HBO Harry Potter S2 Casts Dobby, Ginny, Tom Riddle — SkimNews
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- HBO cast Lenny Rush, Bonnie Hill, and Billy Barratt as Dobby, Ginny Weasley, and Tom Riddle for Season 2 of its Harry Potter series, currently in pre-production at Leavesden Studios outside London.
- Bonnie Hill steps into the Ginny Weasley role after Gracie Cochrane, who played the character in Season 1, exited between seasons citing "unforeseen circumstances."
- Season 1 wrapped filming and premieres on HBO on December 25, led by Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
- Season 2 adapts the second Harry Potter book — Chamber of Secrets — making the young Tom Riddle a central villain in the season's storyline.
- Francesca Gardiner writes and executive produces the series alongside J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts, and David Heyman, with Mark Mylod directing multiple episodes for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television.
Why it matters: Tom Riddle is the central antagonist of Chamber of Secrets — the novel Season 2 adapts — making Barratt's casting the most narratively consequential of the three new additions. The Ginny Weasley recasting, attributed by HBO to "unforeseen circumstances," is an unusual mid-series cast swap for a flagship fantasy adaptation that hasn't yet premiered.
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