India, March 22 -- Actor Paapa Essiedu has revealed that he faced death threats after being cast as Professor Severus Snape in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series. Essiedu, who has previously appeared in projects such as Black Mirror and I May Destroy You, is set to play Snape in the upcoming adaptation, a role previously played by Alan Rickman.

During an interview with The Sunday Times of London, Essiedu opened up about getting death threats over his casting as Snape in the upcoming Harry Potter series

"I've been told, 'Quit or I'll murder you'...It really matters. The reality is that if I look at Instagram I will see somebody saying, 'I'm going to come to your house and kill you.' So while I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be murdered.T...