Get ready to return to Hogwarts because we’ve FINALLY got a trailer for the Harry Potter
reunion special, where Emma Watson gets EMOTIONAL as she reminisces alongside Daniel Radcliffe,
Rupert Grint, and a bunch of other stars from the films…
Let’s get into it!
Can you believe 2021 marked twenty years since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was
first released in theaters!?
To celebrate the iconic anniversary of the first film and all the others that followed,
HBO Max is releasing Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts on New Year’s Day and
they’ve FINALLY released the first trailer for the upcoming special.
Get your wands… and tissues… at the ready, wizards!
The reunion, which was taped at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, will obviously feature
sit down interviews with the infamous trio at the center of the series, Daniel Radcliffe,
Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint.
Just seeing them together once again has us in our feels… especially when footage from
the first film flashes in the trailer, to show just how grown up everyone really is!
Clearly, we’re not the only ones, because the trailer is full of happy, tear-jerking
moments!
After giving us a couple of glimpses of the stars wandering the halls of the Studio tour,
Emma pops up in the Great Hall and embraces a waiting Tom Felton aka Draco Malfoy as she
says, “It feels like no time has passed and LOADS of time has passed.”
Seriously, if only we could all use time-machines to go back and relive the magic we felt watching
the films for the very first time all over again.
Since we can’t do that, however, we think watching this special will definitely bring
a lot of magic!
Along with Daniel, Rupert, and Emma returning, the reunion will also feature everyone from
Helena Bonham Carter to Tom Felton to Matthew Lewis, to directors like Chris Columbus, Alfonso
Cuarón, and a WHOLE BUNCH of other stars and creative forces behind the films.
During the special, the returning stars will sit down with one another to discuss their
experiences with filming AND give fans a peek at the behind the scenes of how the whole
Harry Potter franchise came together.
While chatting with Daniel, Helena Bonham Carter, who played Bellatrix in the films,
explains how a highlight for her was when she had to pretend to be Hermoine pretending
to be Bellatrix.
AND she even revealed that she still has the fake teeth she wore… and then puts them
on!
What an icon!
Surprise props aside, all the flashes of the stars grown up alongside their younger selves
has everyone in the reunion, and us watching at home, feeling extremely emotional!
The reunion trailer is a nice reminder that just as the films had a huge impact on us
fans, those movies had just as much of an impact on the actors as it did on audiences.
Especially because Daniel points out in the trailer “I wouldn’t be the person I am
without so many people here” which sounds exactly like what a lot of fans of the books
and films would say too.
And, okay, if the 20th anniversary of the film has you worrying about whether the stars
are still friends today, don’t worry.
Just because they’ve grown up doesn’t mean they’ve grown apart!
‘WE’RE FAMILY, WE’LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF EACH OTHER’S LIFE.’
We’re not crying, Emma Watson is the one crying!!!
Okay, fine, we are crying too.
I mean, how could we not?!
After watching this extremely short trailer for the special, we can already tell we will
have to stock up on plenty of tissues to watch it, when Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return
to Hogwarts drops on HBO Max on January 1st.
If you missed it, check out the Harry Potter reunion special promo poster right over here:
Then let us know what YOU’RE most excited to see in the reunion special and if it made
YOU emotional too in the comments below!
I’m your girl Sussan Mourad, come say hi at Sussan_Mourad, and I’ll see ya next time!