Daniel Radcliffe sent new 'Harry Potter' actor Dominic McLaughlin a letter (without an owl)

The “Harry Potter” wand has been passed.

Daniel Radcliffe, who portrayed the lad who lived successful the Wizarding World’s archetypal movie series, said connected “Good Morning America” connected Tuesday that helium had reached retired to caller “Harry Potter” histrion Dominic McLaughlin — nary owls required.

“I cognize a fewer radical moving connected the production, truthful I wrote to Dominic,” said Radcliffe, who appeared connected the greeting amusement to beforehand his instrumentality to Broadway successful “Every Brilliant Thing.” “I sent him a missive and helium sent maine a precise saccharine enactment back.”

The caller “Harry Potter” bid is presently filming successful the U.K. McLaughlin stars arsenic the eponymous orphan who learns astir his magical practice aft helium receives his acceptance missive to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout volition represent Harry’s champion friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively.

Radcliffe said helium hopes the young actors are “having a large time” and that seeing their pictures made him “just privation to hug them.”

“I don’t privation to beryllium a specter successful the beingness of these children astatine all,” Radcliffe said. “I conscionable wanted to constitute to him and say, ‘I anticipation you person the champion clip and an adjacent amended clip than I did. I had a large time, but I anticipation you person an adjacent amended one.’”

Radcliffe starred successful each 8 films of the archetypal movie series, starting with “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001) done “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011). His aureate Gryffindor trio included Emma Watson arsenic the muggle-born bookworm Hermione and Rupert Grint arsenic the loyal but sometimes insensitive Ron.

Written and enforcement produced by Francesca Gardiner, the caller “Harry Potter” HBO bid has been billed arsenic “a faithful adaptation” of the fashionable seven-book bid by writer J.K. Rowling, who serves arsenic an enforcement producer. Multiple episodes volition beryllium directed by enforcement shaper Mark Mylod.

The formed of the caller amusement includes returning “Harry Potter” histrion Warwick Davis, who volition beryllium reprising his relation arsenic Professor Filius Flitwick. Joining him connected the Hogwarts unit are John Lithgow (Albus Dumbledore); Nick Frost (Rubeus Hagrid); Paapa Essiedu (Severus Snape); Janet McTeer (Minerva McGonagall); Sirine Saba (Pomona Sprout); Richard Durden (Cuthbert Binns); Bríd Brennan (Poppy Pomfrey); Luke Thallon (Quirinus Quirrell); and Paul Whitehouse (Argus Filch).