I know it’s tempting to jump into these conversations - Harry Potter has always been bigger than just the books or the movies. It’s a cultural monolith that somehow has to represent everyone’s nostalgia, everyone’s dreams, everyone’s moral compass. But these kids? They’re not responsible for that. They didn’t write the books. They didn’t build the franchise. They’re just actors who auditioned for a role that probably felt like winning the lottery. Let’s not turn that dream into a nightmare for them before they even get a chance to hold a wand on camera.
We’re living in a time where everything gets instantly politicized, and yeah, I get it, representation matters, storytelling matters, cultural sensitivity matters. But these conversations can wait. They don’t need to happen on the backs of three kids who haven’t even had their first day of filming yet. Let them settle into this surreal experience without feeling like the weight of a thousand Reddit threads is already pressing down on their shoulders.
It’s not just about them as actors. It’s about them as actual, real kids. I’ve seen firsthand how kids that age light up when they’re part of something big, something special. And I’ve seen how quickly that light can get snuffed out by negativity and constant scrutiny. Imagine being twelve years old and waking up to your name trending on Twitter because some stranger decided you don’t look enough like the drawing in a twenty-year-old book cover. Imagine trying to feel proud of yourself when you’re already being dissected by people who don’t know you at all.
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So here’s my plea: let them be kids. Let them be excited. Let them stumble through their first press junkets with awkward smiles and carefully worded answers. Let them geek out about how cool the set looks or how heavy the robes are. Let them exist in that brief window of joy and wonder before the internet starts treating them like characters in a debate, not actual people.
We have so much time to pick apart the show - trust me, we will. We’ll argue about the writing and the direction and the inevitable changes they’ll make to the story. We’ll debate if it’s even worth remaking this franchise at all (I have thoughts, obviously). But can we please agree to leave the kids out of it for now? Let them have their Hogwarts dream, just for a little while.
Because the real magic of Harry Potter was never about the casting, or the special effects, or the elaborate fan theories. It was about that feeling of wonder - the spark that lit up your imagination and made you believe in something bigger. And if there’s one thing these new kids deserve, it’s a chance to feel that wonder too, without all of us trampling all over it.
So let’s chill out, shut up, and let’s give them the space to enjoy this moment. After all, Hogwarts is supposed to be a place of wonder, not a battlefield for our Twitter opinions.
