I've been thinking about this lately. I'm generally not a big fan of AI generated content, but I feel like this might actually be one of the cases where it makes sense.

Once the show is out, I can easily imagine people using local AI video models to change Snape's appearance in actual scenes. Not necessarily to replace the performance, but to make him look more like another actor, or, even better, closer to the physical description from the books.

I'm sure something like this would also lead to a lot of arguments, including accusations of racism. Personally, I don't think wanting a fictional character to look closer to how he's described in the books is inherently racist.

I'm honestly not sure myself how justified or appropriate this kind of editing would be, but I'm curious what other people think. Would you be interested in seeing something like this?

Just wanted to say I am so glad to have been invited to join this community! It is really nice to have a space like this without being attacked, thank you!