HBO Announces New Cast Members for Season Two of Harry Potter Series
Lenny Rush, Bonnie Hill and Billy Barratt have been cast as Dobby, Ginny Weasley and Tom Riddle for the second season of HBO's Harry Potter series, which is in pre-production.
HBO said it has added three actors to the cast of its upcoming Harry Potter television series. Lenny Rush will portray the house-elf Dobby, Bonnie Hill has been cast as Ginny Weasley, and Billy Barratt will play a young Tom Riddle. Hill replaces Gracie Cochrane, who left the role after the first season for undisclosed reasons.
The first season, which has completed filming, is scheduled to debut on HBO on Dec. 25. Production on the second season, which will adapt the series' second novel, is underway at Leavesden Studios near London.
The show continues to feature Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, with John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost and other actors filling key roles. Francesca Gardiner serves as writer and executive producer, while Mark Mylod will direct several episodes. Executive producers include J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts and David Heyman.