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HBO has officially announced five actors for major roles in the second season Harry Potter A series of reboots, including three from Hogwarts House Ghosts. Almost headless Nick (Gryffindor) will be played by Leo Beale, originally played by John Cleese. The Fat King (Hufflepuff) will be played by Daniel Fearne, and Andrew Brooke will play the Bloody Baron Ghost of Slytherin.
In addition, Laura Smith will play the role of the fat lady who lives in a portrait that hangs at the entrance to Gryffindor house and lets students in with a password. Meanwhile, David Threlfall provides the voice of the Sorting Hat, a sentient wizard hat tasked with sorting the first-year students into their Hogwarts houses on the first night of each school year.
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