Dumbledore update

  December 28, 2002 at 2:01 PM ET
      MuggleNet
 


Coming Soon is reporting that Ian McKellen has not been cast as Dumbledore. They refer us to Ian McKellen's official site, which says:

Rumour, 14 November 2002: "There's a rumour on the Net that Sir Ian is going to play Professor Dumbledore in the next Harry Potter movie, following the sad passing of Richard Harris. Is this true? It would be wonderful if it IS true, but I know how easily these rumours start, so I'm not getting too excited yet! Perhaps you could just let me know "officially"? (Maybe he doesn't want to be typecast as an elderly man with a flowing white beard!) Thanks."

Fact: Ian McKellen has NOT agreed to succeed the late Richard Harris in the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies. He has expressed interest in perhaps playing a different role some time in the future of the series.


While that's not so promising, I couldn't help but notice that that rumor is from the 14th of November -- just slightly out of date. That's probably just my wishful thinking though.
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