{"id":1969190,"date":"2025-08-19T20:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1969190"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:22:45","slug":"hbos-harry-potter-series-casts-more-weasley-children-meet-ginny-fred-george-and-percy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hbos-harry-potter-series-casts-more-weasley-children-meet-ginny-fred-george-and-percy\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO&#8217;s &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; series casts more Weasley children. Meet Ginny, Fred, George and Percy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Weasley family is growing! More Weasley children have been cast for the upcoming <em>Harry Potter<\/em> TV series that will air in 2027, HBO announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mischievous twin brothers Fred and George will be played by Tristan and Gabriel Harland, respectively, while Ruari Spooner has been cast as elder brother Percy, and Gracie Cochrane has been cast as younger sister Ginny.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Top row: Tristan and Gabriel Harland, left, Ruari Spooner. Bottom row: Gracie Cochrane, left, Alastair Stout. (HBO)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James and Oliver Phelps originated the role of the twins in the Warner Bros. movies, and Chris Rankin played Percy. Actress Bonnie Wright portrayed Ginny in the films for a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alastair Stout was already announced to play Ron Weasley, one of Harry Potter\u2019s best friends, while Katherine Parkinson has been cast as the Weasleys\u2019 mom, Molly. Casting for the eldest Weasley brother, Charlie, and father, Arthur, has not yet been announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Harland twins played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11535284\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:minor;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">minor<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11535283\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:roles;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">roles<\/a> in <em>The Last Kingdom <\/em>TV series in 2020, while Spooner held the lead in a 7-minute short film that was released in 2024, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm15900605\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:IMDb;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">IMDb<\/a>. Cochrane, 11, was a minor character in the 2024 Steve McQueen film, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm16402671\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Blitz;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Blitz<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/tresamagazine.com\/2025\/05\/19\/gracie-cochrane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:part of the choir;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">part of the choir<\/a> in the 2024 movie <em>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/article\/1st-photos-of-harry-and-hagrid-revealed-for-hbos-harry-potter-series-as-filming-begins-meet-the-full-cast-155322812.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Many of the major characters have been cast;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Many of the major characters have been cast<\/a>, including Hagrid, Albus Dumbledore and Professor Severus Snape, as well as some of the supporting roles, such as Harry\u2019s cousin Dudley Dursley and fellow Gryffindor Neville Longbottom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HBO\u2019s plan is to base each season on one of the seven books in the popular literary series. In December, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/white-lotus-season-3-premiere-223358680.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety reported;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Variety reported<\/a> that Discovery global streaming chief JB Perrette said the show is expected to be a 10-year project. The show has started production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K., which is where the original movie franchise was filmed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsl.com\/studios\/about\/our-history\/#:~:text=2000%20%E2%80%93%202010&amp;text=With%20Leavesden%20now%20established%20as,in%20the%20Harry%20Potter%20series.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:from 2000 to 2010;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">from 2000 to 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The episodes are being written and executive-produced by Francesca Gardiner; Mark Mylod, who worked as an executive producer and director on the HBO drama <em>Succession<\/em>, will direct several episodes, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:9;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/press.wbd.com\/us\/media-release\/hbo-original-harry-potter-television-series-begins-production\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to Warner Bros;cpos:9;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to Warner Bros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Weasley family is growing! More Weasley children have been cast for the upcoming Harry Potter TV series that will air in 2027, HBO announced Tuesday. Mischievous twin brothers Fred and George will be played by Tristan and Gabriel Harland, respectively, while Ruari Spooner has been cast as elder brother Percy, and Gracie Cochrane has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1969191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[349476,349653,318471,349652,349481,349650,310989,349647,21917,349651,349649,306876,349646,349648],"class_list":["post-1969190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alastair-stout","tag-chris-rankin","tag-everett-collection","tag-fred-and-george","tag-gabriel-harland","tag-gracie-cochrane","tag-harry-potter","tag-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix","tag-hbo","tag-katherine-parkinson","tag-ruari-spooner","tag-warner-bros","tag-weasley-children","tag-weasley-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HBOs-Harry-Potter-series-casts-more-Weasley-children-Meet-Ginny.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}