Dominic McLaughlin is taking over the role of Harry Potter in HBO’s series reboot and recently gave an interview on BBC’s “Saturday Mash-Up! Live” where he said “it was insane” to receive a personal letter from none other than Daniel Radcliffe , who played the boy wizard in Warner Bros.’ eight-movie franchise. Radcliffe revealed last month that he wrote words of encouragement to McLaughlin before HBO’s “Harry Potter” series started filming.

“It was insane,” McLaughlin said about getting Radcliffe’s support. “My Dad tapped me on the train and just gave me this letter. I read it and then I got to the bottom, and it said, ‘Dan R.’ I was going mad, but I had to [keep cool]. I was on the train.”

McLaughlin added that filming on HBO’s “Harry Potter” series is “going amazing,” adding:

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