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John Lithgow Responds To ‘Harry Potter’ Fans “Appalled” With His Dumbledore Casting
John Lithgow hopes Harry Potter fans can suspend their disbelief to get around his casting.
John Lithgow at the Deadline 2025 Sundance Film Festival Studio presented by Casamigos on Jan. 24, 2025 in Park City, UtahDeadline via Getty Images If Harry Potter fans can suspend their disbelief to allow for invisibility cloaks, flying cars and time-traveling pocket watches, John Lithgow hopes they can get around his casting. Following the the 2x Oscar nominee’s casting as Albus Dumbledore, he admitted he’s “very excited” and “very intimidated” by the role from the J.K. Rowling book series, which was previously portrayed on-screen by Richard Harris, Michael Gambon and Jude Law. In addition to Lithgow’s casting as Dumbledore in the upcoming Max series from writer-showrunner Francesca Gardiner, Deadline revealed this week that he’ll be joined by Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.
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