The legendary thespian was offered the role of the iconic Hogwarts headmaster - but decided he 'couldn't do it'.

The Harry Potter show may be breaking a rule from the movies, but John Lithgow makes perfect sense to play Albus Dumbldore in ...

Ian McKellen has revealed why he never played Dumbledore after being offered the role in Harry Potter following Richard ...

The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power season 3 is officially happening – and it looks like we'll be jumping ahead several ...

Harris’ middle son and fellow actor, Jared, told The Times just why his dad had turned down playing Gandalf. “Dad was offered Gandalf and Dumbledore at the same time, but he didn’t want to spend all ...

Jared Harris has spoken about how his father, the late actor Richard Harris, was once offered the roles of two wizard characters at the same time. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...

A new theory proposed by Reddit user FunCartoons offers an innovative explanation that draws from the franchise’s magical lore: Dumbledore’s accelerated aging could result from extensive Time ...

The star of the show? A massive wooden wizard, carved from a dead ash tree. He’s got a beard that would make Dumbledore jealous and a staff that probably doubles as a really impractical back scratcher ...

Over the next few years, he rejected the roles of Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings series, Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, and The Architect in The Matrix Reloaded, before ...

K. Rowling. Dumbledore was born into a wizarding family in 1881 and is regarded as one of the world's most powerful magic practitioners. Often compared with Gandalf, Dumbledore is stronger on ...

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