Swinton’s odd beauty has landed her parts such as the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and the Ancient One in the upcoming Doctor Strange film. “Oh, come on, Harry! You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” Tilda Swinton Not that I have anything against Jim Broadbent, though. He’s in everything, isn’t he? Not Harry Potter, it seems, though one could imagine he would have made for a great Horace Slughorn. Sadly, he turned it down, feeling that he “had enough trouble living up to one legend.” Michael Caine Indeed, when the first Dumbledore, Richard Harris, passed away in 2002, McKellan was offered Dumbledore.

Having achieved fame with American audiences via the X-Men franchise, he ten took on an even bigger cultural icon when he was cast as Gandalf for the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and later the Hobbit films). McKellan is something of a geek icon these days. However, despite all these actors gathered in one place, there are some surprises in those actors who weren’t part of the series. The films even transformed then-unknowns Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson into household names. With a cast that includes such major players as Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Alan Rickman Robbie Coltrane, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes…well, you get the idea. Anglotopia’s Grand Adventure – Land’s End to John O’GroatsĪnyone who watched all eight Harry Potter films is certain to feel like they’re seeing the entirety of the British acting community on screen.Great Britons Book: Top 50 Greatest Brits Who Ever Lived.101 Budget Britain Travel Tips – 2nd Edition.ltimate List of Funny British Place Names.British Slang: Tea Time – British Words for Tea and Tea Related Culture.British Slang: Your Guide to British Police Slang for the Telly Watcher.British English: The Top 50 Most Beautiful British Insults.

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