Voldemort Actor Ralph Fiennes Is ‘All in Favor’ of Cillian Murphy Taking Over the ‘Harry Potter’ Villain in HBO’s TV Series: ‘He’s a Fantastic Actor’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes is giving his blessing to Cillian Murphy to take over the role of the infamous “Harry Potter” villain should the “Oppenheimer” Oscar winner want to in HBO’s upcoming television series.

Rumors have circulated online in recent weeks claiming Murphy is being considered for Voldemort. Fiennes was asked to respond during an interview on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” “Cillian is a fantastic actor,” Fiennes said. “That’s a wonderful suggestion.

I would be all in favor of Cillian. Yeah.” Fiennes first appeared as Voldemort in the fourth “Harry Potter” film, 2005’s “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” and he returned for three additional movies — “Order of the Phoenix” and “Deathly Hallows” Part 1 and 2.

A few years before HBO announced it was rebooting “Harry Potter” as a television series, Fiennes told Variety that he would definitely be up for playing He Who Shall Not Be Named again and there was “no question about it.” Variety reported last month that “Bridge of Spies” Oscar winner Mark Rylance is being eyed by HBO to play Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” series.