US EditionHarry Potter Star Paapa Essiedu Details Receiving Death Threats Since Joining TV Series
Essiedu revealed he has received death threats and racist abuse after being cast as Severus Snape in HBO's Harry Potter series, but he has not reported them.
- On March 21, Paapa Essiedu told The Times he received online death threats, including an Instagram message saying 'I'm going to come to your house and kill you.'
- Essiedu's casting as Severus Snape, a role previously played by Alan Rickman, prompted unsettling backlash from some members of the public for HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series.
- Essiedu said, 'The abuse fuels me' and he intends to use others' opinions to his advantage, though he has not reported the unsettling death threats.
- He questioned whether jailing a 17-year-old who threatened him would help and said he hopes he'll be OK but nobody should face such abuse for doing their job.
- The high-profile franchise stakes are evident as HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series, with cast including John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, and Nick Frost, revives the role long associated with Alan Rickman. The casting intensifies public interest in the legacy.
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Because as a black man he represents a figure who is a white man in the Harry Potter novels, actor Paapa Essiedu receives hate comments up to death threats. But, he says: "The insults drive me".
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