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‘Harry Potter’: Janet McTeer In Negotiations To Play McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu Near Deal To Play Snape In HBO Series
The Harry Potter HBO series is in negotiations with Janet McTeer to play Minerva McGonagall and Paap Essiedu is near a deal to play Severus Snape.
Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, at the time of the original announcement called the show a “faithful adaptation” of J.K. Rowling’s novels which will “dive deep into each of the iconic books.” Meanwhile, McTeer is a just a couple years younger than the late Maggie Smith was when she was cast as Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall in the film franchise two and a half decades ago. Essiedu, also a BAFTA TV nominee for The Lazarus Project, most recently did an arc on the hit Netflix spy drama Black Doves and starred opposite Saoirse Ronan in the movie The Outrun, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
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