{"id":6153,"date":"2026-03-25T21:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/new-and-039-harry-potterand-039-trailer-drops-but-the-actor-playing-the-new-black-snape-is-already-getting-death-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:01:38","slug":"new-and-039-harry-potterand-039-trailer-drops-but-the-actor-playing-the-new-black-snape-is-already-getting-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/new-and-039-harry-potterand-039-trailer-drops-but-the-actor-playing-the-new-black-snape-is-already-getting-death-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Trailer Drops, But The Actor Playing The New Black Snape Is Already Getting Death Threats!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table width=\"80%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WiGPqDigt49y.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\">\n                <\/td>\n<td width=\"80%\" valign=\"top\">The official trailer for HBO?s upcoming Harry Potter series has just been released, giving fans a first look at Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape.<\/p>\n<p>However, the excitement has been overshadowed by controversy, as Essiedu revealed he has been receiving racist messages and even death threats since being cast in the role. <\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, he shared that people have told him to quit the role or face harm, calling the experience emotionally difficult.<br \/>\nThe series gears up for its Christmas Day release.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official trailer for HBO?s upcoming Harry Potter series has just been released, giving fans a first look at Paapa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}