The members of the fictional Malfoy family – Draco, Lucius and Narcissa – reunited on Wednesday to read Chapter 14 of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.
Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs and Helen McCrory are the latest stars to read chapters of the first book from J. K. Rowling’s wizarding franchise, with celebrities including David Beckham, Daniel Radcliffe and Eddie Redmayne reading earlier segments.
It will feature on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter At Home online hub, launched for children, parents, carers and teachers during the Covid-19 outbreak on Spotify.
The trio played the wicked Malfoy family in the magical series and they have returned to screens to read out the book.
Opening proceedings was Tom, who played Draco in all eight films in the series, as he joked about his co-star Emma Watson and Rubeus Hagrid.
He said: ‘Hello my name is Emma Watson, I play Hagrid in the Harry Potter films and I’m here to read Chapter 14 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or Philosopher’s Stone depending on where you are.’
Tom then teased the arrival of his on-screen parents: ‘I’ve also been assured I get the backing of dad and mum’, with Jason, who starred as the Malfoy patriarch for six of the eight movies, coming on: ‘Hi, I’m Jason Isaacs’.
The wicked bunch: The members of the fictional Malfoy family – Draco, Lucius and Narcissa – reunited on Wednesday to read Chapter 14 of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone
Helen, who played Narcissa in the final three movies, then said: ‘Hello everybody, I played Narcissa Malfoy and my name is Helen McCroy and I was wearing a big wig.’
Jason then revealed he had brought along the cane used by Lucius in the movies, as he displayed the snake head of the support and said: ‘But I haven’t come alone. I brought my little friend, hes a big fan’.
Helen said: ‘And I’m here with my son and my husband to read you Chapter 14’, while Tom finished: ‘Today we are going to read Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback’.
Happy days: Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs and Helen McCrory are the latest stars to read chapters of the first book from J. K. Rowling’s wizarding world, with celebrities including David Beckham, Daniel Radcliffe and Eddie Redmayne reading earlier segments
Reading it out: It will feature on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter At Home online hub, launched for children, parents, carers and teachers during the Covid-19 outbreak on Spotify
Back in May, Daniel Radcliffe returned to the world of Harry Potter to narrate the first chapter of The Philosopher’s Stone for the star-studded lockdown initiative.
The 30-year-old actor, who played the boy wizard in the film series, has recorded a video of himself reading Chapter One: The Boy Who Lived.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, originally published in 1997, introduced the character of Harry Potter and the world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Daddy dearest! Tom then teased the arrival of his on-screen parents: ‘I’ve also been assured I get the backing of dad and mum’, with Jason, who starred as the Malfoy patriarch for six of the eight movies, coming on: ‘Hi, I’m Jason Isaacs’
In the UK, the book is known by the title Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, while in the US it is published under the title Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone.
All 17 chapters will be released between Tuesday May 5 and the middle of summer, with Radcliffe kicking off the series.
Videos will be posted weekly on the Harry Potter At Home website, with an audio-only version available for free on Spotify.
Rowling launched Harry Potter At Home, a digital hub hosted on WizardingWorld.com, in April, giving families access to free audiobooks and eBooks of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone during the coronavirus lockdown.
Full details of all the Harry Potter At Home initiatives are at www.harrypotterathome.com.
Here she is! Helen, who played Narcissa in the final three movies, then said: ‘Hello everybody, I played Narcissa Malfoy and my name is Helen McCroy and I was wearing a big wig’
Spooky! Jason then revealed he had brought along the cane used by Lucius in the movies, as he displayed the snake head of the support and said: ‘But I haven’t come alone. I brought my little friend, hes a big fan’