【】

If you were making a league table of famous fictional wizards, Dumbledore and Gandalf would probably be pretty big contenders for the top spot.
So why, after actor Richard Harris passed away in 2002 after filming the first two Harry Potterfilms, was Ian McKellen (a.k.a. Gandalf) not considered to replace him?
Well, it turns out he was.
SEE ALSO:37 hidden clues I only spotted when I reread 'Harry Potter' in my 20sDuring a recent interview on the BBC's HARDTalkshow, McKellen explained that he was actually contacted about appearing in the franchise -- but he said no.
While talking about McKellen's critics, interviewer Stephen Sackur recited a quote from Richard Harris about McKellen and some other actors. Apparently Harris had previously described him as "technically brilliant but passionless."
"Yeah," responded McKellen. "Nonsense."
McKellen then went on to describe the phone call he received about Harry Potterafter Harris had passed away.
"When they called me up and said would I be interested in being in the Harry Potterfilms, they didn't say in what part," he said.
"I couldn't..."
"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."
"You mean you could've been Dumbledore?" responded Sackur.
"Well sometimes, when I see the posters of Mike Gambon, the actor who gloriously plays Dumbledore, I think sometimes it isme," joked McKellen in response.
Featured Video For You
The secret love affair between Harry Potter and Voldemort
TopicsHarry Potter
相关文章
Nate Parker is finally thinking about the woman who accused him of rape
Nate Parker is getting a crash course in male privilege after, in his own words, not thinking about2025-04-03Mark Hamill brutally shuts down Trump staffer in 1 tweet
If there's one person you should never, ever mess with, it's Luke Skywalker.。SEE ALSO:Mark Hamill tu2025-04-03The Trump kids are in Aspen and it's ruining everyone else's hygge
It is uncool to stay home during spring break, so the Trump kids are vacationing in Aspen with their2025-04-03Google finally gives brands more ways to keep ads off hateful Youtube videos
Google has apologized repeatedly to outraged British brands and government groups that found their a2025-04-03Major earthquake and multiple aftershocks rock central Italy
UPDATE: Aug. 25, 2016, 8:22 a.m. BST。 Death toll is now at least 247 dead: 190 in Rieti province and2025-04-03All the characters in 'Beauty and the Beast' who were probably gay all along
Disney's。 Beauty and the Beast 。is easily one of the greatest and gayest children's movies of all tim2025-04-03
最新评论