Robbie Coltrane And Michael Gambon On Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One 

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

I agree with both

And to think Robin Williams was actually considered for Hagrid. Can you imagine if that had happened? I love Robin but he would've been a terrible fit for that role. Thank God they went with Coltrane. Most of the criticism towards Gambon was due to how different he was from Richard Harris (Dumbledore in the first two films) and in particular how aggressive his Dumbledore was in GoF. He was fantastic in the later films though.

The only time I had any issue with his Dumbledore was in the 4th, but that was not his fault. That was script and direction. Goblet of Fire should have been two movies.

He was very very marvelous ❤️

His performance as an actor was fine, but he essentially took a dump on the character as it was established by Harris. Which makes sense as he never saw the films and doesn't seem to care very much. So that being the case it's where the director should've stepped up and been more forceful about what they wanted from the character.

Same. They were absolutely legends

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

R.I.P

Sir Michael Gambon had died today. Peacefully in Hospital. 27 September 2023 (aged 82) Witham, Essex, England.

@Dream Dream Serene 😂😂

@Dream Dream Serene 🤣

@Dream Dream Serene same lol

Hell yeah

Want to go to Hogwarts? Go to the University of Edinburgh.

emzlovesatc Believe me Dumbledore can be vicious in stressful situations.

I also think Harris only had the chance to work with Chris Columbus, and had he had the chance to work with Alfonso Cuarón or David Yates, he might've succeeded

Yes!

I was looking for the words to express how I felt!

but... Dumbledore is supposed to be gentle and kind. That's like his thing. Seeing him go into power mode against Voldemort - which of course Richard would have been able to do - would have been so amazing.. I kinda feel like Michael didn't even try to understand Dumbledore as a character, wasn't interested at all and that's really a shame considering how rich and deep Dumbledore really is.

Same. And in the order of the phoenix

His acting was good in all of them, however he was directed really poorly in the fourth film, partly due to the director not having read the book when making the movie.

We talk about how Robbie Coltrane is irreplaceable but yet we talk about how Michael Gambon is the perfect replacement Dumbledore

@@iitsMikeB Then how did they adapt it? Surely the director needs to know the source material even if slightly?

@@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked Apparently not. The adaptation went from a lot of mysteries being solved throughout the book, to one single mystery (Who put the name in the Goblet of Fire?), which we already knew from the first scene in the movie.

and RIP Michael Gambon

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

I just heard of gambon's passing as well. RIP to both. This franchise will never be the same again.

@@wesker9041 i swear theyre slowly being knocked off one by one like some sort of final destination event. ive actually had the pleasure to meet david bradley (argus filch) and hes one of my favourite actors. i can assure you im definitely not looking forward to his passing, above others

@@huffeyy3916 and Maggie Smith’s as well?

i fully agree. both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

And don't forget when he plays in anything else you immediately recognize him

it took him a few films to figure the character out, but by the sixth, he had it.

LittleLyonMan your right bro

KingGhidorah5464 That was bad direction, not acting. People always focus in GoF like it isn't the outlier, even though PoA came out first. People also always ignore how Fred and George fought after their age potion failed. Mike Newell simply wasn't a good director. He didn't get characters. He's far too over-the-top and hamfisted. Cuaron and especially Yates knew Dumbledore, and HBP and DH have the perfect Dumbledore. Dumbledore was always shouting and was constantly angry in GoF. His voice sounds thicker for some reason. But in HBP he was just phenomenonal. His speech at the start-of-term feast was top notch. That's what you should show people when they say Gambon was bad. Their bias is pathetic. They make up their mind, and ignore evidence that doesn't fit their made-up narrative.

@@Ranger1812 Gambon was at his best as Dumbledore in the afterlife scene in Deathly Hallows Part 2. He played Dumbledore nearly directly from the books in that scene, it was near perfect. I think a lot of the criticism towards him was because of how different he was from Harris in the first two films (and Harris's Dumbledore was considered by many to be on point with the version from the books). In regards to the directors Mike Newell wasn't perfect but he wasn't terrible either. As over-aggressive as Gambon's Dumbledore was in GoF Ralph Fiennes was at his best as Voldemort in that film and Newell got the dark tone that was needed for that film just right IMO. In contrast Yates completely ruined Voldemort's character in both DH films. For example the Draco hugging scene (Voldemort from the books never would've done that), his cringeworthy declaration that Harry Potter was dead, and the ultimately the final battle scene that led to him disintegrating (WTF, that couldn't have been more of a deviation from what happened in the books and was just completely unnecessary). Also the entire Battle of Hogwarts sequence in DH Part 2 was poorly done because Yates left out so much important material from the books (for example Grawp's role in the battle which was significant, also Buckbeak, the centaurs, and the thestrals). If you look at all of the directors the franchise had Yates as good as he was didn't always respect the source material in his films (Ron for example was also extremely poorly written once Yates took over as director and was nothing like the character in the books). Cuaron, Newell, and Chris Columbus were all better at respecting the material from the books in their films than Yates was.

You’re completely forgetting Helen McCrory who played Narcissa Malfoy, and Leslie Phillips who voiced the sorting hat. Both have also unfortunately passed away. If there’s anyone else that I’m also forgetting anyone is welcome to correct me with a reply

Same here

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

Oops, I’m sorry, I accidentally disliked your comment but I meant to click the “view replies” link underneath the first part of your comment. Lol I meant no disrespect

@@chloesheler1927 You can undo it

@Bad Boys Boogie He would. RU-vid sends emails to the person lol

Youre Deluded, Michael Gambon was a terrible Dumbledore

I just recently finished the books and he’s nothing like dumbledore. Dumbledore is calm, whimsy, but assertive. I just don’t get the vibe w this dumbledore

Gambon is the replacement Dumbledore, after Richard Harris’ death in 2002 but both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

Coltrane was born to play Hagrid. Michael Gambon was a worthy successor for the role of Dumbledore.

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This is the best-written RU-vid comment I've ever seen

Alan Rickman didn’t just play Snape well, He WAS Snape just like Robbie Coltrane didn’t just play Hagrid well, He WAS Hagrid

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

and now we say farewell to Gambon as well. both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

RIP Robbie 😭

both were loved by all, and will continue to be so. 🫡 rest in peace to two legends

It's funny because Ian McKellen actually is gay, as is the character of Dumbledore himself.

This kind of weird humour is exactly why Gambon was the right Dumbledore. He leaves people confused, as does Dumbledore VERY often.

+609blondebomb McKellen*

You're thinking of Saruman.

Saruman was played by Christopher Lee.

me too!

He was offered the role, but turned it down due to Harris having said he was a bad actor

I agree. At first, when I was growing up, I really didn't accept Michael Gambon as Dumbledore because I grew up seeing Richard Harris. It was until Half Blood Prince is when I began to accept Michael as Dumbledore because I wasn't sure if Richard could've portrayed Dumbledore they way we seen as the series gets darker.