To those saying Richard Harris can't portray Dumbledore's aggressive tough side
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Kynodontas — 8 months ago(July 20, 2025 08:52 AM)
Go watch him in Cromwell. Unfortunately my acount is too new that I can't post video links. But you can use the search engine to find this on Youtube:
Cromwell Richard Harris Closing Speech
That 8 minute clip of the video with the title above should be more than enough to see how Richard Harris would have been EXCELLENT at playing Dumbledore in portraying his more aggressive and stubborn side that the later books showed. Without having to even watch the whole of Cromwell (and it'd convinced you to check the movie out afterwards).
And this is just icing on the cake of the brilliance Harris has on a wide diversity of ranges and if you want more watch Gladiator to see further why Harris actually was the perfect choice for Dumbledore but he was hamphered by his increasingly elderly age by the time Harry Potter was filmed. Had the movie been made a decade or two earlier, we wouldn't even be debating who the best Dumbledore is!