First look at Nick Frost as Hagrid in Harry Potter TV reboot
Asyia Iftikhar
Nick Frost was kitted out as Harry Potter’s Rubeus Hagrid (Picture: Aidan Monaghan/ HBO)
Production just started for HBO’s Harry Potter TV series and fans already have their first glimpse at Nick Frost as Hagrid.
Filming for the ambitious seven-season show kicked off at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, UK, earlier this week.
The newly cast boy wizard, Dominic McLaughlin, shared a photo in the iconic Hogwarts outfit, with the look completed with a lightning scar and round spectacles as he ushered in the start of production.
Now, another onset picture has shown the 53-year-old actor, who is portraying the friendly half-giant gameskeeper, completely transformed.
Much like the late Robbie Coltrane, who previously played Rubeus Hagrid in the TV series, the photo of Frost shows him with a magnificent mane of brown hair, a rugged beard, an oversized brown coat and a button-up.
The new adaptation from Francesca Gardiner also stars Alistair Stout and Arabella Stanton as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger – although we are yet to see the golden trio dressed as the iconic characters.
Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, in the upcoming HBO Original series, Harry Potter
Filming started earlier this week (Picture: Aidan Monaghan)
Robbie Coltrane Hagrid Harry Potter Movies Credit: Warner Bros
The late Robbie Coltrane played this role in the film adaptation (Picture: Warner Bros)
Based on JK Rowling’s bestselling children’s novel, the adult cast features John Lithgow as Professor Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Katherine Parkinson as Mrs Weasley – to name a few.
Yesterday, Sherlock star Louise Brealey and Anton Lesser were confirmed to be playing Madam Hooch and Ollivander.
The first season aims to finish filming in 2026, with a release window in 2027, shortly followed by the second.
This adaptation has come under controversy due to Rowling’s public views on the transgender community, which has prompted LGBTQ+ groups and allies to boycott the series.
Frost, who recently starred opposite trans star Jordan Gray in sitcom Transcation, has spoken about his decision to join the cast and how he has grappled with following in Coltrane’s footsteps.
‘You get cast because you’re going to bring something to that. While I’m really aware of what went before me in terms of Robbie [Coltrane]’s amazing performance, I’m never going to try and be Robbie.
‘I’m going to try and do something, not “different”’ I think you have to be respectful to the subject matter, but within that, there’s scope for minutia,’ he told Collider.
He saw Hagrid as a ‘lovely, lost, violent, funny, warm child’ and plans to play him ‘funny and cheeky and scared and protective and childlike’.
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