Robbie Coltrane knew that Hagrid would turn out to be immortal by the magic of the flicks.
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The wizarding world’s favourite half-giant mentioned that the bearded hero Rubeus Hagrid would dwell on for generations.
The late Robbie Coltrane — who prolifically portrayed Professor Dumbledore’s jolly ally within the “Harry Potter” movies — spoke out on the legacy he could be forsaking not so lengthy earlier than his loss of life at 72, which was introduced Friday.
Throughout HBO Max’s “Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” which was launched in January and encompasses a forged reunion, Coltrane proudly boasted that his kids, Spencer and Alice, would be capable to admire and revel in his magical creature-loving character lengthy after he had handed away.
“The legacy of the flicks is . . . that my kids’s era will present them to their kids,” Coltrane mentioned in between clips of the beloved Hogwarts groundskeeper.
“So you might be watching it in 50 years time, simple. I’ll not be right here, sadly, however Hagrid will. Sure.”
Leaving a legacy behind for the youngsters of the world has all the time been an aspiration for Coltrane, he mentioned after filming “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001.
“I’ve usually thought whereas watching issues like ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ with my youngsters, ‘Wouldn’t it's nice to be in a movie like that and entire generations of youngsters would see it?’
“And now, it’s occurred.”
The magic he delivered to “Harry Potter” wasn’t solely loved by kids watching at dwelling or film theaters. Daniel Radcliffe mentioned Coltrane would depart the forged in stitches whereas filming.
“Robbie was one of many funniest individuals I’ve met and used to maintain us laughing continually as youngsters on the set,” Radcliffe, who performed the titular Boy Who Lived, advised The Submit in a press release.
“I’ve particularly fond reminiscences of him retaining our spirits up on ‘Prisoner of Azkaban,’ once we had been all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling tales and cracking jokes to maintain morale up,” Radcliffe mentioned of constructing the 2004 film with Coltrane.
“I really feel extremely fortunate that I acquired to fulfill and work with him and really unhappy that he’s handed. He was an unimaginable actor and a beautiful man.”
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