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Black Mirror star has reportedly "been offered" the role of Severus Snape in HBO's Harry Potter TV show

Paapa Essiedu is allegedly being eyed to play Hogwarts' prickly potions master

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 irritable Potions teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Per The Hollywood Reporter, 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 Philosopher's Stone. 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.

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