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Empire Magazine has a new interview with Michael Gambon in which he discusses his role as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.
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| How does this one feel different with Mike Newell in charge? Well, Alfonso was great. He was like a kid. So the children loved him and we used to have fun and games. Mike, who I have never worked with before, is similar. He likes throwing things in the air and changing conventions. I think that is what Warner Brothers want. We had a big scene in the hall, where Dumbledore speaks about the new term, in all the films. That has become a bit standard so Mike changed it, I now walk among the kids at the tables. I leave the lectern. It's stuff like that that kicks it up the arse a bit. |
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| Do you have an input yourself? You can do what you like really, and they say, "Don't do that." The other day I grabbed two kids round the neck, fondly, and did a scene like that and Mike said, "Oh, leave it in." It frees it up a bit. Yesterday I did a scene where I get hugged by this great big guy, from middle Europe. I play it as though he has broken my ribs, to get a few laughs, you know? |
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| Do kids approach you on the street when you haven't got your beard on? No, they don't. But a kid came up to me the other day, though, and says, "Gandalf can I have your autograph?" and I said, "Piss off!" |
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