‘Harry Potter’ TV series casts Moaning Myrtle and more key roles

The "Harry Potter" TV show is opening "The Chamber of Secrets."

The upcoming HBO adaptation has cast three more roles for Season 2, which will be based on the second book in J.K. Rowling's best-selling series.

Rafe Spall, known for his roles in films like "Hot Fuzz" and "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," is set to play Arthur Weasley, father of Ron Weasley. The character was previously portrayed by Mark Williams in the "Harry Potter" feature films.

Molly Hewitt-Richards, whose past credits include "Casualty," has also been cast as Moaning Myrtle. In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," Moaning Myrtle is a ghost of a former student who haunts a girls' bathroom at Hogwarts. Shirley Henderson played the role in the 2002 movie.

Finally, Jasper Ambrose, a young actor who had a voice role in "The Sheep Detectives," will play Colin Creevey, a Hogwarts student and fan of Harry Potter. In the movies, the character was played by Hugh Mitchell.

The three actors are the latest to be added to the "Harry Potter" cast after Kit Harington joined the second season as Gilderoy Lockhart, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. Nicholas Hoult was originally cast in…

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