The actor, a four-time Bafta award winner, was best known for playing Dumbledore in the hit film series.

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    1 year ago

    You don’t have to know the source material to absolutely kill a role though.

    Source : I know next to nothing about acting but I saw Werner Herzog in “The Mandalorian” and he nailed that role despite allegedly not giving a shit about the universe and not watching a single movie or reading any of the books.

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      I mean that was more-or-less Werner Herzog’s natural delivery, they just had him go in and read a buncha lines; somebody decided that Basically Werner Herzog was the right fit for that character and then they went out and got him to do it.

      (I imagine this is how Stephen Tobolowsky gets many of his acting jobs too)

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      I agree, that’s true. But when you are taking over in a role from another actor who was beloved in that role, even if you are determined to make it your own, and even if you are Michael Gambon, it seems rather careless and unprofessional not to familiarize yourself with that material.