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Do you think John Lithgow will be a Good Dumbledore?

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Question, Do you think John Lithgow will be a Good Dumbledore?

I have just found out that John Lithgow is in Final Talks to be in the Harry Potter show and for the role as Albus Dumbledore. (If he is in Final Talks, then Lithgow will very much likely to take the role, unless something unexpected happens).

When I found this out, I must say I was shock. Now don't get me wrong, John Lithgow is a great actor, and I love him in a whole lot of films. But what shock me with this casting is that 1. He is American and I thought JK had a strict Only British Rule and 2. He is a little old (He is now 79 years Old)

Also, I thought they were considering Mark Rylance or Mark Strong for the role of Dumbledore (Rylance, from reports, was the frontrunner for Dumbledore, and he would of been great casting), so I wonder what happen that resulting in both of them not taking the role and the Producer to decide to offer it to Lithgow.

Regardless, I love John Lithgow, and yes, I think, in my opinion, he will do a good job, but to me, it is a left field choice and not one I expect would actually be considered.

All in All, Do you think John Lithgow will be a Good Dumbledore?

[–] Ace_Spade (9657) 2 days ago

Yes, I think Lithgow could do it. He wouldn't be my first choice, but he's surprised me a few times over the years with his range, so I think he can handle it.

Rowling must have relaxed her "British only" rule for this new series. Maybe she feels like the movie series made a definitive version, so she doesn't need to worry about HBO as much. If this version is sub-par, people will just go back to watching the DVDs of the films, so it won't leave as bad a taste in everybody's mouths.

As to his age, sure, but Dumbledore is old. Richard Harris was 70 when he played Dumbledore. What's one more decade?

Mark Strong is underused. Dude should be in more stuff. But I think he'd make a better Sirius, if he was going to be in Potter.