Hogwarts Alumni

The Hogwarts professors did, in fact, have a life after curfew — and Kenneth Branagh was there for one of the good ones. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Branagh — Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — described a night at a hotel outside Cheltenham during the production’s shoot…

Every wizard remembers who taught them the Levitation Charm — and on Thursday night, Draco Malfoy’s Charms professor was sitting in a Broadway audience watching him cast it. Tom Felton shared a set of photos from the Lyric Theatre after Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, where his surprise guest was Warwick Davis, who played…

A piece of Wizarding World history has passed. Michael Byrne, the actor who played the elderly, imprisoned Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, has died at age 82. Byrne appeared in the 2010 film during one of its most chilling scenes: Voldemort visiting the aging dark wizard in his…

Sybill Trelawney could read the future in tea leaves and crystal balls — but Emma Thompson says her own time in the wizarding world was far shorter than most fans might guess. Speaking on the Smartless podcast with hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, the Oscar-winning actress reflected on playing Hogwarts’ eccentric Divination…

Luna Lovegood is cheering on the next generation. Evanna Lynch, who played the dreamy Ravenclaw across the Harry Potter films, has confirmed she’ll be watching the new HBO Max series this Christmas — and she’s happy to see a fresh young cast take over Hogwarts. View this Reel on Instagram Speaking at the Cork Midsummer…

Padma Patil is finally getting her say. With the HBO series on the horizon, Afshan Azad — who played Padma in the Harry Potter films from Goblet of Fire onward — has opened up about the Yule Ball costume her character wore and what making it was really like. In a video shared to her…

Wake up — it’s Draco Malfoy’s birthday, and the official Harry Potter Instagram has gone fully green-and-silver to celebrate. On June 5, the verified @harrypotter account (13.1M followers) rolled out what it’s calling a “#Dracover” — a complete profile takeover for the franchise’s favorite Slytherin. The account swapped its profile picture for a party-hatted illustration…

The Boy Who Lived has some distinctly fatherly feelings about the kids who are about to live it all over again. Daniel Radcliffe has been reflecting on what it’s like to watch a brand-new generation step into the roles that defined his own childhood — and the sight, he admits, is stirring up something unexpectedly…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Toyota Hrvatska (@toyota.hrvatska) Even a Triwizard champion, it turns out, can be talked into a test drive. Stan Yanevski — the Bulgarian actor who flew in as Viktor Krum in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — is the unlikely face of Toyota Croatia’s latest…

Accio nostalgia! The actor behind Arthur Weasley has thrown open his memory box, and the Wizarding World features heavily. In a reader Q&A with The Guardian, Mark Williams — who played the Weasley patriarch across seven Harry Potter films, beginning with 2002’s Chamber of Secrets — looked back on his years on set with obvious…