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‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Eyes Paapa Essiedu for Severus Snape Role
Paapa Essiedu is being eyed for the role of Professor Severus Snape in the upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series, Variety has confirmed with sources. According to sources, no deal is currently in place and Essiedu has not formally accepted the role. He is the latest actor to be mentioned for a role in the series. Variety previously reported that Academy Award winner Mark Rylance was in the running for the role of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Variety has reached out to HBO and Warner Bros. for comment and will update this story should they respond. SNIP -
Mark Rylance to Reteam With Steven Spielberg in ‘The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara’
The story of a young Jewish boy in Bologna, Italy in 1858 who, having been secretly baptized, is forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son becomes part of a larger political battle that pits the Papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
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