Stanton Shares First Hermione Audition at Age 10
Arabella Stanton posted a throwback to her first Hermione Granger audition, now featured in HBO's casting special Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic.
Arabella Stanton has shared a throwback to her very first audition for the role of Hermione Granger — a tape she recorded when she was just 10 years old. The clip resurfaces as HBO builds momentum for its upcoming Harry Potter series.
That early audition now appears in Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic, the HBO special that takes viewers inside the search for the new trio. The special is available to stream on HBO Max.
The scale of that search was enormous: the casting team watched more than 40,000 auditions for the new Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
Stanton ultimately landed the part of Hermione. She joins Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley in the adaptation, which will retell the original seven-book story across multiple seasons.
Stanton is already familiar to Potter fans through another medium — she voiced young Hermione in the new full-cast Harry Potter audiobooks. The throwback was reported by comingsoon.net.
Quick answers
How old was Arabella Stanton at her first Hermione audition?
She was 10 years old when she recorded her first audition for Hermione Granger.
Where can I watch Stanton's audition?
It appears in the HBO special Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic, streaming on HBO Max.
How many auditions did the casting team review?
The casting team watched more than 40,000 auditions for the new Harry, Ron, and Hermione.