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Joke About Bad HBO Snape Casting

This is a meme mocking fan concerns over bad casting for the upcoming HBO Harry Potter reboot series. The top text reads 'The type of Casting HBO is doing to snape in Harry Potter:', followed by an edited image of popular actor Ryan Gosling photoshopped into the Black Panther superhero suit. The joke implies that HBO would make a drastically miscast, off-type choice for the iconic role of Severus Snape (originated by Alan Rickman), drawing a parallel to miscasting a wrong actor for another famous role to highlight how poor the casting choice is, which matches the original poster's sentiment that even if the actor is liked, the casting is still terrible.
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The type of Casting HBO is doing to snape in Harry Potter:

Overview

This is a meme mocking fan concerns over bad casting for the upcoming HBO Harry Potter reboot series. The top text reads 'The type of Casting HBO is doing to snape in Harry Potter:', followed by an edited image of popular actor Ryan Gosling photoshopped into the Black Panther superhero suit. The joke implies that HBO would make a drastically miscast, off-type choice for the iconic role of Severus Snape (originated by Alan Rickman), drawing a parallel to miscasting a wrong actor for another famous role to highlight how poor the casting choice is, which matches the original poster's sentiment that even if the actor is liked, the casting is still terrible.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, created as a fan joke reacting to the announcement of HBO's new Harry Potter television reboot series, joining wider fan discussion and anxiety over recasting beloved original roles from the Harry Potter franchise.

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