John Lithgow was seen in the iconic Dumbledore attire for the first time on the new Harry Potter TV series set in the United Kingdom. The Oscar-nominated actor, 79, looked unrecognizable in the character’s infamous long white hair, beard, and mustache while he began filming the franchise’s upcoming HBO series. Dumbledore was previously played by Irish actor Richard Harris in the original Harry Potter films; Harris died in 2002. The role was then taken over by Michael Gambon, who tragically died in 2023. Lithgow was seen on a beach in Cornwall, away from the nearly $5 million set built in Windsor Park. He was captured wearing a puff-sleeve blue shirt and a matching waistcoat with a gold pocket watch as he walked along the ocean, later clutching his waist as though in pain. He was then seen

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