The Harry Potter series would have finally found the actor perfect to play Hagrid

He is the guardian of keys and places at Hogwarts, the gamekeeper who becomes a real friend for Harry Potter, and undoubtedly one of the most adored characters of the fans of the saga of JK Rowling … It is of course Rubeus Hagrid!

And according to Deadlineit would seem that the one who will play it in the new series Harry Potter In preparation at HBO will be none other than the English actor and humorist Nick Frost.

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Famous partner of Simon Pegg with whom he made in six films, including the famous Cornetto trilogy (Shaun of the Dead,, Hot fuzz And The last ad before the end of the world) and comedy Paul (that they wrote together), Frost would be about to take an agreement with HBO to lend his features to Hagrid.

Soon on the poster of the live-action remake of Dragonsthe actor would not be his first cult character if his casting in this role is confirmed. He has indeed already played Santa Claus in Doctor Who as well as Dupont in Steven Spielberg's film, Tintin's adventures: the secret of the unicorn.

He already has a link with the franchise on the little sorcerer because he played in front of a former movies star Harry PotterRupert Grint (Ron Weasley), in the comic series Sick Note.

In short, if the information of Deadline is confirmed (HBO continues to refuse to formalize the distribution of the series), Frost should not have too much trouble camping the character of Hagrid, previously embodied by Robbie Coltrane in the Hues Films Harry Potter Released between 2001 and 2011.

He would join the casting John LithgowJanet McTeer and Paapa essiedu Who are also in negotiations to appear in the series, respectively in the roles of teachers Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Severus Rogue.

The rumor around the casting of Frost has been circulating for a short week on the web, after the actor posted a cryptic publication on His Instagram account And started to follow Essiedu and Lithgow on the social network.

While waiting to know more, we cross our fingers, because this casting announcement is perhaps the most delightful to date concerning this series Harry Potter which aims to be “A faithful adaptation” Rowling novels on the little glasses sorcerer.

As a reminder, the show is planned to last ten years, adapting each of the volumes of the saga Harry Potter With Francesca Gardiner (screenwriter and showrunner) and Mark Mylod (director and executive producer) at La

The shooting of season 1 should start this summer for a broadcast on the Max streaming platform At the end of 2026 or early 2027.