Whoever does land the role of Severus Snape will have big shoes to fill: Rickman’s portrayal of the mysterious Potions professor remains beloved, particularly after Rickman’s passing in 2016. Previous Credits: The Newsroom, Lion, Slumdog Millionaire And we’re confident he would calmly ask Harry if he put his name in the Goblet of Fire. Having previously played Doctor Who‘s title character, we’re eager to see Capaldi inhabit another legendary, fantastical role. Who He’d Succeed: Michael Gambon (who took over for Richard Harris after he passed away in 2002)

Previous Credits: Doctor Who, The Musketeers, Big Mouth Keep scrolling to see all of our Harry Potter dream castings, then drop a comment with your own! (HBO Max has already made a 10-year commitment to its Harry Potter project, so we’ll see some of these other characters down the road.) Instead, we’ve made our picks for nearly 20 of Harry Potter‘s adult cast members, many of whom will appear in the show’s first season. We’ve also kept our picks to adult roles only we suspect many of the young Hogwarts students, including Harry, will be played by relative newcomers, and we admit our knowledge of 11-year-old British thespians is limited. Rowling’s novels feature dozens of characters that flit in and out of her fictional world. The hallways of Hogwarts will be bustling on screen once again, and we already know who we’d like to see walking them.įollowing the April announcement that HBO Max has ordered a Harry Potter TV adaptation to series, Team TVLine has conjured its own ideas for who might play some of the franchise’s most iconic characters.Īs you’ll notice in our wish list below - which includes a Ted Lasso star, a former Doctor Who leading man and not one, but two Lucifer alumni - we haven’t dream-cast every Harry Potter role, as J.K.

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