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In this clip Kristian Harloff and Steph Sabraw discuss recent calls to remove actor Paapa Essiedu from the role of Snape in ...
Miriam Margolyes is the latest 'Harry Potter' alum to take a stance against J.K. Rowling's ongoing anti-transgender rhetoric.
Jason Isaacs has jumped to the defence of Harry Potter newcomer Paapa Essiedu, after he was cast as Hogwarts professor ...
Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has defended Paapa Essiedu after the actor received racist abuse for being cast as Severus Snape in the upcoming TV series ...
Celebrities including Nicola Coughlan and Pedro Pascal have spoken out against Rowling and the Harry Potter TV series. John Lithgow, meanwhile, has faced backlash of his own, both for taking on the ...
Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs has defended Paapa Essiedu’s casting in the franchise’s new TV series against “racist” critics. Essiedu will play Severus Snape, the role portrayed in all eight films by ...
Jason Isaacs is not here for the backlash over the casting of Paapa Essiedu in the role of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series.
"Harry Potter" alum Jason Isaacs weighed in on the online controversy surrounding Paapa Essiedu's casting in the upcoming HBO series adaptation.
If there’s one thing we know about Jason Isaacs, it’s that he’s not going to bite his tongue. The outspoken actor has come to the defense of Paapa Essiedu, who was cast as Severus Snape in the ...
Essiedu’s casting turned heads as he is at odds with Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling — who is also producing the HBO series — on the issue of trans rights. The actor was among the hundreds ...
Katherine Parkinson made her stance clear on the controversy surrounding JK Rowling's views on transgender rights after being ...
In May, Essiedu and over 400 others in the film industry, including Fantastic Beasts' Eddie Redmayne, signed an open letter condemning the U.K. Supreme Court for ruling that the definition of a woman ...