‘Harry Potter’ HBO series eyes Paapa Essiedu for Severus Snape role

[Teletubby 139,617]

https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1864442363910697164

[River 107,936]

they didn't start filming this sh-tshow yet, like they are still casting omg

[bionic 45,463]

i'm sure people will react completely sanely to this

[Red 95,652]

Of course they are gonna perform diversity but not cut ties with JK. 

[MaybeKermit 4,324]

Why 

[Doriro 41]

16 minutes ago, Red said:

Of course they are gonna perform diversity but not cut ties with JK. 

Which is bad?

[bpmMonkey 4,564]

I guess casting more diverse is (should) always be a point on the agenda and I think it’s a good role to exercise this on. Rickman has been such an iconic actor that it would be hard to go for the „similar but not“ casting of Snapes role. I don’t know this actor, no idea if he’s good or whatnot, but good for him. People will be racist fuqs regardless. 
 

Generally speaking I’m sorry for every person who works on just kidding garbage person rowlings IP, but thats neither here nor there. 

Edited December 5, 2024 by bpmMonkey

[Citrom 636]

3 minutes ago, bpmMonkey said:

People will be racist fuqs regardless. 

I’m sorry but you don’t need to be racist to be against decisions like this… I’m kinda upset they ruin the whole thing when the story is based in the UK… or snow white and so on…

And yes i am not racist despite of yall gonna say.. What im saying is that this is not the right movement to promote diversity .. all of this just making society more hostile 

[SimonBaetens 7,018]

I wonder who Gaga will play and what the songs will be like!

[Karl 3,274]

1 minute ago, Citrom said:

I’m sorry but you don’t need to be racist to be against decisions like this… I’m kinda upset they ruin the whole thing when the story is based in the UK… or snow white and so on…

And yes i am not racist despite of yall gonna say.. What im saying is that this is not the right movement to promote diversity .. all of this just making society more hostile 

I'm so here for a diverse cast, but is it not set in the UK? That's like the whole point she took inspo from her experiences at school in the UK 

[SlowLoris 985]

1 minute ago, Karl said:

I'm so here for a diverse cast, but is it not set in the UK? That's like the whole point she took inspo from her experiences at school in the UK 

Do you really think there are only white people in the UK?

[SlowLoris 985]

4 minutes ago, Citrom said:

I’m sorry but you don’t need to be racist to be against decisions like this… I’m kinda upset they ruin the whole thing when the story is based in the UK… or snow white and so on…

And yes i am not racist despite of yall gonna say.. What im saying is that this is not the right movement to promote diversity .. all of this just making society more hostile 

You've clearly never been to the UK if you think white people are the only people there lmao

[Anderson123 36,401]

Adam Driver is right there. 

[A Very Gaga Holida 21,977]

I’m amazed JKR allowed that! So she’s okay with minorities unless they’re trans

[bpmMonkey 4,564]

11 minutes ago, Citrom said:

I’m sorry but you don’t need to be racist to be against decisions like this… I’m kinda upset they ruin the whole thing when the story is based in the UK… or snow white and so on…

And yes i am not racist despite of yall gonna say.. What im saying is that this is not the right movement to promote diversity .. all of this just making society more hostile 

I wasn’t calling you racist or even insinuating people in this thread, just acknowledging that these types of news and casting decisions attract racist people all the time. 

The source material to this TV show is written text. Not the movies. The books don’t specify for most characters what their skin looks like, how they identify or what their nationality is. There have been migrants in the UK in the 80s and before. If you feel like casting a POC in a role that has been once played by a Caucasian looking actor then I can’t and also don’t care for changing your mind, these are your feelings and they are valid.