Snape's Rivalry With James Potter Hinges On a Life and Death Scenario The films didn't have a lot of time to delve into the specifics of why Snape seemed to hate a child so much. The professor has ...

Snape's frustrations came from Lily being in the same house as James Potter and Sirius Black, who he greatly disliked. The Hogwarts school's Marauders spent much of their early Hogwarts years ...

Snape, like Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter, is also a half-blood. There’s no known direct bloodline connecting Snape to either the Potters or the Gaunts, but his path is curiously parallel.

Severus Snape is a controversial character in the Harry Potter series. Fans don’t always know how to feel about him. He does get redeemed near the end of the story but it’s hard to reconcile ...

While it was hinted at in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone that Snape was a bit of a morally-gray character, that wasn’t necessarily revealed until the end of the film.

Paapa Essiedu is rumored to be portraying Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" television series. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP “Paapa Essiedu is a super talented actor.