Casting rumors for the Harry Potter TV reboot have been heating up over the past few months, with plenty of names for Snape and Dumbledore in the mix. The franchise's main villain is now getting some of the limelight with one name consistently being linked with the big bad: Cillian Murphy.
The fan-casting has already got the approval of original Voldemort star Ralph Fiennes, and now it seems Harry Potter director Chris Columbus is also on board. The filmmaker, who directed the first two Harry Potter movies – The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets – shared his thoughts on Oscar-winning Murphy to Entertainment Weekly. "Well, Cillian is one of my favorite actors, so that would be amazing," he told the publication.
