Fiona Shaw Has Funny Reaction toHarry PotterTV Series Reboot: 'How Dare You!' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Fiona Shaw at the “Bad Sisters” Season 2 New York Premiere.Photo:Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

Fiona Shawcan hardly believe there’s going to be a new version of Aunt Petunia onscreen soon.

“How dare you!” she jokingly tells PEOPLE when asked how she feels about the reboot at the New York City premiere ofBad Sistersseason 2.

On a more serious note, she says to the new cast, “I wish them well.”

“I mean, can stories be retold? They must be retold over time,” Shaw continues. “It seems to me no time [has passed] since we told it, but maybe it’s [for] a whole new generation.”

arry Melling, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw in ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ (2001).Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

Each season of the series will be “authentic to the original books and bring Harry Potter and these incredible adventures to new audiences around the world,” per a press release.

Richard Griffiths as Uncle Vernon Dursley, Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley and Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

She revealed thatSuccessionalums Francesa Gardiner and Mark Mylod have come onboard — Gardiner will write and executive produce, Mylod will executive produce and direct — and said in aposton X she was “truly thrilled” to have them.

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source: people.com