapy for it. The movie and TV industry is a dark place." Ariel featured for the duration of Modern Family's 11-season run and admits that she found it difficult to come to terms with show ending in 2020. She said earlier this year: "It was hard. "We were like a real family. It was weird knowing it would just be over, and I wouldn't get to see everybody all the time anymore. It was like, wait, yeah, wait, we're not going to be together on Monday? So on the one hand, I didn't want it to end, but at the same time, I was ready to start something new as an adult." Ariel was just 11 years of age when Modern Family began and she did not suspect that the programme would go on to become so popular. She said: "I was 11 when it started. I don't think I had any idea of it was going to be successful or not. I was just like, 'Oh awesome, I got a job.' "What I was so excited for was to get the chance to work with Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill, who portrayed her grandfather Jay Pritchett in the comedy). "But once the show started, it was an immediate hit, and it was so exciting to have that opportunity. And being on the same show for so long? I feel like that doesn't really happen anymore."
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Here's Why Sabrina Carpenter Has Got Miley Cyrus Worried
recently got real about how she often gets worried about . The latter grew up looking up to the former as a fellow child actor, with them reuniting at the 2025 Grammy Awards. However, Carpenter has left Cyrus concerned due to her hectic schedule, with the 32-year-old feeling the urge to ask the pop star 'if she's OK.' In a recent interview with the New York Times, Miley Cyrus revealed that she notices when someone is 'working too hard,' and she believes Sabrina Carpenter is one of them. The singer noted that she has had the opportunity to meet the 26-year-old 'a couple of times.' However, every time, she feels worried for the former child actor's health and overall well-being. Cyrus told the outlet, 'Every time I see her I have the urge to ask her if she's OK.' She revealed that she had gone to see her perform in Ireland. The songwriter expressed her surprise to learn that she had a show scheduled for the very next day in Kansas. She opened up to the New York Times that she was left thinking, 'I don't know how that could be physically OK.' In addition, Cyrus touched upon how once she, too, was in a similar situation. She said, 'I know what it feels like to fry yourself.' Since she is all too familiar with the predicament, the singer doesn't want anyone to stretch themselves thin. She also agreed with Ariana Grande's call for providing child actors with therapy. Cyrus suggested young stars should have someone checking in on them weekly. The singer revealed she has been 'very consistent' with therapy since her late teens. This has, in turn, 'cleared up a lot of the feelings that I had about being a child star.' Miley Cyrus ended the segment, stating that she loves the 'new girls,' Sabrina Carpenter being one of them. She said, 'I think they're all unique and are very found. That's what I like to see.' She noted that she loves to see the current 'it' girls have 'found themselves,' since she didn't have herself 'totally figured out' when she first started. Originally reported by Namrata Padhee on Reality Tea. The post Here's Why Sabrina Carpenter Has Got Miley Cyrus Worried appeared first on Mandatory.
