First Take a look at John Lithgow on ‘Harry Potter’ Set as Dumbledore

Accio, pics of Dumbledore! HBO’s “Harry Potter” sequence is underway … and we have now a primary take a look at John Lithgow in full costume.

The 79-year-old Emmy winner seems to be unrecognizable because the headmaster of Hogwarts, totally disappearing into the function. This present of dedication ought to relax any followers who had been apprehensive in regards to the professor being performed by an American actor … John has the unenviable process of filling the legendary sneakers of his predecessors, the late Richard Harris and Michael Gambon.

As quickly as he was introduced, John tried to get in entrance of the inevitable controversy that will encompass his casting … saying, “I can be following the nice Michael Gambon. I am not an Englishman, though I’ve performed one on TV. I remind everybody that I did play Winston Churchill on ‘The Crown’ and did simply nice.”

Pics of John’s seashore scenes come after HBO dropped pictures of Dominic McLaughlin suiting up as Harry Potter for the primary time.

The pint-sized spell-slinger seems to be each bit the half in spherical specs and a Hogwarts gown.