There may have been a Time-Turner in the building at the BAFTA TV Awards in London on Sunday night as “Harry Potter” stars past and present collided at the ceremony.
On the red carpet, Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the original movie series, posed alongside Lox Pratt, who is set to play Draco in the upcoming HBO adaptation.
Lox was at the ceremony to present the awards for children’s non-scripted and children’s scripted alongside his “The Lord of the Flies” co-star Winston Sawyers. In a recent interview with Variety he said: “I’m excited for people to see it because he’s so different to how Draco was in the films.”
Also on hand were Nick Frost and Paapa Essiedu, who have been cast as Hagrid and Severus Snape, respectively. They jointly presented the award for best supporting actress to “Adolescence” star Christine Tremarco.
Introducing the duo, BAFTA TV Awards host Greg Davies quipped he had auditioned for the role of Hagrid himself and was only now just finding out he hadn’t got the part – it wasn’t entirely clear if he was being serious about the audition or not.
Meanwhile Katherine Parkinson, who will play Molly Weasley in the HBO adaptation, was also present as she was nominated for best comedy actress for “Here We Go,” which she went on to win.
The HBO series, which is believed to be adapting one novel in the series per season, is set to launch this December with an (almost) entirely new cast. Dominic McLaughlin will play the Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter, while Alastair Stout plays his best friend Ron Weasley and Arabella Stanton plays know-it-all Hermione Granger.
John Lithgow co-stars as beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
Last week HBO confirmed the show had already been greenlit for a second season, which will be based on the second book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” It is set to begin filming this fall.
