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On X, the account Wizarding World Direct posted set photos of Lithgow in character, seemingly filming scenes on a beach. The actor is sporting Dumbledore’s trademark long white beard and an outfit that’s fitting for the Hogwarts headmaster. Check out the images in the space below:
Why Is Dumbledore on the Beach in Harry Potter Set Photos?
Harry Potter Season 1 is currently in production. Since the plan calls for each season to adapt one of the novels, the focus would seemingly be on scenes from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for now. That’s what makes these set photos so interesting. Depicting Dumbledore on a beach (possibly casting a spell for unknown purposes) is a deviation from the Sorcerer’s Stone book, so the images raise questions about the context of the scene being filmed. In a passage from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry imagines Dumbledore taking a nice summer vacation to the beach, but the old wizard doesn’t appear to be on holiday here.
The sequence of Dumbledore on the beach could be an original creation for the TV series. On-screen adaptations make changes to their source material all the time; nobody should expect the Harry Potter show to be exact one-to-one translations of the original texts. The first season will consist of eight episodes, which means there could be a lot of time to fill depending on episode length. Sorcerer’s Stone is the shortest of all the Harry Potter books, so even with the inclusion of parts cut from the movie (like Vernon Dursley’s encounter with a wizard on the street), the showrunners may have to add parts to the story to flesh out the season.
