I worked out what they were thinking, and I couldn’t… I couldn’t take over the part from an actor who I’d known didn’t approve of me. When they called me up and said would I be interested in being in the Harry Potter films, they didn’t say in what part. Nonsense.” However, such criticism of his work is the reason he turned down the role after Harris’s passing, saying: While speaking with BBC’s HARDtalk, radio host Stephen Sackur brought up a quote from Harris, in which he called McKellen (as well as other actors like Derek Jacobi and Kenneth Branagh, the latter sharing the screen with Harris in CHAMBER OF SECRETS) “technically brilliant but passionless.” McKellen responded with, “Yeah. But these casting decisions are never as simple as they seem, and movie history would have been much different had one actor sought for the role, Ian McKellen, decided to take the part. He was played by two iconic actors, Richard Harris (movies one and two) and after Harris’s passing by Michael Gambon. I couldn't take over the part from an actor who I'd known didn't approve of me.One of modern literature’s most iconic figures is Albus Dumbledore, a man who exudes wisdom and whose quotes are currently tattooed on thousands of nerdy girls’ backs. I worked out what they were thinking and I couldn't. McKellen said: "When they called me up and said, 'Would I be interested in being in the Harry Potter films?' They didn't say what part. It was for this reason that McKellen turned the role of Dumbledore down. The interviewer, Stephen Sackur, said Harris had called McKellen, Derek Jacobi, and "Harry Potter" actor Kenneth Branagh "technically brilliant, but passionless." In an interview with BBC HARDTalk in 2017, McKellen explained that Harris didn't actually approve of him as an actor.
Sir Ian McKellen, one of Britain's finest, is known for playing a pretty famous wizard - Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings." He earned an Oscar nomination for the first movie of that trilogy, but had the opportunity to play a second extremely famous wizard when the "Harry Potter" filmmakers were looking for a Dumbledore replacement after Richard Harris passed away. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images/Warner Bros.
Michael Gambon played Albus Dumbledore in six "Harry Potter" movies.ĭavid M.
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