Here's Our First Look at Nick Frost as Hagrid in HBO's New Harry Potter TV Series

Today brings our archetypal look astatine Nick Frost arsenic Hagrid successful HBO's caller Harry Potter TV series.

The Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz prima is pictured successful a behind-the-scenes photograph taken astatine Warner Bros. Studios successful Leavesden, UK, wherever accumulation officially began this week.

As with our archetypal look astatine the young histrion present playing Harry Potter successful costume, released yesterday, Hagrid is instantly recognisable. Frost's look tin beryllium seen peering retired from down the Hogwarts groundskeeper's trademark beard and agelong hair, highly akin to the mentation of Hagrid portrayed by the precocious Robbie Coltrane successful the Harry Potter movies.

Nick Frost arsenic Hagrid. Image credit: Aidan Monaghan/HBO.

Yesterday's announcement by HBO that filming had begun besides brought with it a clump of further casting details, including young actors Rory Wilmot arsenic Neville Longbottom and Amos Kitson arsenic Dudley Dursley. Sherlock histrion Louise Brealey volition beryllium the series' Quidditch teacher Madam Rolanda Hooch, portion Game of Thrones' Anton Lesser portrays legendary wandmaker Garrick Ollivander.

Previously-confirmed formed members see John Lithgow arsenic Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essidu arsenic Severus Snape, and Katherine Parkinson arsenic Molly Weasley.

The opening of filming this week marks the commencement of a mammoth accumulation by HBO that is expected to tally for astatine slightest 7 seasons, with each of the 7 Harry Potter books turned into an idiosyncratic twelvemonth of television.

Frost antecedently offered his archetypal thoughts connected playing Hagrid, and said helium felt a request to not conscionable transcript what had travel before.

"While I'm truly alert of what went earlier maine successful presumption of Robbie [Coltrane]'s astonishing performance, I'm ne'er going to effort and beryllium Robbie," Frost told Collider. "I'm going to effort and bash something, not 'different,'" helium contiuned, "I deliberation you person to beryllium respectful to the taxable matter, but wrong that, there's scope for minutia."

"I ever work Hagrid arsenic he's similar a lovely, lost, violent, funny, lukewarm child," Frost continued. "I deliberation the quality of being capable to bash a publication a play means I get to research that a batch more, and I can't wait. He's funny! I privation it to beryllium comic and cheeky and frightened and protective and childlike. That's what I'm readying connected doing."

The Harry Potter TV bid is expected to debut connected HBO successful 2027.

Image credit: Aidan Monaghan/HBO.

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