{"id":2068026,"date":"2025-10-04T02:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T02:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2068026"},"modified":"2025-10-04T02:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T02:31:27","slug":"original-harry-potter-actor-42-gets-honest-about-upcoming-tv-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/original-harry-potter-actor-42-gets-honest-about-upcoming-tv-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"Original &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Actor, 42, Gets Honest About Upcoming TV Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Actor <strong>Domhnall Gleeson<\/strong>, who played the eldest Weasley child, Bill, in the films <em>Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 <\/em>and<em> 2<\/em>, shared his thoughts about the upcoming HBO <em>Harry Potter<\/em> television series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/harry-potter-series-reaction-domhnall-gleeson-bill-weasley-actor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Collider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Collider <\/a>in September 2025, Gleeson referenced that the final<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tag\/harry-potter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harry Potter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Harry Potter<\/em><\/a> film, <em>Deathly Hallows Part 2<\/em>, premiered in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s funny to be at the age where stuff is getting made again. [Laughs] In some aspect of it, you just check your age,&#8221; said Gleeson during the interview with Collider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He clarified that he approves of the upcoming show, as he believes the book series, written by <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/j-k-rowling-fires-back-153603987.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:J.K. Rowling;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">J.K. Rowling<\/a>,<\/strong> will lend itself well to a television format.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;But no, I think it\u2019s cool. I think it\u2019s really well suited to TV,&#8221; said Gleeson to the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also said his opinion may be different than other original <em>Harry Potter<\/em> actors, as he had a limited role as Bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And also, I wasn\u2019t in\u00a0<em>Harry Potter<\/em>\u00a0that much so I don\u2019t feel that it\u2019s mine in the same way that maybe some of the others would have a right to. I just hope it\u2019s really good. I don\u2019t really feel ownership of that,&#8221; said Gleeson in the September 2025 interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Harry Potter<\/em> television series, which stars <strong>Dominic McLaughlin<\/strong> as Harry Potter, <strong>Alastair Stout<\/strong> as Ron Weasley, and <strong>Arabella Stanton<\/strong>\u00a0as Hermione Granger, is currently in production, as reported by<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/harry-potter-tv-series-officially-begins-production-as-hbo-reveals-4-new-cast-members-11771600\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> People<\/a>. Its release date will be in 2027, per the publication.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Domhnall Gleeson Discussed the Ending of the &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Film Series in 2011<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vg7RSoHKdeQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a 2011 interview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a 2011 interview <\/a>in promotion of the<em> Deathly Hallow<\/em>s: <em>Part 1<\/em> DVD, Gleeson said that he wasn&#8217;t as emotional as his fellow <em>Harry Potter <\/em>castmates when <em>Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2<\/em> wrapped filming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not as attached to it. Because I just wasn&#8217;t there for 10 years it wasn&#8217;t being at school for me. It was joining for a term,&#8221; explained Gleeson in the interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gleeson shared how he was cast as Bill for <em>Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1<\/em>, which premiered in 2010, in a 2018 interview with<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9xE70k_1FuE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BUILD Series;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> BUILD Series<\/a>. According to Gleeson, he auditioned to play Knight Bus conductor, Stan Shunpike, for the 2004 film, <em>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/em>. He also noted that his father, <strong>Brendan Gleeson<\/strong>, was brought on to play Alastor &#8216;Mad-Eye&#8217; Moody\u00a0in <em>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/em>, which premiered in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>About Time<\/em> actor said that he visited the <em>Goblet of Fire<\/em> set because he was a fan of the series. Gleeson said he was offered to be a stand-in for the Weasley twins, played by <strong>Oliver and James Phelps<\/strong>. He said while he didn&#8217;t take up the offer, he &#8220;ended up auditioning for the last two films&#8221; and landed the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I was so happy to be in them,&#8221; said the<em> Paper<\/em> actor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/original-harry-potter-actor-42-gets-honest-about-upcoming-tv-reboot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Oct 3, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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