Nick Frost will stay devoted to the efficiency of the late Robbie Coltrane when taking part in Rubeus Hagrid within the extremely anticipated HBO “Harry Potter” collection. However don’t anticipate him to be a precise copy.

In a current interview with Collider, Frost mentioned how Coltrane, who performed Hagrid throughout all eight of the unique “Harry Potter” movies, will affect his tackle the Hogwarts groundskeeper in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” TV adaptation. Frost stated he’s “actually conscious of what went earlier than” him when it comes to Coltrane’s “superb efficiency,” however made it clear he’s “by no means” going to repeat his work.

“I’m going to attempt to do one thing, not ‘completely different,’ I believe you must be respectful to the subject material, however inside that, there’s scope for minutia,” Frost defined. “I at all times learn Hagrid as he’s like a stunning, misplaced, violent, humorous, heat little one. I believe the fantastic thing about with the ability to do a ebook a season means I get to discover that much more, and I can’t wait.”

Different forged members for HBO’s “Harry Potter” embody Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.

Francesca Gardiner serves as showrunner whereas Mark Mylod of “Succession” serves as director. The collection is government produced by “Harry Potter” writer J.Ok. Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Movie and TV and David Heyman of Heyday Movies.

Every of the collection’ seven books will make up a complete season of the present, giving Mylod and Gardiner an opportunity to develop on the established tales with out unraveling the supply materials.