{"id":149809,"date":"2025-09-11T20:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149809\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:45:07","slug":"cillian-murphy-isnt-playing-voldemort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149809\/","title":{"rendered":"Cillian Murphy Isn&#8217;t Playing Voldemort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/harry-potter\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harry-potter_1\" data-tag=\"harry-potter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a> fans are going to have to find a new dream casting for Lord Voldemort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cillian-murphy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cillian-murphy_1\" data-tag=\"cillian-murphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cillian Murphy<\/a> was the guest on Thursday\u2019s episode of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XT3enUDkkYk\">Happy Sad Confused<\/a> podcast, where one of the topics he and host Josh Horowitz discussed was the rumors, largely fueled by fans, that he would portray the villain in the original Harry Potter films, Voldemort, in the upcoming reboot TV series from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hbo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hbo_1\" data-tag=\"hbo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO<\/a>. Ralph Fiennes previously played the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHorowitz asked if there was anything to those rumors, to which Murphy replied, \u201cNo, my kids show me it occasionally, but no, I don\u2019t know anything about that. I mean, also, it\u2019s just really hard to follow anything Ralph Fiennes does. The man is an absolute acting legend. So, good luck to whoever is going to fill those shoes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Harry Potter films kicked off in 2001 with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone, based on J.K. Rowling\u2019s novels and continued with eight films total, seeing Harry\u2019s story conclude in 2011 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn the TV series, which is set to debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2027, Dominic McLaughlin has been cast as Harry Potter; Arabella Stanton will play Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout is set to portray Ron Weasley. Each of the seven books is expected to have its own season. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/harry-potter-tv-series-cast\/hermione-granger\/\">Click here to see the full list<\/a> of who\u2019s who in the Harry Potter TV series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs for Murphy, his upcoming projects include the Netflix film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/steve-review-cillian-murphy-netflix-1236367923\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/cillian-murphy-netflix-movie-steve-max-porter-1236298003\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiering on the streamer Oct. 3<\/a>, a Peaky Blinders film, The Immortal Man, set to hit theaters in 2026 and the sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, releasing in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/28-years-later-sequel-bone-temple-january-2026-release-1236090912\/\">theaters in January 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Potter fans are going to have to find a new dream casting for Lord Voldemort. 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