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John Lithgow Responds to Criticism of His Dumbledore Casting: “I Will Do My Best”

The role has previously been played by Richard Harris, Michael Gambon and Jude Law.

John Lithgow is looking forward to playing Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry’s headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series. Lithgow recently told BBC’s The One Show that he’s “very excited” yet “very intimidated” to be the next actor to take on a role which has been played before in the Harry Potter films by Richard Harris ( Sorcerer’s Stone,Chamber of Secrets) Michael Gambon ( Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Deathly Hallows: Part 2) and by Jude Law in the Fantastic Beasts movies ( Crimes of Grindelwald, Secrets of Dumbledore). But I know there were plenty of people appalled that an American should be hired to play the ultimate English wizard.

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