Fans have taken to social media to express their displeasure at reports that actor John Lithgow is in talks to play Professor Dumbledore in the forthcoming Harry Potter TV show. In the film series ...

but some fans of the fantasy book series have raised an objection because Lithgow isn’t British. (He was born in New York, for the record, and the role of Dumbledore was played by Richard Harris ...

John Lithgow has heard your complaints about him playing Harry Potter’s Dumbledore — so allow him to retort. The Emmy winner was officially cast this week as the beloved Hogwarts headmaster in HBO’s ...