Oscar winning actor ‘set to play’ Dumbledore in new Harry Potter TV series

AN OSCAR-winning actor has been scouted as the next Dumbledore in the brand new HBO Harry Potter TV series.

Mark Rylance currently stars as Thomas Cromwell, Henry VII’s advisor, in the BBC period drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light – based on Hilary Mantle’s Tudor trilogy.

GettyMark Rylance is being touted as the next Dumbledore[/caption] PAMark Rylance plays Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light based on Hilary Mantel’s final novel[/caption] AlamyMichael...