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Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe Circle British Miniseries

Actor Jon Hamm
Actor Jon Hamm attends the TimesTalk: A Conversation with the Cast of “Mad Men†at The Times Center on March 20, 2012 in New York City. Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Would you buy Daniel Radcliffe as a younger Jon Hamm? The stars of Harry Potter and Mad Men are circling a four-part British miniseries about Russian doctors after the first World War, and they’ll be playing the same character in different time periods. (The news was originally reported by the often-dubious Sun, but it tracks with what Vulture has been hearing.) We can go fetch you a defibrillator, if you need one.

Hamm, Radcliffe Circle British Miniseries