{"id":386772,"date":"2026-04-11T13:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386772\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:45:08","slug":"tilda-swinton-should-play-voldemort-in-harry-potter-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386772\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilda Swinton Should Play Voldemort in Harry Potter Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ralph-fiennes\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ralph-fiennes\" data-tag=\"ralph-fiennes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ralph Fiennes<\/a> thinks the \u201cship has sailed\u201d for him to reprise the role of Voldemort, but he\u2019d be more than happy to pass the wand to another acclaimed British actor: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/tilda-swinton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tilda-swinton\" data-tag=\"tilda-swinton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tilda Swinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring an appearance on \u201cThe Claudia Winkleman Show\u201d on Friday night, Fiennes was questioned about HBO\u2019s upcoming \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/harry-potter\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harry-potter\" data-tag=\"harry-potter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a>\u201d series and the rumors surrounding who will take on the role of the Dark Lord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI remember being asked the question once we\u2019d shot the total film series, would I reprise the part, and this was some years ago. I said, \u2018Yes, I\u2019d love to,&#8217;\u201d Fiennes revealed. \u201cBut then nothing\u2019s happened and I think that ship has sailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHowever, he added: \u201cBut I\u2019ll tell you, Tilda Swinton was mentioned somewhere as being a contender, and I think she would be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIndeed, Swinton\u2019s name has been whispered to be in the mix for the part alongside Cillian Murphy, though the \u201cOppenheimer\u201d and \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cillian-murphy-voldemort-rumors-hbo-harry-potter-1236515469\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently shut down the rumors<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t know anything about that,\u201d Murphy said on Josh Horowitz\u2019s \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d podcast. \u201cAlso, it\u2019s just really hard to follow anything Ralph Fiennes does. The man is an absolute acting legend, so good luck to whoever\u2019s gonna fill those shoes.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFiennes had also <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/ralph-fiennes-cillian-murphy-voldemort-harry-potter-series-hbo-1236233831\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously endorsed Murphy<\/a> for the role, telling Andy Cohen on \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d in December 2024: \u201cCillian is a fantastic actor. That\u2019s a wonderful suggestion. I would be all in favor of Cillian. Yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first season of HBO\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series is set to premiere this Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ralph Fiennes thinks the \u201cship has sailed\u201d for him to reprise the role of Voldemort, but he\u2019d be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,5032,85,46,397,22833,5990],"class_list":{"0":"post-386772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-harry-potter","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-ralph-fiennes","14":"tag-tilda-swinton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386772","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=386772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}