Simon Pegg voices Hogwarts headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black in Hogwarts Legacy.
Pegg will give voice to Phineas Nigellus Black in the game, the great-great-grandfather of Sirius Black, portrayed in the films by Gary Oldman. Unlike that popular character, however, or the wise and compassionate Dumbledore who headed up Hogwarts in the novels and movies, Phineas Nigellus Black is pretty much a complete dick—the students don't like him, and he doesn't like the students.
"Phineas Nigellus Black is the least popular headmaster in the history of Hogwarts," Pegg explains in the new trailer."He is a sort of pompous, disinterested—he's not a good teacher or headmaster in any way. I think he would've taken the role of headmaster because of the gig. You know, it's a prestigious position.
"I don't think he has any interest in children's education or being, in any way, a role model. It's not really his concern. What he wants in the kudos of being the headmaster of the greatest wizarding school in the world. He's just a bit of an idiot, really." Warner's own description of Black is equally blunt:"Wildly ill-suited to his job, his goal is to do the least amount of work possible and avoid exposure to the student body, preferring to focus on his status in the wizarding world and his surgically manicured beard."
That’ll be a real shift from the heroic headmaster Harry Potter fans grew accustomed to through most of the novel series, but you need some conflict somewhere to keep things interesting. And who knows? Maybe the head of Slytherin House will be a surprise good guy this time around.
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