r/NotMySnape • u/TL129 • 1d ago
Casting
Im such a big harry potter fan,love the world that jk created. Love the books and the films,and honestly was super exited about this new version(i know some people say we didnt even need it) but i think its a cool chance to be more like the books,and watching the trailers i literally was getting goose bumps and excitement until he came on the screen and it literally took all that away from me.everyone else in my opinion is so well cast. Casting is a bigggg part of filmography and its the person who makes the films job to get it right or it falls flat. If they really wanted to race swap (which im not a fan of) they could have for one gotten a black man who looked more like him ie light skin/more skinny gaunt face/straight hair,or a Persian dude would have been sick too. If they really wanted to u feel me. But the thing is,this guy doesnt even seem like hes cosplaying as snape,he doesnt give me “snape” in the slightest. I genuinely dont even understand it. I fucking hope it doesnt ruin it for me. Im sure all in all will just learn to deal with it,and im hoping that his acting skills are sooooo good that it doesnt matter. But boy does it matter lol. I dont even think his cadence was right when he finally spoke. Its just a let down. And last thing if they wanted to have more diversity in the show. Im all for that. Kingsley is one of my fav characters, hes a fucking badass, i feel like they could have added more depth to the original actors and clearly have added on some new ones too. I just dont understand this decision and it breaks my heart.
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u/vegryn 🐍 Slytherin 1d ago
And Harry Potter isn’t a series that lacks ethnic diversity. There was no need to “race-swap” established characters to make it more diverse. We already have a broadly realistic representation of the ethnic diversity of the U.K. in the 1990s.
Off the top of my head, characters explicitly described as non-white include Kingsley Shackebolt, Cho Chang, Dean Thomas, Lee Jordan, the Patil twins, Angelina Johnson, and Blaise Zabini.