After being rumored for a week, it’s now official: Oliver Masucci returns to the Harry Potter universe. The German star, known from Dark or He’s Back, embodied the chairman of the International Association of Wizards – basically the head of the wizarding world – Anton Vogel in Fantastic Beasts 3: Dumbledore’s Secrets. In 2024 he will also take on the role of Severus Snape in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Play Snape in Harry Potter: Oliver Masucci wanted that during Fantastic Beasts
As things stand, the continuation of the Harry Potter prequel series with Fantastic Beasts 4 is unlikely. But even if the animal franchise has been “parked” for the time being, the Wizarding World lives on. And Oliver Masucci already has his role as Professor Snape in the play after Anton Vogel in Beasts 3 second role in the wizarding world by JK Rowling.
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Fantastic Beasts 3: Oliver Masucci
In the Moviepilot interview with Oliver Masucci, at the start of the third Beasts film a year and a half ago, the actor came out as Harry Potter fanthe “devoured all volumes” had. When asked what role he would like to play in the Harry Potter universe, he already had the “right” answer ready:
I would like to play the bad guy. The really bad guy or the really good guy. In Harry Potter I could play a crazy Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Those were always the interesting characters. And Snape has always been incredibly conflictedso you never knew which direction it was going to take. A beautifully drawn character.
When does Oliver Masucci appear as Snape in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
Even when Oliver Masucci will grace the Hamburg stage of the Mehr! Theater at the Großmarkt as Severus Snape is already certain: on the page of the Harry Potter play it says that he will between February 29 and March 10, 2024 “for selected game dates” be visible.
And who knows: If Oliver Masucci continues like this, he might also land his third role in the wizarding world when the Harry Potter series starts in a few years?
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