India, Sept. 12 -- Several rumours had been swirling that Cillian Murphy would step into the role of the dark wizard Voldemort in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series. However, the actor has now broken his silence to put those speculations to rest.

Cillian was the guest on the episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Thursday, where one of the topics he and host Josh Horowitz discussed was the rumours around him joining the Harry Potter universe.

Cillian revealed that his kids have shown him online chatter from fans who would like to see him play the Harry Potter villain. He clarified that there's no truth to the rumours.

When asked if there was anything to those rumours, Cillian replied, "No, my kids show me it occasionally, but no,...