Potter Family Portrait: New “Cursed Child” Photos Released!
We’re all squealing at these new images!
We’re only a week away from the first previews of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and today, we have our first look at some of the new Potter family!
Harry, Albus and Ginny Potter from #HarryPotterPlay #CursedChild. 1st public preview in one week's time! pic.twitter.com/0JyvEqtcyJ
— Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (@CursedChildLDN) May 31, 2016
The new photos show Jamie Parker as Harry, Poppy Miller as Ginny, and Sam Clemmett as Albus Severus in costume, and Pottermore is providing us some quotes from J.K. Rowling herself on the cast.
Jamie Parker sports Harry’s iconic glasses and scar, as well as a classy suit, right on point for a Ministry employee. Says Jamie of the wardrobe choice,
He’s wearing a suit because he’s a Ministry man, but he’s not just a bloke in a suit; that’s way too anonymous. And it sounds strange, but we talked around a lot of different suits because there are suits and suits, and a lot of them we put on, and we went ‘Mmm, it’s just not right’.
He also tells Pottermore what it feels like to sport Harry’s scar and glasses, saying,
These are stories that people have lived with for their whole lives, they’ve grown up with and now they’re adults re-joining the tale, picking it up where they left off, and I’m one of them. In a sense you don’t need more than the scar and the glasses; you kind of go, ‘there it is’, and I don’t really know how to put it into words; it’s just immeasurably exciting, and I can’t wait to show it to people.
#HarryPotter, 19yrs later. Played by Jamie Parker in #HarryPotterPlay #CursedChild 1st public preview in one week! pic.twitter.com/RlkLURxRjr
— Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (@CursedChildLDN) May 31, 2016
Rowling said Parker “simply is Harry now. There’s a kind of relief in watching him; he gets it so right.”
Poppy Miller’s red hair and hand-knit sweater could be no one else but Ginny Potter (née Weasley). Is she still writing Quidditch reports for the Daily Prophet?
Ginny Potter played by Poppy Miller in #HarryPotterPlay #CursedChild. 1st public preview in one week! pic.twitter.com/HSmOkVIFKx
— Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (@CursedChildLDN) May 31, 2016
Rowling seems to think the Weasley mother genes will be passed down from Molly to Ginny: “I think a lot of people would like to have Poppy’s Ginny for a mother. Kind and cool, exactly as I imagined her.”
Poppy spoke with Pottermore about her transformation into Ginny, stating,
So far I’ve had a fabulous haircut, and as this is Ginny’s hair, it’s obviously red and quite sleek. I also get to wear a gorgeous, hand-knitted jumper. I think of it as a really tasteful Pygmy Puff.
And the final image for today is of Sam Clemmett as Albus Severus. In his Hogwarts robes, he is absolutely perfect as Harry’s son!
Albus Potter (@sam_clemmett) – ready for Hogwarts. #HarryPotterPlay #CursedChild 1st public preview, a week today! pic.twitter.com/3WBvQrdTh7
— Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (@CursedChildLDN) May 31, 2016
“There’s much I could say about Sam-as-Albus, but we’d be into spoiler territory so quickly I’ll just say we couldn’t have cast better,” Rowling said, putting all of us on the edge of our seats and counting down days!
Sam also expressed his excitement about donning his first pair of Hogwarts robes, telling Pottermore,
This is what Albus wears at the start of the show. I had the idea he was wearing James’s – his older brother’s – hand-me-downs. So I wanted him to feel quite uncomfortable and be able to play with his clothes.
Seeing at least part of the Potter family (where are James Sirius and Lily Luna?) is making us ecstatic. The second set of photos is due to be released Wednesday, with a third set to follow. We can’t believe that we will have this new experience so soon!
Preview shows for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begin June 7 at the Palace Theatre.