Harry Potter HBO Teaser Shows First Look at Game of Thrones Star Anton Lesser as Ollivander

Fresh footage from HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV bid has revealed Game of Thrones prima Anton Lesser arsenic maestro wandmaker Garrick Ollivander.

A seasoned British histrion with credits successful implicit 100 movies and TV shows, Lesser played Qyburn successful Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan successful The Crown, and much precocious starred successful deed Star Wars bid Andor arsenic ISB main Major Partagaz.

In HBO's caller Harry Potter adaptation, Lesser takes connected the notable relation of Ollivander, who gives the young wizard his wand — and returns overmuch aboriginal successful the saga's storyline to supply cardinal accusation during Harry's hunt for the Deathly Hallows.

HBO's trailer of upcoming bid besides shows clips from House of the Dragon, The Big Bang Theory spinoff Stuart Saves the Universe, Lanterns, The Gilded Age and more. You tin skip to the Harry Potter conception successful the HBO trailer supra astatine the 1:15 mark.

"Mr. Potter, I deliberation we tin expect large things from you," Ollivander says, replicating an iconic enactment from the archetypal books. "Let's spot who you are." Other speedy shots amusement Harry and his pals astatine Hogwarts, successful scenes antecedently shown successful an earlier trailer, arsenic the students locomotion the castle's halls and past caput retired for a Quidditch match.

The quality of Ollivander was antecedently played by the precocious John Hurt, who appeared successful 3 movies implicit the people of the Harry Potter movie series.

Writing is present underway connected HBO's 2nd Harry Potter TV season, with filming acceptable to statesman aboriginal this twelvemonth arsenic producers question to support the mammoth accumulation going arsenic accelerated imaginable — adjacent arsenic fans fearfulness the amusement won't decorativeness airing until the aboriginal 2040s.

A caller large acceptable leak gave fans a elaborate look astatine the caller Diagon Alley, portion HBO has admitted the institution is spending large connected the show, and making a level of fiscal concern it usually wouldn't make. The lavish sets and props person proven charismatic to thieves, nevertheless — thing that has present led to items similar broomsticks being microchipped to deter thefts.

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