showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletter Alan Cumming has revealed he was in the running for a Harry Potter role but told bosses to “f*** off” over pay. The Good Wife star said he was a contender to play Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in 2002's Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, the second silver screen instalment of JK Rowling’s adored series about the boy wizard.Alan, 56, was in the mix for the showy role of the Hogwarts professor alongside Rupert Everett, who he shared an agent with.But it all came to an end when he served up a few choice words over the salary issue.
