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The BBC has ordered a prequel to Killing Eve, called Honey.
The new will follow the early days of Carolyn Martens (played by Fiona Shaw in Killing Eve).
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Honey is described as a Cold War thriller set in 1982, which follows the deep cover agent for MI6. Surrounded by enemies and constantly under threat of her cover being blown, Marta tries her hardest to avoid detection by Friedrich Bauman, the new Head of Counter Espionage for the Stasi.
Trailer for Apple TV new series, Murderbot (based on the books by Martha Wells - read them all, and it looks quite true to the books)
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Before the New Harry Potter series even starts filming HBO have already managed to piss off some of its potential audience with more "inclusion casting" for no obvious reason. Someone called Paapa Essiedu has been cast as Professor Snape.
Well, like his predecessor in the role, he is very active in the RSC (played Hamlet, and other roles), and has a lot of well-praised TV and theatre roles, so perhaps that’s why he’s been cast.
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Before the New Harry Potter series even starts filming HBO have already managed to piss off some of its potential audience with more "inclusion casting" for no obvious reason. Someone called Paapa Essiedu has been cast as Professor Snape.
He was good in the Lazarus Project and Gangs of London. I have no issues with a Black Snape tbh I think a start contrast to Alan Rickman is better than a poor substitute. No one will be as good as Rickman was imo RIP
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He was good in the Lazarus Project and Gangs of London. I have no issues with a Black Snape tbh I think a start contrast to Alan Rickman is better than a poor substitute. No one will be as good as Rickman was imo RIP
I enjoyed him inThe Lazarus project also.
I think it's the right call, as you say no one can touch Rickmans portrayal. So why not just go off piste and very different. Of course you'll get all the usual cries of woke from certain folk, many of which wouldn't likely watch the show anyway.
Of course you do, everyone on the forum could have predicted that.
It doesnt matter how good he was in the Lazarus Project, thats not the point, and you know it.
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Of course you'll get all the usual cries of woke from certain folk
Gee, I wonder why.
They insisted from the start that this would be "a faithful adaptation of the books", and yet before it even kicks off, they have already broken this promise.
Professor Snape is described (in the books) as having "a sallow complexion", i.e. yellowish or pale - clearly not Paapa Essiedu.
So yes, this appears to be inclusion/woke/race-swapping (whatever you want to call it) simply for the sake of it.
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Of course you do, everyone on the forum could have predicted that.
It doesnt matter how good he was in the Lazarus Project, thats not the point, and you know it.
Gee, I wonder why.
They insisted from the start that this would be "a faithful adaptation of the books", and yet before it even kicks off, they have already broken this promise.
Professor Snape is described (in the books) as having "a sallow complexion", i.e. yellowish or pale - clearly not Paapa Essiedu.
So yes, this appears to be inclusion/woke/race-swapping (whatever you want to call it) simply for the sake of it.
Or he was cast as he is a good actor and was the best person to fulfil the role for them.
Clearly no one could do the character as good as Rickman. Instead of casting someone stereotypically fitting the book description and fear of them just being called a pale imitation or a poor attempt to copy Rickman they just decided after all the screentests he was the best person for the role.
It's not all ticking boxes you know. People are still cast or hired based on ability and fitting the direction the production team want to go.
JK Rowling appears to have been involved in the casting so if she isn't making a fuss especially seeing as she is quite outspoken then I have no problem with it
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