The Harry Potter series had long fidgeted us in its new line-up, but now a Revelio magic has been pronounced:
John Lithgow is the first cast member. He plays in Hogwarts’ headmaster Albus Dumbledore-which, as a long-time Harry Potter fan, causes acute sweating. Because there is hardly an actor that I am more afraid of than him.
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The most important thing first: I think John Lithgow is a fantastic actor. The now 79-year-old, two-time Oscar nominated star (Garp and how he saw the world and the time of tenderness) delivers as Goosebumps Again and again performances that get under your skin. Whether as a criminal gang leader in the Action classic Cliffhanger or most recently as an intrigue cardinal in conclave, he basically leaves a lasting impression.
So you could think that I would fully celebrate John Lithgow’s occupation as Harry Potter’s headmaster in the fantasy new edition. If it weren’t for the problem that John Lithgow indifferent villain nestled in my head has. The main debt is his appearance as a Trinity killer in season 4 by Dexter.
In the Parade role in Dexter Played Lithgow in season 4 Arthur Mitchell, who, in addition to his image as a kind family man, also led a second life as a cruel serial killer. He marks the worst (and most impressive) opponent of the main character and series fans who have witnessed it, a shower is still running on his back in his gently intoned words “Hello, Dexter Morgan”.
But not only Dexter is to blame that John Lithgow established himself as a go-to actor for ambivalent to uncanny roles over the years. Before that, he spoke to the annoying Lord Farquaad at Shrek in the original sound and also mimiced an absolute resistance as a sexually assaulted Roger Aile in Bombshell. The extreme clear pronunciation of the actor, combined with his always Nasal tone and a completed cold-deploying looksimply recommend it as a dodgy character. Why his casting as a Dumbledore surprised me so much.
Dumbledore shouldn’t bring a dodgy aura in the Harry Potter series
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), who was acted as a Dumbledore favorite before Lithgow’s establishment, also played extremely uncanny figures. However, the 65-year-old British is primarily liable to the aura of the lovingly, frigid specialty, which would have fit perfectly with Harry Potter’s mentor. With John Lithgow, on the other hand, I can get the impression that Something dark lurks behind the nice facadenever completely shake off. To do this, he doesn’t even have to lose his nose and split his soul.
Of course, like every Harry Potter fan, I know that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore also has more secrets than first names. That behind the radiant headmaster is only one Man full of mistakes And trauma is only discovered by Harry towards the end of the book and film series. Dumbledores Grindelwald relationship from the fantastic series of animals should be able to handle strange ways after love. On the other hand, the figure with John Lithgow’s danger feels like a mistake. Because we have to learn to love Dumbledore as a mentor before the story brings him down on a fallible man.
In the worst case, Lithgows could be a special way of acting Make dumbledore a snobwho comes too withdrawn as an extravagant older gentleman. But even if the Hogwarts director was always characterized by its power and wisdom, his good heart ultimately made him a favorite of the fantasy saga. And whether John Lithgow can represent this dumbledorous heart, I am currently still missing the evidence – especially since the actor himself admits that it is a role in this way “Never played” has.
Are John Lithgov’s age and nationality a Harry Potter problem?
The currently frequently expressed point of criticism that John Lithgow American is, while Dumbledore heads a British magic school as an English icon, I also made me a little puzzled at first glance. The series apparently breaks JK Rowling’s rule of the Harry Potter films that only British actors: inside may be occupied. But since Lithgow played the English success author Roald Dahl on London theater stages and even embodied the most British of all British politicians (Winston Churchill) in the Netflix series The Crown, his accent will hopefully not be a problem. The star describes itself as itself as “Half English”.
John Lithgov’s age is more of a stomach ache. The star predicts that he will be 87 when the last flap of the series falls – and even offset itself. Because although the Harry Potter series is said to have 7 seasons and starts shooting this summer, the creatives have set a 10-year plan for the shoot. So John Lithgow has to to hold up to almost 90if the last tragic actor exchange of the film series (from the late Richard Harris to Michael Gambon) is not to be repeated. Of course, I also wish the actor a long life apart from Harry Potter. But statistically speaking, the average age of Americans in the next decade is at the beginning of 80-and the star with WPSU said that he has had three cancer.
Apart from such morbid speculations, which of course should not be a reason for or canceled in series occupations, nationalities, age and other external factors are of secondary importance anyway. As long as Lithgow at the end All dumbledore qualities Bring it, I will celebrate him as Harry Potter fan. I don’t see him in the role yet, but I would like to have myself instructed better. After all, as mentioned at the beginning, he is undoubtedly a fantastic actor. And when Michael Gambon replaced Richard Harris in the third Harry Potter Film, the star also had an outcry, which later lay down again because gambon was inseparable in the following six films with Dumbledore.
Until then, however, I will be the possibility that I am excitedly put into Hogwarts’ large hall in 2026 or 2027 in the first series school year and see in the eye with John Lithgow that I find that I Find dumbledore more scary than Voldemort.