Alan Cumming Says He Told ‘Harry Potter’ Producers to ‘F- Off’ When He Was Approached for a Part
thewrap.comThe Telegraph. “I told them to f— off!”According to Cumming, he and “Another Country” star Rupert Everett were both up for the part of the vain and bumbling professor in 2002’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” Cumming said he dropped out of the running after negotiations over pay fell through.“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,” he said.Everett and Cumming shared the same agent, so Cumming said he knew Everett was being offered more money. “Blatantly lying, stupidly lying, as well,” he said. “Like, if you’re going to lie, be clever about it.”The part eventually went to Kenneth Branagh, who, as Cumming.
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