Beloved Scottish actor Alan Cumming, it turns out, almost had a role in the Harry Potter cinematic universe.
He recently told The Telegraph (via The Independent) how, when producers on 2002’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” offered him a major role in the franchise as Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart, he told them to “f*ck off” due to disputes over his salary.
(The role of Lockhart ultimately went to Kenneth Branagh.)“I didn’t turn it down,” Cumming said.
“I told them to f*ck off!”Cumming also revealed that he was competing with Rupert Everett, with whom he shared the same agent, for the role.
“They wanted me and Rupert Everett to do a screen test, and they said they couldn’t pay me more than a certain sum, they just didn’t have any more money in the budget,” Cumming said.“And I had the same agent as Rupert,
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