Threlfall to Voice Sorting Hat in HBO’s Harry Potter — SkimNews
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- David Threlfall, a BAFTA winner who played Frank Gallagher in the UK’s original Shameless, is voicing the Sorting Hat in HBO’s Harry Potter; he led the successful British series that spawned a hit Showtime version led by Will.
- HBO revealed cast for the ghosts and Fat Lady on Halloween eve, broadening the announcement beyond Threlfall’s Sorting Hat role.
Why it matters: For HBO, the Halloween Eve announcement establishes three cast roles—The Sorting Hat, ghosts and Fat Lady—giving the Harry Potter adaptation a broader announced roster than the Sorting Hat alone. For Threlfall, the Sorting Hat assignment adds a franchise voice role to the résumé built through his successful British series Shameless.
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