Ian McKellen ... last things [Harris] did publicly was say what a dreadful actor he thought I was, it would not have been appropriate for me to take over his part,” McKellen later said in ...

Albus Dumbledore. While the role eventually passed to Michael Gambon, at the time one other legendary British thespian was in the running: Sir Ian McKellen. Now the 77-year-old has explained why he ...

In Sir Ian McKellen and I’s defense, on the surface it’s easy to mistake Gandalf and Dumbledore ... I once asked Gambon did ...