{"id":330114,"date":"2026-03-09T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/330114\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:27:08","slug":"paul-bettany-hasnt-heard-anything-about-playing-voldemort-in-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/330114\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Bettany ‘Hasn’t Heard Anything’ About Playing Voldemort in ‘Harry Potter’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPaul Bettany<\/a> is rumored to be in the mix to play the role of \u201cHarry Potter<\/a>\u201d villain Lord Voldemort \u2014 but the \u201cWandaVision\u201d star says he hasn\u2019t been offered the part just yet.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI haven\u2019t heard anything about that,\u201d Bettany told ScreenRant<\/a> when asked about the casting rumor. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m a big fan of the IP and I\u2019m a big fan of HBO, but nobody has called me up about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCillian Murphy and Tilda Swinton have also been linked to the part, which is one of the largest roles yet to be cast, although Voldemart doesn\u2019t make much of an appearance until later in the book series. Ralph Fiennes played the part of the Dark Wizard in the original film franchise.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new adaptation of J.K. Rowling\u2019s iconic books is being adapted for a seven-season run on HBO, with filming already in full swing in the U.K.<\/p>\n

\n\tTaking over the roles of Harry, Hermione and Ron are relative unknowns Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout<\/a>, who step into the shoes previously filled by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in the film adaptations of the books. Lox Pratt replaces Tom Felton as Harry\u2019s schoolyard nemesis Draco Malfoy.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new adaptation will also see John Lithgow play Dumbledore while Paapa Essiedu is confirmed as Professor Snape, Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall and Nick Frost as Hagrid<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week the casting of some of Harry\u2019s fellow Hogwarts students was confirmed, including the Gryffindor Quidditch team, which will star Orson Matthews as Oliver Wood, Ethan Smith as Lee Jordan, Asha Soetan as Angelina Johnson, Eire Farrell as Katie Bell and Serrana Su-Ling Bliss as Alicia Spinnet.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series, which is set to launch in 2027 on HBO Max (if it still exists as a standalone platform<\/a>), has already been described as the \u201cstreaming event of the decade\u201d<\/a> by Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s streaming boss JB Perrette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Bettany is rumored to be in the mix to play the role of \u201cHarry Potter\u201d villain Lord…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,5032,85,46,397,42529],"class_list":["post-330114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-potter","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-paul-bettany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}