Ralph Fiennes tips Cillian Murphy as Voldemort in new Harry Potter series

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Ralph Fiennes has tipped Cillian Murphy to play Lord Voldermort in the blockbuster Harry Potter series.Fiennes, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film adaptations of J.K.

Rowling’s international best selling books about the boy wizard, has said the Oppenheimer and Peaky Blinders star should play the villain in the big budget television adaptation.“Cillian is a fantastic actor,” Fiennes said while making an appearance on Bravo TV’s Watch What Happens Live after a viewer suggested the Irish star would be good for the role. “That’s a wonderful suggestion.

I would be all in favour of Cillian. Yeah.”Fiennes, who is currently starring in the film Conclave, first played Voldemort in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth instalment of the film saga.The actor reprised the role in 2007’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2009’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and the two-part finale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.The Harry Potter TV series is due to hit HBO in 2026.“This new Max Original series will dive deep into each of the iconic books that fans have continued to enjoy for all of these years,” said Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO & Max Content about the project, which he also assured fans would be “a faithful adaptation.”Succession duo Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod have signed up as its writer and director, respectively.Gardiner will serve as showrunner and executive producer, and Mylod will direct multiple episodes and serve as executive producer.Framestore VFX is in to bring the magical world of Harry Potter back to life for the HBO series.Killing Eve scriptwriter Laura Neal has joined the writers room for the project.The show may enlist a key player from the films to