In the wizarding world of Harry Potter, a half-blood is someone whose either parent is a muggle-born (non-magical) or a half-blood themselves.

Professor Severus Snape, played by Alan Rickman, is one of the most iconic Harry Potter characters. These are his best quotes ...

While it should be cause for celebration when actors get cool roles, for Black British actor Papaa Essiedu and the recent news about his iconic new Harry Potter casting, it’s unfortunately ...

While Max has yet to make any official casting announcements about the upcoming “Harry Potter” television series, Paapa Essiedu is rumored to be taking on the role of Severus Snape — and ...

HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series has been making headlines recently with its casting choices , but the latest reported ...

aka Professor Snape, in the upcoming HBO Harry Potter TV show. And since the news broke, Harry Potter fans have been vocal in their protest of the casting. Meanwhile, other fans have pointed out a ...

Even within the Harry Potter enterprise, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a play set nineteen years after the main series ...

The casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape has set off controversies from many different sides of Harry Potter fandom, or even outside of that, for multiple reasons.

That explains the choice of thirtysomething Essiedu for the role of Snape, the antagonist-turned-hero played in the Harry Potter movies by the late Alan Rickman. Severus Snape is Professor of ...