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John Lithgow Doesn’t Think Playing Dumbledore Will ‘Be That Hard’ of a Job

John Lithgow responded to being cast as Dumbledore in the ‘Harry Potter’ TV show, saying it won’t be ‘that hard’ of a job

The two-time Academy Award nominee confirmed in February that he was joining HBO’s Wizarding World series, based on J.K. Rowling ’s fantasy novels, as Hogwarts’ most powerful sorcerer. Lithgow explained to “Smartless” hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett that his “deal” to join the Harry Potter show was finalized only “48 hours” before his interview on the podcast. “I would 100 percent be open to coming back as any character in the HBO Harry Potter series,” Fiennes-Tiffin, 27, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 5, while attending the premiere of Picture This at Neuehouse Madison Square in New York City.

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