According to a post on his own website, the 77-year-old actor praised Harris following his death, calling his style “enviable.” However, just like in the HARDTalk interview, he said Harris didn’t like him. McKellen was one of the names being passed around, but he ultimately didn’t take the role. When Harris died after filming the second movie in 2002, there were a lot of questions as to who would replace him as Harry Potter’s mentor and Hogwarts headmaster. “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.”Īlso Read: Ian McKellen Turned Down $1.5 Million to Officiate Sean Parker's Wedding as Gandalf “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,” he said. According to him, Richard Harris - the actor who originated the role - really didn’t like him. McKellen was recently interviewed on BBC News’ HARDTalk, and spoke about how he was approached to play Dumbledore in the later “Harry Potter” movies, but declined. Ian McKellen is famous for playing Gandalf the Grey in the “Lord of the Rings” films, but could’ve played another famous movie wizard if certain opinions were different.
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