Real life Harry Potter tries to get to Hogwarts in Improv Anywhere prank Actor Sebastian Thomas amuses Harry Potter fans at Penn Station in New York City. Picture: Improv Everywhere. IT'S every Harry Potter fan's ultimate fantasy - rocking up to a train station (owl in tow) and jumping on board the Hogwarts Express. Sadly for us Muggles, this will never actually happen. But that didn't stop one guy from trying. The latest video from online pranksters Improv Anywhere sees the employers and travellers at New York City's Penn Station perplexed with a real-life Harry Potter lookalike strolls through the station in search of his train to Hogwarts, reports Mashable. "Harry wandered the station with a caged owl and a luggage cart and asked both strangers and transit employees how to get to the Hogwarts Express," the group explains. The Potter lookalike even has a go at ramming his trunk against the pillar between platforms 9 and 10, just as Harry does in the famous novels. The reactions from passers by are priceless. Check it out.