According to MSN, Ralph Fiennes — the actor who made Voldemort genuinely terrifying across eight films — has weighed in on who should step into the role for HBO's highly anticipated Harry Potter series reboot. It's the kind of endorsement that carries real weight, coming from the man who literally wore the noseless prosthetics.
Why This Changes the Fancasting Conversation
The HBO Harry Potter series isn't just another reboot — it's a full-scale reimagining that will recast every beloved character from scratch, giving the fancasting community one of the richest playgrounds in years. We're talking Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, and of course, the Dark Lord himself. When the original actor playing a role publicly nominates someone else for his own part, it shifts the conversation from pure speculation to something that feels a little more like insider intel. It also raises a natural question: does Fiennes' pick match what fans have already been dreaming up?
For myCast users, this is exactly the moment the platform was built for. The ensemble is enormous, the stakes feel genuinely high, and opinions are fierce. Voldemort is just the starting point.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The myCast community hasn't been waiting around. The most active fan cast, Harry Potter, has accumulated 54 votes across 16 roles — and the picks are genuinely interesting.
For Lord Voldemort, fans have rallied behind Colin Morgan with 7 votes. Morgan, best known for playing Merlin in the BBC series of the same name, brings a lean intensity and those striking, angular features that could absolutely translate into something sinister. It's a choice that feels inspired rather than obvious — exactly the kind of unexpected left-turn that great casting is made of.
Elsewhere in that same story, the community has made some compelling calls. Dexter Sol Ansell leads the Draco Malfoy vote with 8 votes, while Alexander Vlahos tops the Severus Snape ballot with 8 votes — a pick that would require Vlahos to channel some serious brooding gravitas, but his theatrical background makes it an intriguing case. leads for Professor Dumbledore with 7 votes, which honestly feels like a conversation worth having on its own. Lithgow has the gravitas, the warmth, and the theatrical chops to make the role entirely his own. For the trio, fans are currently backing as Harry (7 votes), as Hermione (6 votes), and as Ron (6 votes).