"No thank you," Jared Harris responded when asked by The Independent if he would want to portray Dumbledore in the TV reboot as his father Richard Harris had done in the first two films. The elder Harris died in 2002 and Michael Gambon played the wizard in the remaining six films.

Jared Harris has ruled out the possibility of playing the role his late father originated in the Harry Potter series in the future. The Bafta winner is the son of Richard Harris, who played Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies,