Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts will debut on HBO Max on New Year's Day, January 1, 2022. “This retrospective is a tribute to everyone whose lives were touched by this cultural phenomenon-from the talented cast and crew who poured their heart and soul into this extraordinary film franchise to the passionate fans who continue to keep the Wizarding World spirit alive 20 years later.” Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics, said in a statement. "It has been an incredible journey since the debut of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone film, and witnessing how it has evolved into this remarkable interconnected universe has been magical to say the least,” Tom Ascheim, President, Warner Bros. The special will "tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time."Īlso joining the fun include Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Ian Hart and more. The trio, along with more cast members, and director Chris Columbus will head back to Hogwarts to celebrate the first film. ‘It’s vital.The Harry Potter cast will be reuniting for a new special!ĭaniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint will be back together again to celebrate the first film's 20 year anniversary in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts on HBO Max. It can’t just be for people like me, who went to Westminster… That’s self-defeating.’ For Red, more than 40,000 tickets will be available for £10 - some 25 per cent. To me that’s self-evidently not right.’ If things are to change, London’s theatre scene needs to be proactive in broadening the economic background of both its actors and audiences: ‘It has to be for everyone. But that’s obviously problematic in a society where some people get easier access to things like that than others. ‘I’m immensely grateful that I had all those opportunities. I don’t know - was there a big outcry about Brad Pitt playing Achilles ? Don’t think so.’ In contrast, he points to the recent BBC/Netflix miniseries Troy: Fall of a City in which he played the Trojan hero Aeneas: ‘David Gyasi plays Achilles and it’s a certain indication of how far it has to come that there were people on the internet and out in the world that were saying, “A black Achilles?” But no one goes, “A blonde, long-haired Achilles?” It’s extraordinary.’Ī former public schoolboy, he is sympathetic to claims that acting has become too posh. The cast reunited at a Comic Con event in Germany. He is the smartest man I know and so humble. Harry Potter fans have been left thrilled - after seeing the cast looking unrecognisable as they reunited 12 years after the final film. I think it’s beneficial… There’s the way we appropriate different cultures in a way we’re comfortable with. Lewis’s best friend on the Harry Potter set was Alfred Enoch (Dean Thomas). Where do you draw the line?’Įither way, he would like to see more colour-blind casting of classics and period dramas: ‘It’s a responsibility that I think, yes, exists. ‘There are lots of ways you could ask that, not just “can a black English actor play a black American?” It gets to a point where actors don’t get to do any acting… Alfred Molina can’t play Rothko. ‘I mean, there are lots of modulations of that question, do you know what I mean?’ says Enoch, thoughtfully. The flip side is that there are those in the US - notably Samuel L Jackson - who have criticised black British actors for taking work from Americans. Finally: ‘There’s a more evident black history in America… it’s harder to make a film about 19th-century America and not have a single black person.’ Firstly the industry is bigger… there’s a hell of a lot of work out there.’ That aside, he argues that the US’s problematic racial history has created an ‘engagement that impels people to work against it’. ‘I think there are a couple of things here. What does he make of criticisms that black British actors, among them Daniel Kaluuya and David Oyelowo, appear to need to go to the US to achieve fame? It turns out he has given this a lot of thought.
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