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Narrated by Nick Frost, who plays Hagrid in HBO’s Harry Potter, and featuring key cast members straight from the teachers’ table, including John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, and Paapa Essiedu, this exclusive special promises an inside look at the epic scale and meticulous care behind the new series. Featuring interviews from members of the casting, production design, costume design, and creature effects teams, follow the behind-the-scenes journey of bringing the Harry Potter books to our screens. Find out how our new Golden Trio were found, and celebrate the commitment to detail of the artists, craftspeople, and technicians who have come together to bring the wizarding world to life.
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00:03The Harry Potter stories are this extraordinary phenomenon.
00:10To reimagine the Harry Potter canon, to let it breathe.
00:15We get to enact all the things that you know are going on in the wings, but you don't see
00:20them.
00:20And action.
00:22To be able to build at a scale like this, it's just a designer's dream.
00:26We're trying to get in the joy and the playfulness of what it means to be a magical kid.
00:32In the show of this scale, it's easy to get lost. It's huge. It's goosebumps.
00:38Walking into the Great Hall that first time where you go, wow.
00:45Just walking in and seeing the real train, you imagine yourself being a kid at Hogwarts.
00:55To play in a sandbox that's this big, it really is incredible.
00:59We're adding a level of world building beyond what the audience is familiar with.
01:05Close your eyes, open it again, and look around.
01:08It's all just so beautiful.
01:16You wait forever to do something that means that much to people.
01:20You have to build on.
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