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FAQs
McKellen starred as Gandalf in the original Lord of the Rings trilogy from 2001 to 2003 and reprised the role in the Hobbit prequel trilogy, released from 2012 to 2014. In 2018, he told Time Out he was miserable shooting on green screens during the making of the Hobbit films.
Oh course the obvious and boring answer is no, he's from a different franchise.
Sir Ian McKellen rejected the part of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films after he was allegedly insulted by Richard Harris, allowing Sir Michael Gambon to take the role of the bearded professor instead.
Summary
| Harry Potter Actor | Harry Potter Character | Lord of The Rings Character |
|---|---|---|
| James Phelps | Fred Weasley | Merry |
| Matthew Lewis | Neville Longbottom | Pippin |
| Toby Jones | Dobby | Gollum |
| Alan Rickman | Severus Snape | Saruman |
Peter Jackson was first determined to get Shean Connery to play Gandalf. But Connery refused, because he was not intested in fantasy genre. Then they approached Patrick Stewart, but he refused after reading the script and decided he did not like it. So eventually Ian McKellen got the part.
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