In March 2025, HBO introduced that Nick Frost — an actor greatest recognized for his roles in films like “Sizzling Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Lifeless” — will likely be taking part in Rubeus Hagrid in the upcoming TV sequence adaptation of the “Harry Potter” books. The announcement garnered largely optimistic responses from followers, as he definitely appears to be like the half and has greater than sufficient performing chops to tug it off.
In an interview with Collider, Frost gave his ideas on the function. Significantly, he supplied some perception into how he’ll deal with a personality that was already portrayed completely by the late Robbie Coltrane, who performed Hagrid in all eight “Harry Potter” films.
“Whereas I am actually conscious of what went earlier than me when it comes to Robbie’s superb efficiency, I am by no means going to try to be Robbie,” Frost defined. “I will try to do one thing, not ‘completely different,’ I believe you need to be respectful to the subject material, however inside that, there’s scope for minutia.” He later added, “[Hagrid’s] humorous! I would like it to be humorous and cheeky and scared and protecting and childlike. That is what I am planning on doing.”
It is a quote that demonstrates a robust consciousness of simply how a lot of a tightrope this reboot will likely be for the forged and crew; they’re going to must put their very own particular spin on a narrative that was already tailored splendidly within the 2000s, however they can not change issues an excessive amount of as a result of e-book followers desire a trustworthy adaptation. It is particularly powerful as a result of the grownup actors particularly have been superb in these films. Followers will poke enjoyable on the sometimes stiff performing from the kid actors concerned, however few will deny that the grownup actors nailed it. Maggie Smith’s Professor McGonagall, Alan Rickman’s Severus Snape, and Robbie Coltrane’s Hagrid felt precisely how readers all the time imagined them.
Nick Frost is worked up to play such a beloved character
Regardless of the problem forward, Nick Frost appears thrilled to be part of the franchise. “I believe the fantastic thing about with the ability to do a e-book a season means I get to discover that much more, and I can not wait,” he defined. The TV format signifies that a few of Hagrid’s greatest moments from the books can lastly be explored on display. As an illustration, there is a storyline in “Goblet of Hearth” the place the varsity finds out that Hagrid is half-giant; Hagrid’s depressed and scared to return to educating, so the youngsters go to his hut and attempt to cheer him up. It is a very candy second that the flicks did not have time for, however a TV present would. (Assuming, after all, the “Harry Potter” sequence makes it to that time.)
Frost added, “I am simply so excited to get going. I’ve gone in to do head sculpts and have your hand stand and stuff, and so they say, ‘Oh, take a look at this.’ And you are like, ‘Wow. That is the good factor. … I like movies. I’ve beloved cinema my entire life, so to be a part of that universe now and that they are exhibiting me, like, a dancing mushroom, it is like, ‘That’s so cool!'”
Along with Frost as Hagrid, HBO has already introduced the actors for many of the different main characters within the sequence. A number of the most noteworthy casting selections thus far embrace John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu as Snape, and Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall. Not all of those are set in stone, however they’re at the very least a promising signal for a venture that in any other case has a ton of bags connected to it. Nobody is aware of for positive how this new adaptation of the “Harry Potter” sequence will pan out, however at the very least we all know the function of Hagrid in good fingers.
The “Harry Potter” TV present will stream on HBO Max at a yet-to-be-specified date sooner or later.
