Ian Mckellen Harry Potter

The veteran actor has appeared in a number of blockbuster franchises in massive roles.

Ian mckellen harry potter He has two roles in common with Michael Fassbender. Days of Future Past 2014 while Fassbender played him in X. Ian McKellen aka Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings almost played another famed fictional wizard as well.

Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that he turned down the role of gay wizard Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films. X-Men United 2003 X-Men. Jamie McCarthyGetty Images for Walt Disney Stu.

When actor Richard Harris who played Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter. McKellen was evidently approached to take over as Albus Dumbledore in. IAN McKellan was widely tipped to be the replacement Dumbledore when Richard Harris died.

He appeared in the first two movies 2001s Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone and 2002s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets before passing away in the fall of 2002 just weeks before. DumbledoreThe two wizards portrayed by Ian McKellen and Richard. Ian McKellen played a famed wizard from Middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings films but he could have almost been Headmaster of Hogwarts as well.

He was already playing a famed archetypal wizened wizard in a different book adaptation but could have easily inhabited yet another one. Sir Ian McKellen has revealed why he never took on the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies. Why Ian McKellen turned down a Harry Potter role.

BenettGetty Images In the Harry Potter books and movies young Harry learns quite a. 1 McKellen played Macbeth in A Performance of Macbeth 1979 while Fassbender played him in Macbeth 2015 and 2 McKellen played Erik Lehnsherr Magneto in X-Men 2000 X2. After Richard Harris passed away in 2002 of Hodgkins Disease Ian McKellen was offered the chance to portray Professor Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.