Harry Potter Veteran on the Toxic Reaction to Reboot's New Snape, Paapa Essiedu
With so many people complaining about the casting, a Potter vet, Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the original movies, has stepped up to bat for Essiedu. During a talk with Collider at Fans Expo, Isaacs says, ' Paapa Essiedu is one of the best actors I've ever seen in my life. I've seen some people online who are being rude about him. What they're being is racist… All the cast of the new 'Harry Potter' TV series are amazing. They will be swallowing their tongues, hopefully — you know, their digital tongues — when they see what [Paapa] does on screen.'
While there are toxic and bigoted reactions to Essiedu getting cast, there are also some concerns on the opposite end of the spectrum where they are worried that casting a black Snape actually has different implications for other characters—specifically Harry's dad who was Snape's bully.
Some think it would be hard to root for Harry's dad if he was bullying a black student; but on the contrary, some think that an easy fix for this problem is to make James Potter and the rest of his gang POC to make things… less racist? I guess bullying is more forgivable as long as it's inclusive.
We don't know when we'll get a first look at the reboot, but the main trio and adults have already been cast, and production is expected to start very soon.
No release date has been set for the Harry Potter reboot, but fans are expecting it to come out sometime next year or early 2027.
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Harry Potter Veteran on the Toxic Reaction to Reboot's New Snape, Paapa Essiedu
Like it or not, current fandom culture is now plagued with all kinds of toxicity whenever a POC actor is announced for a franchise that was dominantly white for a time. It happened with Star Wars , and it's now happening with the Harry Potter reboot with Paapa Essiedu being cast as the new Professor Snape. With so many people complaining about the casting, a Potter vet, Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the original movies, has stepped up to bat for Essiedu. During a talk with Collider at Fans Expo, Isaacs says, ' Paapa Essiedu is one of the best actors I've ever seen in my life. I've seen some people online who are being rude about him. What they're being is racist… All the cast of the new 'Harry Potter' TV series are amazing. They will be swallowing their tongues, hopefully — you know, their digital tongues — when they see what [Paapa] does on screen.' While there are toxic and bigoted reactions to Essiedu getting cast, there are also some concerns on the opposite end of the spectrum where they are worried that casting a black Snape actually has different implications for other characters—specifically Harry's dad who was Snape's bully. Some think it would be hard to root for Harry's dad if he was bullying a black student; but on the contrary, some think that an easy fix for this problem is to make James Potter and the rest of his gang POC to make things… less racist? I guess bullying is more forgivable as long as it's inclusive. We don't know when we'll get a first look at the reboot, but the main trio and adults have already been cast, and production is expected to start very soon. No release date has been set for the Harry Potter reboot, but fans are expecting it to come out sometime next year or early 2027.
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