
HP TV: A Harry Potter TV Series Podcast
Jun 8, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
Join us as we chat about the latest Harry Potter updates and dive into character studies of three Hogwarts professors: Professor Quirinus Quirrell, Professor Cuthbert Binns, and Professor Filius…
Mitchell MarshallHostSteven MarshallHost
Jaime RamosHostWhy did we not talk about Gary Oldman as Dumbledore or did we? And we don't remember.
I mean, obviously that ship has sailed, but he's, you know, it'd be cool kind of as a legacy character.
He could look very different, especially after studying about Flitwick this week.
I mean, you can look, you could make the same actor look very, very different.
It's crazy to think he could play Dumbledore because that was, I know it was 20 years ago, but he was playing Sirius, who he was probably almost 20 years too old to play Sirius.
They're doing the whole book, which I love because there were a lot of wonderful things, fabric and character detail we had to lose for the sake of telling the story in two hours.
And he said, I don't think they want any of us from the movies contaminating or muddying the waters.
Why did we not talk about Gary Oldman as Dumbledore or did we? And we don't remember.
I mean, obviously that ship has sailed, but he's, you know, it'd be cool kind of as a legacy character.
He could look very different, especially after studying about Flitwick this week.
I mean, you can look, you could make the same actor look very, very different.
It's crazy to think he could play Dumbledore because that was, I know it was 20 years ago, but he was playing Sirius, who he was probably almost 20 years too old to play Sirius.
They're doing the whole book, which I love because there were a lot of wonderful things, fabric and character detail we had to lose for the sake of telling the story in two hours.
And he said, I don't think they want any of us from the movies contaminating or muddying the waters.
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