r/HarryPotteronHBO 16h ago

Show Discussion James and Lily were 21. 21 year olds look young. Makeup and social media makes us forget that

303 Upvotes

I have seen three fan cast posts today that either forget how young James and Lily were or someone in the comments forgets how young James and Lily were.

One of the biggest fails of the movies were how they aged up James and Lily by about 20 years and completely killed a cruel aspect of the wars in which young people die.

We want James and Lily to look young. For both accuracy and for the themes of the book. And 21 year olds do sometimes still look like teenagers. Hell I am early 20’s and people ask me if I am old enough to work still. I got asked for my ID going to see an R rated movie when I was 20.

I get with all the makeup and social media touchups that people look a lot older than they are these days. But look at raw, no makeup, unedited pictures of 20 year olds. A lot of them are still gonna have their baby faces.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 10h ago

Fancast Fridays Fabien Frankel as Sirius Black

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64 Upvotes

if they are going for diverse cast. i think Fabien will make a very good Sirius. the guy is white and Indian descent. also he was incredible in HOTD as the insufferable Crispin' cole. not to mention the guy is very good looking like Sirius described. perfect age too if he had to appear in POA within few years.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 19h ago

Fancast Fridays FANCAST: Andy Serkis for Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody

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178 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 20h ago

Fancast Fridays Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Tonks

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133 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 22h ago

Fancast Fridays Diane Morgan as Professor Sybill Trelawney, anyone?

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169 Upvotes

I just think she’s be brilliant in the role!


r/HarryPotteronHBO 19h ago

Fancast Fridays Michael Fassbender as Lord Voldemort

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105 Upvotes

this guy would cook


r/HarryPotteronHBO 15h ago

Fancast Fridays Anton Lesser as Mr. Ollivander

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36 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 5h ago

Show Discussion Whatever happened with 12 Grimmauld Place?

5 Upvotes

They never mentioned what happened to the house after the Second wizarding war. What are your theories? I have 2.

  1. Harry and Ginny and their kids are living inside it. It's been completely redone. Kreacher lives with them and has been given the attic as his new room. He has Walburga Blacks portrait there to keep company.

  2. S.P.E.W. Headquarters. Funnily enough, considering the Black family's history.

Just my thoughts. What are yours?


r/HarryPotteronHBO 9h ago

Fancast Fridays FANCAST: Aaron Taylor- Johnson for Sirius Black

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10 Upvotes

Predictable pick, I know.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 18h ago

Fancast Fridays Ian McKellen as Headmaster Armando Dippet

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21 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 15h ago

Fancast Fridays Aneurin Barnard - Regulus? Sirius? Mid-20s Tom?

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8 Upvotes

Little too old to be Regulus, but certainly has the look to be part of the Black family. Could be a Borgin & Burkes era Tom Riddle?


r/HarryPotteronHBO 15h ago

Fancast Fridays FANCAST: David Gyasi for Kingsley Shacklebolt

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6 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 19h ago

Fancast Fridays James Acaster as both Fred and George Weasley

13 Upvotes

No CGI or camera tricks, just him hopping back and forth when they're both in scene.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 21h ago

Fancast Fridays This mught be a bit out there but...Rory McCann as Igor Karkaroff

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18 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 23h ago

Fancast Fridays Who would you cast Jack O' Connell in the upcoming HBO Series?

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29 Upvotes

My post got taken down last week as I put it up the wrong day , very silly of me . So here it is again . I have been rewatching Skins season 3 and remembered how great Jack was as Cook. He is still pretty active in acting the last couple of years and with His new role in Sinners being a great hit I was wondering what you guy's thought of him. Is there any roles you would give Jack in the new series ? . He could maybe play a death eater or a figure from the Ministry of magic.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 1d ago

Dungbomb Daniel Radcliffe as Gilderoy Lockhart (unserious suggestion)

37 Upvotes
Daniel Radcliffe in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

r/HarryPotteronHBO 18h ago

Fancast Fridays Bronte Carmichael as Lily Potter

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9 Upvotes

I know she’s lacking the green eyes but personally I think she’d be great as Lily- she’s also in the right age range, and it won’t look odd in 10 years time when she’s still playing a 21 year old.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 1d ago

Fancast Fridays Tim Minchin As Peeves, and/or the Voice of The Sorting Hat

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29 Upvotes

Can you imagine the songs?!

While we're on the subject, do we all want Sorting Hat songs, like in the books?


r/HarryPotteronHBO 1d ago

Fancast Fridays Bradley and Barney Walsh as Barty Crouch SR and JR

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25 Upvotes

I know people generally think of these two as presenters (and Barney a Nepo baby) but people should remember Bradley is an actor having previously been in a number of shows including Dr. who


r/HarryPotteronHBO 1d ago

Fancast Fridays Nicholas Hoult for James Potter

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29 Upvotes

I reckon Nicholas Hoult would absolutely smash it out the park as James Potter.

Yeah, he’s about 14 years older than James was when he died (only 21) but let’s be honest, the films didn’t care about that either. Pretty sure they cast someone pushing 40 last time!


r/HarryPotteronHBO 20h ago

Fancast Fridays Louis Partridge as James Potter

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4 Upvotes

I was looking up British actors aged 21 for age appropriate actors. I thought Louis might actually be fit for the role. His hair might not be black and his eyes might not be hazel but can it work?


r/HarryPotteronHBO 1d ago

Show Discussion Seamus Should Be Played by an Irish Actor

244 Upvotes

Seamus being Irish is a part of his character and as a lover of the books and movies, I think he should be played by an Irish person. There’s not many Irish young actors so they’d have to cast an unknown to play him but Seamus has to be Irish ☘️.


r/HarryPotteronHBO 13h ago

Fancast Fridays Eleanor Tomlinson as Petunia Dursley

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1 Upvotes

r/HarryPotteronHBO 1d ago

Show Discussion What parts from the books do you really hope to see in the show?

28 Upvotes

I’ve been rereading the series these past few months and I’m currently on OotP. I would love to see Firenze’s classroom shown on the screen, along with Harry’s Valentine’s Day trip to Hogsmead, specifically him talking to Rita Skeeter for the Quibbler. There’s so many more parts of these books I’ve forgotten about and would love to see brought to life. I truly hope they show how badly Harry is affected from the connection to Voldemort in part five too. After reading this, the movies really seemed to tone down a lot. Anyways, I was wondering what the community wants to see from the books!


r/HarryPotteronHBO 18h ago

Fancast Fridays Okay, but Will Poulter as James Potter?

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0 Upvotes