Snape is black. A dark wizard indeed
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So first you have the unenviable position of being compared to Alan Rickman's performance
...aaannnd now you have to deal with being called a raceswap DEI hire (which you probably are), are Black actors either too dim or too desperate NOT to accept these career ruining roles?
I think part of it is acting as a career has been almost ruined already. White or black, there's not much cultural room to come to be considered one of The Greats anymore. Actors have ruined actors. So it's not like there' much more respect to be gained by passing up DEI roles and waiting it out for a Respectable Role.
Also, since the industry has been so heavily DEId, most of the roles for blacks are DEI, since the industry cares about skin color so much. As much as we rightly rail against forced diversity...it's honestly not an enviable position to be a black actor trying to be respected nowadays.
Honestly, I think Hollywood ruined them by promoting fellow Cluster B's to the top of the pack as heroes.