The death of Michael Gambon: the actor was not the first to play the role of Albus Dumbledore!

The third installment of the Harry Potter saga, The Prisoner of Azkaban is a masterpiece directed by Alfonso Cuaron, in which the always impeccable Gary Oldman plays a very convincing Sirius Black, a criminal wizard who escaped from Azkaban prison, determined to find Harry. Potter, now in his 3rd year at Hogwarts…

Interpreting Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the great actor Richard Harris is sadly absent from this third opus.

The Irish actor died of Hodgkin’s disease (cancer of the lymph nodes) in October 2002, a few days before the world premiere of the second part. He was then replaced by his compatriot Michael Gambon.

“A lot of people have asked me how it feels to be Richard Harris’ legacy.”explained the actor, who also recently left us at the age of 82 and played the famous character in the saga six times. “I answered in comparison to King Lear. Hundreds of actors have played Lear without worrying about the approach of their predecessors. An actor takes a role and makes it his own, period. (…) I’m Irish and I spontaneously gave this accent to the character. Alfonso liked it and That’s why I persevered in that direction. This is my head for Richard.”