{"id":2258751,"date":"2026-01-30T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2258751"},"modified":"2026-01-30T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:12:19","slug":"harry-potter-star-reveals-the-insane-way-he-manifested-hagrid-role-on-hbo-show-7000-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/harry-potter-star-reveals-the-insane-way-he-manifested-hagrid-role-on-hbo-show-7000-times\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; star reveals the insane way he manifested Hagrid role on HBO show: &#8216;7,000 times&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2Fnick-frost-attends-uk-premiere-120044418.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nick Frost had his own <em>accio<\/em> spell in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, 53, shared the intense way he manifested the role of Rubeus Hagrid for the upcoming HBO \u201cHarry Potter\u201d television series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I was cast as Hagrid, my partner suggested trying to manifest it. So last Christmas, I watched all the films back to back on the Sky Harry Potter channel, while writing out the word \u201cHagrid\u201d 7,000 times,\u201d Frost told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jan\/29\/nick-frost-tarantino-has-pictures-of-me-in-his-cinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> in an interview published on Thursday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick Frost attends the UK Premiere of \u201cThe Running Man\u201d at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on November 5, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen all the films,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe go through them all as a family during Christmas every year. We start on 20 December and finish a week and a half later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While chatting with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/harry-potter-series-hagrid-details-nick-frost-robbie-coltrane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collider<\/a>\u00a0in June, the \u201cHot Fuzz\u201d star detailed his plan for the character.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to try and do something, not \u2018different,\u2019 I think you have to be respectful to the subject matter, but within that, there\u2019s scope for minutia,\u201d Frost elaborated. \u201cI always read Hagrid as he\u2019s like a lovely, lost, violent, funny, warm child. I think the beauty of being able to do a book a season means I get to explore that a lot more, and I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick Frost filming the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d reboot. <span class=\"credit\">Dean \u0096 Click News \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, not everyone was thrilled by the casting decision.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Columbus, who directed the original \u201cHarry Potter,\u201d wasn\u2019t exactly sold after seeing on set pictures of Frost as Hagrid. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I\u2019m seeing these photographs\u2026 and [Frost is] wearing the exact same costume that we designed for Hagrid. Part of me was like: What\u2019s the point?\u201d he stated while on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3vlrhFPx0lKp4liZV8K9o6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Rest Is Entertainment\u201d podcast<\/a> in August. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robbie Coltrane, Daniel Radcliffe in \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone\u201d in 2001.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/courtesy Everett Co<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid in the 2001 \u201cHarry Potter\u201d movie.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI thought the costumes and everything was going to be different, but it\u2019s more of the same. It\u2019s all going to be the same,\u201d Columbus added. \u201cIt\u2019s very flattering for me, because I\u2019m like, that\u2019s exactly the Hagrid costume that we designed. So, part of it is really exciting, so I\u2019m excited to see what they\u2019re going to do with it. Part of it is sort of deja vu all over again.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And the director didn\u2019t shy away from sharing his take with Frost himself. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018This is very surreal for me \u2014 you have to understand, Robbie Coltrane and I were so close.\u2019 So it\u2019s just weird, bizarre,\u201d Columbus told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/showbiz\/harry-potter-director-chris-columbus-nick-frost-hagrid-b1244221.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Standard<\/a> about their conversation. <\/p>\n<p>Hagrid was originally played by Coltrane, who died in 2022 at the age of 72.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A shot of the new \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series filming in Hertfordshire, UK. <span class=\"credit\">Click News and Media \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, John Lithgow\u00a0has also fully stepped\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/26\/entertainment\/john-lithgow-cast-as-dumbledore-in-hbos-harry-potter-series-mixed-reactions\/\">into his role as Professor Albus Dumbledore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In October, on set photos surfaced showing the actor, 80, sporting a long, white beard, and an oversized robe.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\">Lithgow stood on a beach and also wore a pair of glasses, which lay on the bridge of his nose \u2013 true to Dumbledore form. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dominic McLaughlin filming the new \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series.  <span class=\"credit\">Click News and Media \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rory Willmort filming on Nov. 11, 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">Click News and Media \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">Production originally started in July, with the cast shooting around England over the summer and fall. <\/p>\n<p>Other on location images captured Frost and\u00a0Dominic McLaughlin, who plays Harry Potter.<\/p>\n<p>Lithgow\u2019s casting was first announced last February, with the star confirming the news in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/harry-potter-show-john-lithgow-dumbledore-casting-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an interview with ScreenRant<\/a>\u00a0at the time.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt came as a total surprise to me,\u201d he confessed. \u201cI just got the phone call up at the Sundance Film Festival for yet another film, and it was not an easy decision because it\u2019s going to define me for the last chapter of my life, I\u2019m afraid.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited. Some wonderful people are turning their attention back to\u00a0\u2018Harry Potter,\u2019\u201d continued Lithgow. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s been such a hard decision. I\u2019ll be about 87 years old at the wrap party, but I\u2019ve said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series is set to premiere in 2026 with each season being adapted from one of\u00a0J.K. Rowling\u2019s seven \u201cHarry Potter\u201d books. If the show does one season per year for each novel, Lithgow would wrap the show at age 87 in 2033. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Matthew Lewis in \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A shot of the original \u201cHarry Potter\u201d cast in the 2011 film.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the first two\u00a0\u201cHarry Potter\u201d films, the original professor was portrayed by\u00a0Richard Harris.\u00a0Michael Gambon\u00a0then took over the role after Harris died in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Jude Law also\u00a0played the younger version of Dumbledore in two\u00a0\u201cFantastic Beasts\u201d\u00a0prequels.<\/p>\n<p>The main trio in the original movies included Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Lithgow, Frost and McLaughlin, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/13\/entertainment\/jk-rowling-is-involved-in-harry-potter-tv-series-after-anti-trans-comments\/\">the highly-anticipated series<\/a>\u00a0has also cast\u00a0Arabella Stanton\u00a0in the role of Hermione Granger, and\u00a0Alastair Stout\u00a0as Ron Weasley.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Frost had his own accio spell in hand. The actor, 53, shared the intense way he manifested the role of Rubeus Hagrid for the upcoming HBO \u201cHarry Potter\u201d television series. \u201cBefore I was cast as Hagrid, my partner suggested trying to manifest it. 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