but Deadline are now reporting that HBO are working on closing deals with Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu to fill the roles of Professor Minerva McGonagall and Professor Severus Snape respectively.

Harry Potter fans have voiced dismay at HBO's rumoured first choice to play Severus Snape in the upcoming TV series, just days after a similar furore over an American actor being cast as Dumbledore.

and I will always fight for Israel’s right to exist. Doing this won’t change who I am,” she said. Another Jewish individual stressed he hadn’t committed any crime. “These posters make it ...