Coronavirus outbreak: Daniel Radcliffe joins other celebs for online reading of ‘Harry Potter’

Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who essayed boy wizard Harry Potter in 8 feature films, and six other celebrities will bring J.K. Rowling’s iconic debut novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” to fans around the world from lockdown as part of the “Harry Potter at Home” project. Radcliffe read aloud the novel’s first chapter, “The Boy Who Lived.” The readings of each of the 17 chapters will be released each week on the project’s website until mid summer, with audio versions available on content streaming service Spotify.

• Daniel Radcliffe, David Beckham and other celebs join up to read entire ‘Harry Potter’ book