{"id":98091,"date":"2025-04-14T15:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=98091"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:25:29","slug":"hbo-original-harry-potter-series-casts-john-lithgow-janet-mcteer-paapa-essiedu-nick-frost-luke-thallon-and-paul-whitehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/14\/hbo-original-harry-potter-series-casts-john-lithgow-janet-mcteer-paapa-essiedu-nick-frost-luke-thallon-and-paul-whitehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Original Harry Potter Series Casts John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost, Luke Thallon, and Paul Whitehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98093\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hbo-harry-potter-20250414.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hbo-harry-potter-20250414.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hbo-harry-potter-20250414-300x240.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Harry Potter Cast (from left to right): John Lithgow (Credit: Jessica Howes), Janet McTeer (Credit: Andrew Crowley), Paapa Essiedu (Credit: Ruth Crafer), Nick Frost (Credit: Lee Malone), Luke Thallon (Credit: Phil Sharp), Paul Whitehouse (Credit: Mike Marsland).<\/p>\n<p>The HBO Original<em> Harry Potter<\/em> series has cast six-time Emmy\u00ae, two-time Tony Award\u00ae, Olivier winner, and BAFTA and Oscar\u00ae nominee John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore; Tony Award\u00ae, Golden Globe\u00ae, and Olivier winner, and Oscar\u00ae and Emmy\u00ae nominee, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall; Emmy\u00ae, Olivier, and BAFTA nominee Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape; and BIFA nominee Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. 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