J.K. Rowling recently made a lot of muggles very happy when she announced that a brand new Harry Potter story was being published to her Pottermore website. The short story features an older, and slightly silver haired Harry Potter in a Hogwarts reunion of sorts.Recently, while promoting the second season of his miniseries, A Young Doctor’s Notebook, with Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe spoke about reprising his role as “The Boy Who Lived.” Radcliffe has also previously opened up about joining the cast of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film.
Daniel Radcliffe recently spoke with critics at the TCA’s Summer Press Tour, where he addressed reprising his role as Harry Potter in a film version of the new short.
“My inclination is to say no….I don’t think it’s a question that’s even--not even hypothetical. As I understand, it’s a very short piece, not of itself worthy of adaptation to film. And he’s at least 12 years older than I am now. I don’t think I’ll have to worry about that for a long time.”
However, if you are looking for an older Radcliffe, look no further than Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. The dashing Don Draper actor stars alongside Radcliffe in the Sky Arts miniseries A Young Doctor's Notebook playing the same man at different ages. Because grown adults often grow nearly 1ft between the ages of 20 and 40.
However, the new short is not the only trip back to the Wizarding World you can expect. Last year J.K Rowling announced that her book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was being adapted into a film. At the time Rowling released a statement.
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry’s gets underway.”
Radcliffe previously The Hollywood Reporter that he was unlikely to be involved in that series but he did leave the door open:
"I don't think I'm going to be coming back. We can't be doing these characters when we're 40, so there has to be a line drawn. I never know what Jo [Rowling] is going to write, but at the moment I'm in the same position that everyone else is in - waiting to hear what information is coming out because I don't know anything about these new films."
Express also reported Radcliffe’s interest in the movie:
"It's the version I'd be most interested in. I could be talked into it. I like the idea of an intertwining storyline."
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