HBO Harry Potter TV Series' Nick Frost Talks Hagrid Portrayal, and Need to Not Copy Movies: 'I'm Never Going to Try and Be Robbie'

Nick Frost has offered his archetypal thoughts connected playing Hagrid successful HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series, and said helium felt a request to not conscionable transcript what had travel before.

The Hot Fuzz and live-action How to Train Your Dragon prima said helium had already begun pre-production duties for his crook arsenic Hagrid, and decided however helium wanted his mentation of the lovable Hogwarts groundskeeper to basal out, portion inactive offering thing fans volition find familiar.

"While I'm truly alert of what went earlier maine successful presumption of Robbie [Coltrane]'s astonishing performance, I'm ne'er going to effort and beryllium Robbie," Frost told Collider.

"I'm going to effort and bash something, not 'different,'" helium contiuned, "I deliberation you person to beryllium respectful to the taxable matter, but wrong that, there's scope for minutia."

The precocious Robbie Coltrane portrayed Hagrid successful each 8 Harry Potter movies, and was reportedly an inspiration for the archetypal quality successful the books.

Frost has present signed connected to represent Hagrid implicit the adjacent decade, arsenic the Harry Potter TV bid adapts each caller implicit the people of an idiosyncratic TV season.

"I've had the accidental to spell and spot immoderate sets, and they're increasing a Hagrid beard," Frost separately told ScreenRant. It's unclear whether this refers to an in-progress prosthetic beard being made for him to wear, oregon idiosyncratic really increasing a beard that volition beryllium shorn disconnected and stuck connected Frost portion filming.

Nick Frost has offered his archetypal thoughts connected playing Hagrid successful the Harry Potter TV series. Photo by Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images.

Last month, the trio of kid actors acceptable to play the series' main roles were revealed, with newcomers Dominic McLaughlin successful the relation of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton arsenic Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout arsenic Ron Weasley.

"I'm a dada myself, truthful I americium going to beryllium precise protective to the children," Frost said present of the trio. "And I deliberation that is Hagrid's — 1 of the benignant of baselines of his narration with those children. He's precise protective of them, and I honestly can't wait."

Other actors already confirmed for the bid see John Lithgow (Conclave, Dexter) successful the cardinal relation of Albus Dumbledore, alongside Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, Black Mirror) arsenic Severus Snape.

Janet McTeer (Me Before You, The Menu) volition represent Minerva McGonagall, Luke Thallon (The Favourite, Present Laughter) is Quirinus Quirrell, portion Paul Whitehouse (The Fast Show, Alice Through the Looking Glass) volition play long-suffering caretaker Argus Filch.

"I ever work Hagrid arsenic he's similar a lovely, lost, violent, funny, lukewarm child," Frost concluded. "I deliberation the quality of being capable to bash a publication a play means I get to research that a batch more, and I can't wait. He's funny! I privation it to beryllium comic and cheeky and frightened and protective and childlike. That's what I'm readying connected doing."

The Harry Potter TV bid is expecting to statesman filming of its archetypal play this year, with a debut connected HBO planned for the opening of 2027.

Photo by Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images.

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