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  • KvHagedorn
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 10725

    #1

    Richard Harris Dead at 72

    This is old news but hadn't been mentioned here. I had read he was undergoing treatment but expected to recover. Sadly he did not. Looks like they will need a new Dumbledore for any new Harry Potter films.

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  • Gurm
    MS Fanboy
    • Aug 1999
    • 11460

    #2
    Yeah, and the front runner for the new Dumbledore is...

    Wait for it...

    Christopher Lee.

    Now, while I'm as big a fan of Lee as the next guy, he hardly seems to be ... jovial enough to be Dumbledore.

    Ian McKellan would be a wonderful choice, but God only knows he's pretty damn busy lately.

    Actually, fairly reliable sources say that Lee was the original first pick for Dumbledore, but was too busy with LOTR and SW2/3 to accept.

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    • Dr Mordrid
      Moderator
      • Apr 2001
      • 26592

      #3
      I'll second Ian McKellan. His performance as Magneto was far above average for a comic book bad-guy.

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      • RichL
        Restored Super MURCer
        • Apr 2003
        • 1348

        #4
        If he was a foot or so taller, I'd say David Jason
        Or from the same series, Roger Lloyd-Pack, who also featured in The Vicar of Dibley and IIRC a couple of kids shows.
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        • Gurm
          MS Fanboy
          • Aug 1999
          • 11460

          #5
          The trouble with Dumbledore (is that kinda like "The Trouble With Tribbles"?) is that he has to be stern at times, and very jovial at times. Richard Harris did this VERY well. McKellan would do it very well (see his Gandalf performance for a WONDERFUL example). Lee... I dunno. I've never seen him be anything but stern.

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          • KRSESQ
            Super MURCer
            • Feb 2000
            • 3224

            #6
            I donno. He had some pretty jovial moments in "The Man With The Golden Gun."

            Kevin

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            • Rakido
              Super MURCer
              • Feb 2000
              • 1313

              #7
              hmm, i would go for Richard Attenborough


              Rakido
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              • Gurm
                MS Fanboy
                • Aug 1999
                • 11460

                #8
                Mmm, THERE's a suggestion!

                Kudos.

                - Gurm
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