Meet The Brand New Cast Of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child!
Updated : June 01, 2016 11:13 AM IST
So finally, the Potter-maniacs have something to rejoice for. The pictures of the theatrical cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has finally been revealed!
The character portrait, as the makers are calling it, is bound to give you some serious nostalgia. Have a look at the picture itself:
The role of the grown up Harry Potter would be played by Jamie Parker. Poppy Miller, who had earlier appeared in the stage productions of Macbeth and Twelfth Night, would be seen in the character of Ginny Potter. The cursed child Albus Severus Potter, who is not a child anymore though, would be played by Sam Clemment.
When asked about actor Jamie Parker’s transformation, J.K. Rowling said: ‘He simply is Harry now. There's a kind of relief in watching him, he gets it so right.’ He has been given a serious attire to suit his persona as a Ministry of Magic man and the father of three school going children.
For Ginny’s character, Rowling said, ‘I think a lot of people would like to have Poppy's Ginny for a mother. Kind and cool, exactly as I imagined her.’
And finally for the cursed child himself, she said, ‘There's much I could say about Sam-as-Albus, but we'd be into spoiler territory so quickly I'll just say we couldn't have cast better.’
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth installment of the Harry Potter series and it moves from the ‘Boy who Lived’ to his child after taking a leap of nineteen years! The story has been written by J.K. Rowling along with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany.
The play, to be directed by Jack Thorne, would have preview performances beginning from 7th of June 2016 and would officially open in July 2016 at The Palace Theatre, London.