Michael Gambon doesn't see any point on reading the books????

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, kemper mentor wrote:

<<   I would rather raly for a solution than a gripe.
What about Ian McKellen as Dumbledore?  I pictured him even before
LotR and was disappointed with Harris' selection for the role. >> 

I always wanted Ian McKellen for the part, and I hoped WB would take
the opportunity of Harris's death to get him, but he gave a public
interview in which he said very nasty things about WB (being a bunch
of money- grubbing ghouls, my phrase, I don't remember his)
disrespecting a dead man and a fine actor by trying to fill Richard
Harris's shoes while they were still warm, so I don't think he would
take the part if offered.

Gandalf was real and Harris AND Gambon were just acting, is only one
of the many reasons why 'the other movie' (FOTR) was so much better
than 'our movie' (HP&SS). At least the second two HP movies were
better than the pathetic first two. As Kloves was the script writer
for all four, it is clear that the deficiencies of the first two were
not the fault of the script, but of the director.