Miriam Margolyes, an actor famous among millennials for her performance as Professor Sprout in the "Harry Potter" movies, was asked to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2023. Had she signed on, she would've starred in the well-received 2024 miniseries "Agatha All Along," playing the role of the centuries-old, divination-powered witch Lilia Calderu. She declined the role (which ended up going to Patti LuPone instead) for two amusing reasons: she's sick of stories involving witches, and she doesn't like the U.S.

"They just contacted me and said we're doing a story about witches," Margolyes explained to News Corp Australia's News.com.au in 2024. "I thought, 'Oh God, not witches again,' because I've done that with 'Harry Potter.'"

After being told that "Agatha All Along" was about wi

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