With Deadline, however, reporting that character actor and undeniable hunk Paapa Essiedu might be closing in on the role in HBO’s forthcoming television adaptation of Rowling’s series, we may soon have to reckon with the notion of an objectively hot Snape.

As HBO finalizes its cast for the highly anticipated Harry Potter television series, reports indicate that Paapa Essiedu is in the final stages of negotiations to portray Professor Severus Snape, according to Deadline.

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.