This time, however, the negative reaction didn’t just come from racist people — fandom has a rich history of racist backlash to casting that changes the race of beloved white (or perceived as white) ...

British actor Paapa Essiedu is set to take on the role of Professor Snape in the HBO television adaptation of the Harry Potter books - Simon Ridgway/Sky UK HBO has confirmed that Severus Snape will be ...

X user @GoatHerder101 posted: “This is the worst race swap in the modern history of race swaps. Of course racism will be a focal point in Snape’s backstory now, since he will bullied mercilessly by ...

Harry Potter fans think the recent Professor Snape HBO TV show casting leak may be wrong. According to previous reporting, Paapa Essiedu is set to play Severus Snape in HBO’s TV adaptation of the mega ...

“You have your mother’s eyes,” a dying Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) tells Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) in 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Snape has just had his throat slashed ...

Although he spends most of his childhood being loathed by the Dursleys, Harry Potter develops the biggest circle of friends in the Wizarding World. He has many fearless allies, who are prepared to ...

There are a lot of magical links to a person's identity in the wizarding world of "Harry Potter." What does that mean? Well, if you live in the United Kingdom, you prepare for your enrollment at ...

While Max has yet to make any official casting announcements about the upcoming “Harry Potter” television series, Paapa Essiedu is rumored to be taking on the role of Severus Snape — and fans of the ...

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