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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Interviews by Imogen Tilden

‘There’s so much magic!’: how we made Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

A figure kneels on a stage floor as crossed streams of fire shoot overhead in an ornate Gothic-style set
‘Bringing something new to audiences’ … the final battle scene in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace theatre in London. Photograph: Manuel Harlan

Jamie Parker, played Harry Potter

My initial response when I was asked if I was interested in the role was confusion – I felt a bit long in the tooth to play a teenager. I had read the first Harry Potter book and seen a few of the movies, but was just past the right age when it was all kicking off. I didn’t know that there was the coda in the final book that places the action 19 years later, and that’s where the play would be picking up from.

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