Paapa Essiedu on his Harry Potter trolls: They say, ‘Quit or I’ll murder you’ - The Times

Paapa Essiedu on his Harry Potter trolls: They say, ‘Quit or I’ll murder you’  The Times

‘Harry Potter’ Series Star Paapa Essiedu Says He’s Received Death Threats Over Snape Casting: ‘I’ve Been Told, “Quit or I’ll Murder You”’

“Harry Potter” actor Paapa Essiedu says he has received race-fuelled death threats over his casting as Professor Snape in the upcoming HBO Max adaptation. “I’ve been told, ‘Quit or I’ll murder you,’” Essiedu told The Sunday Times of London in a new interview. “It really matters. The reality is that if I look at Instagram […]

By K.J. Yossman

‘Harry Potter’ Series Star Paapa Essiedu Says He’s Received Death Threats for Snape Casting

“I’ve been told, ‘Quit or I’ll murder you,’” the actor told 'The Times.'

By McKinley Franklin

‘Harry Potter’ Series Star Paapa Essiedu Says He’s Faced Death Threats Over Casting As Snape

Incoming Snape actor Paapa Essiedu has faced a number of racist death threats since he joined the blockbuster series adaptation of Harry Potter. “I’ve been told, ‘Quit or I’ll murder you,’” he recalled of the targeted vitriol in a new interview with The Times U.K. Taking up the wand from the late Alan Rickman as […]

By Natalie Oganesyan

‘Harry Potter’ star Paapa Essiedu says he received death threats after being cast as Snape in HBO series

"I don’t think some 17-year-old boy being put in jail for two weeks for threatening to murder me would actually make me feel any better" The post ‘Harry Potter’ star Paapa Essiedu says he received death threats after being cast as Snape in HBO series appeared first on NME.

By Poppy Burton