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'Thrill to be playing ultimate wizard'
Western Daily Press
|April 18, 2025
US actor John Lithgow has said he is "very excited" and "very intimidated" to play wizard and Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in a new Harry Potter TV series.
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The upcoming HBO Original series has Gloucestershire-raised creator JK Rowling as its executive producer, and will feature a brand new cast while aiming to stay authentic to the original books.
Speaking about appearing in the show, Lithgow, pictured, told the BBC's The One Show: "(I'm) very excited, very intimidated.
"I will be following the great Michael Gambon, I'm not an Englishman, although I've played one on TV.
"I have, I remind everyone that I did play Winston Churchill on The Crown and did just fine.
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