HARRY POTTER TV Series Casts Malfoys, Dursleys, And Another Weasley; Nick Frost Talks J.K. Rowling Controversy

Eight actors have been added to the cast of Harry Potter, with Molly Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Petunia Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, and Lavender Brown now confirmed.

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By JoshWilding - Jun 09, 2025 01:06 PM EST

Filed Under: Harry Potter

Source: SFFGazette.com

The cast of HBO's Harry Potter TV series continues to expand, with eight more actors added in key roles. The news broke earlier that Bertie Carvel will portray Cornelius Fudge, and we now have the Malfoys, the Dursleys, a Weasley, and more.

Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Rivals) will portray Molly Weasley. Lox Pratt (Lord of the Flies) has been cast as Draco Malfoy, with Johnny Flynn (Operation Mincemeat, One Life) set as his father, Lucius Malfoy.

We also have two out of three Dursleys, with Bel Powley (The King of Staten Island, The Morning Show) as Petunia Dursley and Daniel Rigby (Black Mirror, Snow White) as Vernon Dursley. Both are quite a bit younger than their predecessors.

Finally, we have some new Hogwarts students in Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, and Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown. They all appear to be newcomers.

While there's a lot of excitement for this small screen reboot, author J.K. Rowling's controversial anti-trans opinions remain a distraction. During a recent interview with The Observer, Hagrid actor Nick Frost was asked about joining the project despite not sharing her outlook.

"She’s allowed her opinion and I’m allowed mine, they just don’t align in any way, shape or form," the British actor confirmed before being asked if he's worried the debate will overshadow the Harry Potter series. "But maybe it shouldn’t blow over? We shouldn’t just hope it will go away, because it makes it easier. Maybe we should educate ourselves."

Earlier this year, Rowling said she won't push for any actor who disagrees with her views to be fired because, "I don’t believe in taking away people’s jobs or livelihoods because they hold legally protected beliefs that differ from mine."

You can see the newest Harry Potter cast members in the X post below (via SFFGazette.com).

The #HarryPotter cast has added:

•Molly Weasley - Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley
•Malfoy family members - Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy and Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy
•Hogwarts students - Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, and Sienna Moosah as… pic.twitter.com/hGHvUTgacQ
— Josh Wilding (@Josh_Wilding) June 9, 2025

Dominic McLaughlin has been cast in the role of Harry Potter, with Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.

Harry Potter's adult cast includes 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; and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.

The series will be a faithful adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter book series by author and executive producer J.K. Rowling and will feature an exciting and talented cast to lead a new generation of fandom, full of the fantastic detail and much-loved characters Harry Potter fans have adored for over 25 years.

Exploring every corner of the wizarding world, each season will bring Harry Potter and its incredible adventures to new and existing audiences and will stream exclusively on HBO Max where it’s available globally, including upcoming markets such as Turkey, the UK, Germany, and Italy, among others.

The series is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.

The new Harry Potter TV series is expected to premiere on HBO next year.

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SteviesRightFoo - 6/9/2025, 1:37 PM

I would've been interested if not for the Snape casting. Shame

Blergh - 6/9/2025, 1:57 PM

@SteviesRightFoo - it's going to be weird to see James Potter and his friends bully a black kid, Lily reject said black kid after being in love with her for years and their son feel a "sense of unease" around Snape.

I get it, if race/gender/nationality/whatever isn't intrinsically linked to a character you can and should always get the best performer for that part, nevermind them not being physically alike. But in this situation I can't really see how they're not going to make the Potters look like a family of racists.

Like, I actually understood the casting of Halle Bailey as Arielle given the Caribbean connection and grew to appreciate it; Zendaya as MJ is great casting or Annie being transfered into a black neighbourhood for the remake.
All fine by me because that doesn't touch who the character is, you feel me? Arielle is still longing for life on the land, Annie is still a poor but hearty orphan and MJ is still a snarky gal that makes Pete's head spin.

But this is going to be pretty weird, hope they manage to treat this with some dignity

SteviesRightFoo - 6/9/2025, 2:33 PM

@Blergh - yes. I genuinely couldn't give a toss what ethnicity someone is in real life but this casting adds a weird racial undertone to the tv show that was obviously not present in the books at all. It's like they want these shows to be dead on arrival. It's incredibly frustrating

SheepishOne - 6/9/2025, 2:55 PM

@SteviesRightFoo - It’s the one bit of casting I’ve heard that I absolutely do not understand. I think if I were to rank every single non-black character in the books in terms of how much sense it makes to cast a black actor in the role…Snape would be dead last. Even below the Weasleys.

Black Dumbledore would make more sense. Black Harry makes more sense. Black Hagrid works. Black Quirrel works. I mean, even black Malfoys work better than black Snape. It completely changes his character.

mountainman - 6/9/2025, 3:24 PM

@SheepishOne - The Weasley’s would also be an odd race swap for 2 reasons:
1) Too many ginger to black race swaps already in Hollywood
2) Having the most prominent poor family being black would also create unnecessary racial undertones.

SteviesRightFoo - 6/9/2025, 3:30 PM

@SheepishOne - it's so incredibly bizarre and beyond stupid

SheepishOne - 6/9/2025, 4:12 PM

@mountainman - Yea I completely agree. I’m just saying story-wise, I genuinely think making Snape black is more problematic than making the Weasleys a black family. After all, they’re still a very pure blood family, and mostly just catch slack for being poor. But they (mostly) get a happy ending.

Snape being black now can be interpreted as:
He’s bullied because he’s black
He’s bullied because he loves a white girl
He doesn’t talk about loving Lilly because she’s white
Instead of Lilly rejecting him because he’s creepy, she rejects him because he’s black.
He hates Harry because Harry is a white symbol of his love rejecting him because of his race (rather than just looking like James and reminding Snape of James, he now looks like the white guy who bullied him)

Obviously you don’t have to interpret it this way, but I can imagine the slew of think-pieces that will be written after this series comes out talking about the new symbolism. I don’t see why you’d even invite the comparison unless that’s the direction you’re wanting to go. Which…no, thanks. There’s already nazi symbolism in Harry Potter that’s pretty on the nose.

TheNewYorker - 6/9/2025, 1:41 PM

It’s so funny to watch a bunch of adults cry over a children’s TV show 🤭

Rpendo - 6/9/2025, 2:14 PM

@TheNewYorker - That’s all this site is…

TheNewYorker - 6/9/2025, 2:15 PM

They should’ve just casted an entire white cast, just So all the adults would be happy.

Kadara - 6/9/2025, 2:41 PM

@Rpendo - That's ALL the internet is these days. Grown ass people complaining even about video games having a female protagonist (see Witcher 4). It looks like technology just encourages people to be proud of their ignorance.

Rpendo - 6/9/2025, 3:02 PM

@TheNewYorker - they’d just find something else.

Too tall, too short, wrong hair, not curvy enough, the cape is the wrong shade of black, not jacked enough, the hair-part is on the wrong side…

SheepishOne - 6/9/2025, 3:03 PM

@TheNewYorker - You’re on comicbookmovie.com. Most of the movies you’re reading about and commenting on here have an audience consisting widely of children.

A lot of the adults watching are the children who grew up with the books, and the showrunners and writers keep that in mind as they’re creating it.

If you’re criticizing adults disliking something made for children, do you also criticize when they enjoy it? If so, what are you even doing here?

Rpendo - 6/9/2025, 3:04 PM

@Kadara - the anonymity allows them to be proud of their ignorance.

They know full well if they said this shit at a party (not that these virgin nerds get invited to parties) at best people would avoid them, at worst they’d get popped in their chinless faces.

TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 1:42 PM

Honestly , I was a bit taken back how young the Dursley's and Lucius are in this but that’s me keeping the movie versions of them in mind while this is actually more book accurate.

I’m not familiar with most of them except Bel Powley who I’m unsure about as Aunt Petunia going by her past work and Johnny Flynn who is inspired casting as Lucius tbh.

Anyway , I’m personally still looking forward to this show!!.

Clintthahamster - 6/9/2025, 1:59 PM

@TheVisionary25 - Powley was great on The Morning Show. Didn't see much insidious evil in her performance, but I don't doubt she has the range.

I'm also hyped about Katherine Parkinson from the IT Crowd. Very gifted comedic actor, plus she's worked with Graham Linehan, so she's used to being around transphobes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 2:03 PM

@Clintthahamster - yeah , I have seen her on The Morning show too and while as you said she was great , it was very different from Petunia but like you I’m sure she has range

Not familiar with Katherine Parkinson so I’ll try to check out more of her work but I could see her as Molly.

Clintthahamster - 6/9/2025, 2:25 PM

@TheVisionary25 - She's a delight.

Odekahn - 6/9/2025, 1:44 PM

Amazing that this is pitched as a faithful adaptation when the casting says the exact opposite.

Behavior is a language, and they are lying through their teeth.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 6/9/2025, 1:51 PM

Now Aunt Petunia is hot. What the hell are they doing?

Blergh - 6/9/2025, 1:58 PM

@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - I'm telling you, the Potter and Dursley family lineage are white supremacists in this take lol

FrankenDad - 6/9/2025, 2:07 PM

@Blergh - that doesn’t mean they have to be hot, though.

Blergh - 6/9/2025, 2:13 PM

@FrankenDad - fair, could make them look like rednecks as well

UnderBelly - 6/9/2025, 1:52 PM

"But maybe it shouldn’t blow over? We shouldn’t just hope it will go away, because it makes it easier. Maybe we should educate ourselves."

Ey, I agree with that..... good thing they still teaching science and religious studies in most school. The next generation still has hope.

Vigor - 6/9/2025, 2:39 PM

@UnderBelly - bro. The next generation is just using AI to fill-in-the-blank. Word on the street from educators is, they're not actually learning anything

We're cooked

Clintthahamster - 6/9/2025, 1:57 PM

"But maybe it shouldn’t blow over? We shouldn’t just hope it will go away, because it makes it easier. Maybe we should educate ourselves."

Hell yeah. Is this the first time a member of the new cast has spoken openly and directly about supporting trans folks?

Blergh - 6/9/2025, 2:01 PM

@Clintthahamster - I suppose it's something many are afraid to talk about given JK's still looming power over the project. I suppose most performers are just happy to have gotten a part in a show based on material that has brought so much joy to many of us in the past. But the fear of being fired for going against the creators views could be present.

TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 2:05 PM

@Clintthahamster - I think so

Good on Nick Frost!!.

Clintthahamster - 6/9/2025, 2:16 PM

@Blergh - I guess we'll see if there's any fall out for Frost. I hope not!

TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 2:21 PM

@Clintthahamster - I hope not either if JK sticks to her word

ThorArms - 6/9/2025, 1:57 PM

The casting has been great except for Snape.

Blergh - 6/9/2025, 1:59 PM

@ThorArms - I just hope the actor can handle the hate flying his way and the writers manage to write around the implications of James bullying, Lily's rejection and Harry's complete distrust.

TheFinestSmack - 6/9/2025, 2:01 PM

Katherine Parkinson is a great choice

DarthOmega - 6/9/2025, 2:05 PM

Not wanting biological males to take over women's spots in sports or personal spaces isn't controversial to anyone who uses logic.

This used to be common sense not controversy.

ModHaterSLADE - 6/9/2025, 2:10 PM

Hot Aunt Petunia👍🏾

HistoryofMatt - 6/9/2025, 2:11 PM

So Nick Frost believes that men who say they are women have the right to invade women's private spaces and to injure women and steal from them on fields of sport?

Never learn anything about celebrities you like, because you'll just find out how massively disappointing or evil they are in real life.

Blergh - 6/9/2025, 2:16 PM

@HistoryofMatt - It's amazing how much you can infer into someone's statements if you already have a preconcieved notion of a subject.

Here, let me try:

"So you're saying someone is evil without even stating the above stated points of contention? You must be a mind-reader, empath or complete sociopath to think you know the entirety of people's beliefs from a single sentence. You are so desirable and not at all completely brainwashed by the culture wars and its beneficiaries."

HistoryofMatt - 6/9/2025, 2:20 PM

@Blergh - Believing that men have any kind of a right to invade women's private spaces or to injure women or steal from them on fields of sport is evil.

Nick Frost, for believing this, is an evil person. He is also likely to believe that children should be allowed to cut off their genitalia after being led by adults to wrongly believe they are trans, which is child grooming and child abuse. That is evil.

If you believe any of that, you are an evil person.

DarthOmega - 6/9/2025, 2:35 PM

@HistoryofMatt - Apparently more education is needed. Apparently we don't understand what transgenderism is. Apparently the women who are asking that their spaces remain biologically female are wrong somehow.

They simply lack the education. The only reason they feel uncomfortable is because of unresolved bias, hate or ignorance.

Or. Maybe women just feel uncomfortable with males in their private spaces and they don't have to explain themselves to anyone for any reason. We used to respect boundaries. Now simply feeling like something you aren't gains you access, and if you disagree you're simply a hateful bigot.

What a strange time we live in

Vigor - 6/9/2025, 2:36 PM

@HistoryofMatt -

"Believing that men have any kind of a right to invade women's private spaces or to injure women or steal from them on fields of sport is evil."

Talking about evil. Your president famously used to walk into the dressing rooms of his pageants. He proclaimed to Howard Stern, that since he owned the pageant, he could go in the dressing rooms while women were ony partially dressed.

I know your favorite TV station and YouTube personalities have conditioned you to believe trans people are some form of evil. But they want to just live like you and me. The VERY few cases where there have been foul play doesn't represent their full population. In that we're the case, then i should just assume you're evil because you are a mass shooter like some other troubled skinny white kid. But that wouldn't be fair for me to assume that about you because you share their skin color would it? Same for trans

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HARRY POTTER TV Series Casts Malfoys, Dursleys, And Another Weasley; Nick Frost Talks J.K. Rowling Controversy

Eight actors have been added to the cast of Harry Potter, with Molly Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Petunia Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, and Lavender Brown now confirmed.

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