Paapa Essiedu ha🌊s reportedly "been offered" a role in HBO's Harry Potter TV show – though official negotiations have yꦑet to take place.

The actor, who's best known for his work in Black Mirror, Gangs of London, and I May Destroy You, is allegedly being eyed to play Professor Severus Snape, the mysterious and irriﷺtable Potions teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Per , Snape, who was brought to life by the late Alan Rickman in all eight of the movie adaptations, will likely be the show's primary antagonist in its debut season, which will be based on the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosoph🔜er's Stone.

"We appreciate that such a high-profile series will draw a lot of rumor and speculation. As we make our way through pre-production, we will only confirm details as we finalize deals," HBO told the publication,🃏 when asked for clarification on th🍒e suspected casting.

While no actors have officially signed up to the show yet, Essiedu isn't the only one who's been linked to a specific character. Back in November, Variety claimed that Bridge of Spies star Mark Rylance was circling the role of Albu🌃s Dumb🌠ledore. The Hogwarts headmaster was,💜 of🧸 course, previously played by Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, and Jude Law.

More recently, a viewer on suggested to Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes that Cillian Murphy could play the Dark Lord next, to which he replied: "That's a w𒆙onderful suggestion. I'd be all in favor of Cillian, yeah."

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It is important to note that the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series has been the subject of criticism and debate due to the show's executive producer and author J.K. Rowling's very public and harmful stance on gender identity. It was a similar situation with the Hogwarts Legacy launch. For more, read more about the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hogwarts Legacy controversy.