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As the Harry Potter cast is rounded out, one actor is going back to Hogwarts. As officially announced on the Harry Potter website, Warwick Davis will return to play Filius Flitwick, the Hogwarts Charms professor. Davis appeared in all eight Harry Potter movies, playing both Flitwick and the goblin Griphook (plus a Gringotts Bank Teller). Interestingly, Davis effectively played two different versions of Flitwick in the films. In The Philosopher’s Stone and The Chamber of Secrets, he appears as an old wizard with long white hair and a matching beard. Davis’ appearance changed drastically for The Prisoner of Azkaban, where he had shorter dark hair and a mustache. Initially, that wasn’t the same character, but rather just the choir master. However, the new look was kept for Flitwick in subsequent movies.
Alongside Davis, several other new additions were announced. That includes his other former role, Griphook: the Gringotts goblin will now be played by Leigh Gill. Several Hogwarts students and professors were also revealed, including the confirmation that the ghost Professor Binns will finally appear on-screen, having been cut from the movies. The full list of the cast’s new additions is as follows:
- Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick
- Sirine Saba as Professor Sprout
- Richard Durden as Professor Binns
- Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas
- Finn Stephens as Vincent Crabbe
- William Nash as Gregory Goyle
- Leigh Gill as Griphook
What The Flitwick Casting Means For The Harry Potter TV Remake
There has long been a question of whether original movie actors would return for the TV show, and even some casting suggestions. For example, it had been speculated that Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, could step into the role of Lucius Malfoy, but that was killed when Johnny Flynn was cast instead. It’s unlikely any of the original three main actors – Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, or Emma Watson – will return in any way, as it’d risk overshadowing the new “Golden Trio.”
