First Look: John Lithgow Transforms Into Dumbledore on Harry Potter Set  | TMZ TV - video Dailymotion

Accio, pics of Dumbledore! HBO's "Harry Potter" series is underway ... and we have a first look at John Lithgow in full costume.

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00:00We are getting the first look at Professor Dumbledore in HBO's new Harry

00:05Potter series coming out in 2027, played by John Lithgow. That's John Lithgow.

00:12They were filming a beach scene and he's, yeah, he's fully Dumbledore. He did get

00:17ahead of any controversy being like, I know I'm an American actor, but he

00:23played Winston Churchill in The Crown, so he's like, I have some experience, I'm

00:26going to. This is a very, very important role for the series. What is the audience

00:31for this? Kids who like Harry Potter. I mean, I was a kid when the movies and

00:34books came out, so like, I'm excited for this. And it's HBO. When HBO does

00:39something, HBO does it so well. So you also just want to see the production.

00:44Lithgow will be great though. I think that's a really good casting. John Lithgow is

00:47such a good actor. 79 years old. See? See what? There's no shelf life. But he's

00:53playing an old ass man. Honestly though, he's like 300 years old.

01:00Yeah.