HBO Eyes This Popular Actor for the Role of Severus Snape in Harry Potter Series
Dec. 5, 2024While casting for the anticipated series is still ongoing, recently, news surfaced stating that HBO is eyeing the popular actorPaapa Essiedu for the role of Severus Snape. However, the actor hasn’t received any formal deal from the creators or the network yet. HBO confirmed that they haven’t reached out to the actor with any formal confirmation, but they didn’t deny the speculation either.
According toTHR, the HBO series will faithfully follow the world created by J.K. Rowling. While the Harry Potter movies are still fan favorites, the series will also try harder to accumulate a significant fandom with each season.
Moreover, the Harry Potter series will see Francesca Gardiner as the executive producer and showrunner. Apart from her, Rowling, Brontë Film and TV’s Ruth Kenley-Letts, Heyday Films’ David Heyman, and Neil Blair will serve as the executive producers for the project. Multiple episodes will also be directed by The Royle Family director Mark Mylod.
Severus Snape is one of the fan-favorite antagonists who became extremely popular due to his complex personality and how Rickman portrayed the character. Now, the legendary villain will be played by another actor, so let’s keep our fingers crossed and see if the next actor does justice to the character.
Aparna is the Senior Entertainment Writer at Beebom. She started her professional journey in the retail industry but her admiration for films and TV shows pulled her into the field of entertainment writing where she has experience writing for various well-known publishers including Otakukart, Sportskeeda, Game Revolution, Forever Geek and Dexerto.
