Paapa Essiedu offered the role of Severus Snape in HBO's new Harry Potter series
HBO is currently working on a TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has offered the role of Severus Snape to actor British actor Paapa Essiedu, although it's unclear if it's a done deal as of yet.
Snape is one of the biggest in the Harry Potter series. The embittered, intelligent Potions professor at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Snape seems to loathe young Harry Potter from the moment he arrives, for reasons that are teased out over the course of the series. But Snape also helps Harry as he grows into his role as the Chosen One destined to stop the dark wizard Voldemort. It's complicated, you'll see.
As for Essiedu, he's an experience actor with parts in TV shows like I May Destroy You and Black Mirror, movies like Murder on the Orient Express, and in Royal Shakespeare Company...
Snape is one of the biggest in the Harry Potter series. The embittered, intelligent Potions professor at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Snape seems to loathe young Harry Potter from the moment he arrives, for reasons that are teased out over the course of the series. But Snape also helps Harry as he grows into his role as the Chosen One destined to stop the dark wizard Voldemort. It's complicated, you'll see.
As for Essiedu, he's an experience actor with parts in TV shows like I May Destroy You and Black Mirror, movies like Murder on the Orient Express, and in Royal Shakespeare Company...
- 12/5/2024
- by Dan Selcke
- Winter Is Coming
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