The Harry Potter series is slowly taking shape. The project is currently in pre-production, meaning key creative decisions are being made so that filming can begin next year. Of course, this also includes the question of casting: Who plays who in the Harry Potter series?
No member of the ensemble has been officially announced to date. We neither know who will portray Harry, Hermione and Ron in the remake, nor is there a concrete announcement about the casting of the adult characters. Now Potter veteran Ralph Fiennes has commented on this: who could play Voldemort.
Cillian Murphy as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series? Ralph Fiennes thinks the idea is great
In the films, Fiennes was seen in the role of the pale, noseless villain from part 4 onwards. On the talk show Watch What Happens Live he was recently asked whether he could imagine fan favorite Cillian Murphy as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. His answer was met with great approval:
Cillian [Murphy] is a fantastic actor. I think this is a wonderful suggestion. I would be very supportive of Cillian.
Murphy is coming off the biggest success of his career: winning an Oscar for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. He has been a fan of Harry Potter for a long time Desired candidate for the new appointment from Voldemort. Last but not least, he knows how to bring characters to life that have something shady and sinister about them.
Can we trust Murphy if he suddenly appears in A Quiet Place 2? What depths lie behind the facade of Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders? And remember the extremely uncomfortable moments he caused as the Scarecrow in Batman Begins? Murphy would be a great Voldemort.
How likely is it that Cillian Murphy really plays Voldemort in the Harry Potter series?
It is questionable whether he wants to contractually commit himself to a project at this point in his career potentially a decade of his life. This will be a crucial question for many stars when casting Harry Potter. At the same time, it is unclear whether Voldemort in his final form is even part of the first season.
As already mentioned: In the films, Fiennes only appeared at the end of Part 4, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Before that, Voldemort finds his way into history through Professor Quirrell and the young Tom Riddle. We’ll be excited to see how the series establishes the villain. Murphy has not yet been officially linked to the project.
There is another name that, according to insider reports, is on the wish list for casting a prominent Harry Potter character: Mark Rylance. Based on the first major casting rumor for the series, the British actor is said to be the dream cast for Albus Dumbledore for HBO and Warner Bros. Television.
When does the Harry Potter series start?
After it was said for a long time that the Harry Potter series was aiming for a start in 2026, recent reports are appearing more and more often 2027 as a likely start year on. So we are still at the very beginning of this mammoth project, which aims to film the seven Harry Potter books in seven seasons.