{"id":145315,"date":"2025-05-30T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145315\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T23:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:15:13","slug":"harry-potter-tv-series-leaves-crew-bewildered-as-filming-for-british-national-treasure-begins-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145315\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter TV series leaves crew ‘bewildered’ as\u00a0filming for ‘British national treasure’ begins in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filming for the Harry Potter TV series kicked off this week, but the crew have already been left\u00a0‘bewildered’ by the producers choice of location.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cast and crew have have set up on the \u00cele de Sein off the coast of\u00a0Brittany where they are thought to be re-creating the famous moment that Hagrid says, ‘You’re a wizard Harry!’<\/p>\n

In the first film,\u00a0Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry is taken away the Hut-on-the-Rock by\u00a0the Dursleys\u00a0to in an attempt to prevent the letters from Hogwarts reaching him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Rubeus Hagrid, flys to the hut and forces his way inside to find Harry, give him his acceptance letter and reveal the truth about his parents death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the book, the hut is off the coast of Cornwall, with the films having been shot entirely in the UK, but the TV show’s producers sought a breezier location.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Filming for the Harry Potter TV series kicked off this week, but the crew have already been left ‘bewildered’ by the producers choice of location<\/p>\n

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Cast and crew have have set up on the \u00cele de Sein off the coast of Brittany where they are thought to be re-creating the famous moment that Hagrid says, ‘You’re a wizard Harry!’<\/p>\n

A source told The Sun<\/a>:\u00a0‘This caused a certain amount of amusement among the British crew who all agreed that they could have easily got windswept in virtually any part of the British Isles.<\/p>\n

‘They\u2019ve been slightly bewildered by the fact they\u2019ve actually gone to France to make a show which is so British \u2014 particularly since it\u2019s the first place they\u2019ve gone to and they\u2019re doing key scenes there.<\/p>\n

‘For fans it\u2019s likely to be a sign that with American producers running the show, it might not be as mindful of Harry Potter as a national treasure that shouldn\u2019t be tampered with.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest leading trio were finally announced this week after months of speculation – with Dominic McLaughlin landing the title role, while Arabella Stanton is set to play Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley.<\/a><\/p>\n

JK Rowling<\/a>\u00a0gave her approval to the trio cast as the new child stars of the multi-million-pound TV adaptation – after previously giving short shrift to racists complaining about producers’ picks.<\/p>\n

There has been some online backlash against what has been branded ‘woke<\/a>‘ reinterpreting of the wizarding franchise based on the seven bestselling books by Rowling, 59, which prompted eight movie versions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the multi-millionaire author yesterday gave her first public response to the new Harry Potter<\/a>\u00a0television casting announcement, with showbusiness insiders suggesting she would have a key role in the new productions.<\/p>\n

One fan took to X, formerly known as Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0asking the bestselling author to inform the new recruits the wizarding franchise’s creator felt about their casting.<\/p>\n

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In the book, the hut is off the coast of Cornwall, with the films been shot entirely in the United Kingdom, but producer’s sought a breezier location (Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid)<\/p>\n

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A source told The Sun:\u00a0‘They\u2019ve been slightly bewildered by the fact they\u2019ve actually gone to France to make a show which is so British’ (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson pictured in the first film)<\/p>\n

And now Rowling has responded by declaring: ‘All three are wonderful. I couldn’t be happier.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The writer was replying to a tweet which said: ‘@jk_rowling @streamonmax @harrypotter Please tell Dominic, Arabella and Alistair that they are already loved by the fandom and we can’t wait to see the show!<\/p>\n

‘We wish them all the best and that they have a magic time.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new adaptation will be spread across seven seasons, equal to the number of books – although there were eight films with the final Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows split into two parts.<\/p>\n

The HBO TV show is said to be costing \u00a375million per episode – and the three child actors taking the lead roles have been tipped to land themselves even bigger fortunes than the original stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Producers Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod praised the ‘wonderful’ talent of the three newcomers, when making Tuesday’s casting announcement.<\/p>\n

They said: ‘After an extraordinary search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we are delighted to announce we have found our Harry, Hermione, and Ron.<\/p>\n

‘The talent of these three unique actors is wonderful to behold, and we cannot wait for the world to witness their magic together onscreen.<\/p>\n

‘We would like to thank all the tens of thousands of children who auditioned. It’s been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there.’<\/p>\n

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The first Harry Potter film was brought out in 2001, with the series wrapping up a decade later, the new adaptation will be spread across seven seasons\u00a0 – one for each book<\/p>\n

Rowling released the first Harry Potter novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997, followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets the following year.<\/p>\n

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in 1999, followed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2000.<\/p>\n

Three years later Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix was published and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2005.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007.<\/p>\n

Daniel Radcliffe took on the role of protagonist Harry Potter in the film franchise.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emma Watson played Hermione, while Rupert Grint was Ron Weasley.<\/p>\n

The first movie was released in 2001 and the final one came out in 2011.\u00a0They played their roles for a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filming for the Harry Potter TV series kicked off this week, but the crew have already been left\u00a0‘bewildered’…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[92,2000,299,36,813],"class_list":{"0":"post-145315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114599331497944230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}