The upcoming Harry Potter series is going to star Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape. This casting decision by HBO has sparked ...

Paapa Essiedu, who is of African descent, is quite literally the opposite of Snape, who is described as a thin man with pale ...

The Emmy-nominated actor, who boasts a packed resume, is set to play the mysterious and quick-tempered professor.

In today’s episode of Water Is Wet, The Sky Is Blue, And White People Are Exhaustingly Fragile, a Black man has been cast to ...

However, the name that sparked the most conversation was actor Paapa Essiedu, who has been cast as Severus Snape. Alan Rickman famously played the anti-hero in the original film series, leaving behind ...

From John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore to Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, here is a look at all the confirmed names for the Harry Potter TV series so far…. The upcoming Harry Potter TV series ...

It’s official, Paapa Essiedu is set to star as the peculiar, dark and always irritable Severus Snape in the new Harry Potter series for HBO, and the British actor has all the experience to get ...

"We have a Black main character," I thought to myself. "And most notably, a Black Severus Snape." Seeing Essiedu cast as part of a series that I grew up loving made me feel a sense of pride.

Discovery on April 14, 2025, confirmed the long-running rumors that actor Paapa Essiedu has been cast as Professor Severus Snape. Essiedu's casting as Snape has been met with a lot of criticism ...

The makers of the upcoming web series, based on the Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling, officially announced that actor Paapa Essiedu will play the iconic role of Professor Severus Snape in the new ...