After years and over 30,000 audition tapes, we lastly have this era’s Harry Potter — Dominic McLaughlin.
HBO’s extremely anticipated Harry Potter TV reboot has simply confirmed its three leads, and after what is likely to be probably the most intense casting search in latest reminiscence (over 30,000 auditions!), Dominic McLaughlin will play *the* boy who lived. Becoming a member of him as the brand new golden trio are Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
The announcement follows months of hypothesis after final 12 months’s open casting name despatched waves by means of the fandom. In Could 2025, showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director/govt producer Mark Mylod mentioned in a joint assertion: “After a rare search led by casting administrators Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we’re delighted to announce we’ve discovered our Harry, Hermione and Ron.”
So, who precisely is this new boy who lived? Right here’s every little thing it’s worthwhile to learn about Dominic McLaughlin.
The place He’s From
Dominic hails from Scotland and has been quietly placing within the work for years. He’s been coaching on the Efficiency Academy Scotland for the final 5 years — yep, he’s been critical about this for practically half his life.
The college couldn’t be prouder, writing in a press release: “We aren’t certain this will ever really feel actual however we mentioned from the beginning that Dominic was the proper Harry and we’re thrilled for everybody else to see this quickly, too.”
His Age
Dominic is 11 — the precise age Daniel Radcliffe was when he took on the position again in Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone. A full-circle second if there ever was one.
His Previous Roles
Whereas Harry Potter can be his breakout position, Dominic already has a busy slate. He’s set to look within the upcoming BBC action-adventure sequence Gifted, primarily based on Marilyn Kaye’s books about Scottish teenagers with superpowers. He’ll additionally star within the Sky comedy Develop.
Oh, and he’s already taken the stage in Macbeth on the Royal Highland Centre.
His Social Media
As of now, Dominic isn’t on Instagram or X (Twitter).
His Full-Circle Harry Potter Connections
In his upcoming comedy present Develop, he’s starring alongside Nick Frost — who can be enjoying Hagrid within the Harry Potter reboot!
On prime of that, he’s labored with a former Harry Potter star earlier than — as he starred alongside Ralph Fiennes, the unique actor who performed Voldemort, whereas performing in Macbeth on the Royal Highland Centre. How meant to be is that?!
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