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  "path": "/2026/03/harry-potter-paapa-essiedu-hbo-casting-backlash-1236762381/",
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  "textContent": "Incoming Snape actor Paapa Essiedu has faced a number of racist death threats since he joined the blockbuster series adaptation of Harry Potter. “I’ve been told, ‘Quit or I’ll murder you,’” he recalled of the targeted vitriol in a new interview with The Times U.K. Taking up the wand from the late Alan Rickman as […]",
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