40-year-old man auditioned to play Hermione in the ‘Harry Potter’ series

Without stopping, the audition process for HBO’s Harry Potter series continues to create expectations among fans with each new piece of news that is shared — and an unusual event drew attention when it was released, since, according to the Daily Mail, a 42-year-old man decided to try her luck and auditioned to play the iconic Hermione Granger.

The reinterpretation of the famous saga of JK Rowling generated great anticipation, igniting the hope of actors around the world that they could, just like the original childhood trio of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grintachieve instant fame. With more than 30,000 applications received for a limited number of roles, the series’ producers were overwhelmed by the volume of interested parties.

Every day, a dedicated team of casting agents sift through nearly a thousand audition tapes in an attempt to find the next Harry, Ron or Hermione. However, with so many applications, some unusual attempts, like that of the 42-year-old man, stood out, but were soon faced with reality: rejection.

If he had been selected, he could have shared the screen with big names like Mark Rylancetipped to play Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu for the role of Snape and Cillian Murphy as Voldemort, to the full cast of the new series. There are still no final decisions about the roles, according to the producer and screenwriter Francesca Gardiner.

Gardinerwho described the selection process as “scary”, revealed that the production plans to respect the characters’ ages as described in the books. Rowling. Filming for the series is expected to begin in the summer of 2025, at Warner Bros. studios. Each book is to be adapted into its own series as part of a ten-year plan for production.

While the original Harry Potter films, produced over a decade (2001-2011), featured a strong cast such as maggie smith, Alan Rickman and Michael Gambonthe new TV series is expected to have an equally brilliant selection of talent. The director of the series, Mark Mylodknown for the success of “Succession”, reinforced that the objective is to bring the best of British talent and established theater actors, although no decision on the cast has been finalized yet.

Furthermore, the English press reveals that JK Rowling will have the final say on all major casting decisions. The changes are not restricted to the actors: Hogwarts Castle itself will also undergo some transformations. Mylod stated that the series’ eight-episode first season will explore Hogwarts in great detail, introducing “its depths and crevices” to viewers, and the idea is to expand the castle’s architecture to reflect its evolution over time. “We don’t want to change the Great Hall, built in the 9th century, but we will expand other elements to reflect that, if it were a real university, it would have evolved with influences from architectures such as Georgian,” he explained. Mylod.