Daniel Radcliffe, other celebs reading 'Harry Potter' on video
Harry Potter will be reading Harry Potter in a new video series announced Tuesday.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who came to fame playing the young wizard, is reading the first chapter of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on the Wizarding World website. It can also be found in audio format on Spotify.
Surprise! We've got a treat for you…From today, amazing friends of the Wizarding World are going to take turns reading Harry Potter book one.
And to start us off with Chapter 1, we think you’ll agree we have the perfect narrator...⚡️ #HarryPotterAtHome
https://t.co/w9K77akbou pic.twitter.com/Q03PmjeD5d— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 5, 2020
Other celebrity readers of future chapters will include celebs like David Beckham, Dakota Fanning, Stephen Fry and Claudia Kim, according to ew.com.
Actors from the world of Harry Potter are involved too, including “Fantastic Beasts” star Eddie Redmayne and Noma Dumazweni, a stage actress from “Cursed Child.”
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling offered her praise for the project:
Some very lovely people have done a wonderful thing. #HarryPotterAtHome https://t.co/fnstkYdPnj
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 5, 2020
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