"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.

While he's not a fan of the new "Harry Potter" series, he shared it's packed with "a lot of storytelling" the film lacks.

Jared Harris doesn't want to follow in his late father Richard Harris's footsteps by playing Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise. The Mad Men actor, 63, also questioned why HBO bosses would make a reboot when the original films were so well received.