British actor Paapa Essiedu, finest identified for his roles in I Might Destroy You and Black Mirror, is reportedly in talks to play Professor Severus Snape in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter tv collection, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter.
Snape was famously performed by the late Alan Rickman within the Harry Potter movie franchise. Essiedu’s involvement is reflective of HBO’s beforehand acknowledged dedication of placing collectively an “inclusive, numerous” forged.
Essiedu is the second identified actor hooked up to the TV collection; Mark Rylance is reportedly in talks to star as Headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
The Harry Potter TV collection is described as a trustworthy adaptation of the guide franchise that includes a wholly new forged. Every season shall be tied to a particular guide within the collection, which means the collection will run seven seasons. Succession alum Francesca Gardiner has been tapped as showrunner, whereas Mark Mylod is hooked up to direct a number of episodes.
In the meantime, regardless of publicly feuding with forged members of the movie franchise over her anti-trans views, Harry Potter creator J.Ok. Rowling is “very concerned” within the creating of the tv collection.