Daniel Radcliffe has paid tribute to the 72-year-old Robbie Coltrane, calling the actor who portrayed the beloved Harry Potter character Hagrid, “one of many funniest individuals I’ve met”.
The Scottish actor’s loss of life was confirmed by his agent Belinda Wright in a press release: “My client and friend Robbie Coltrane OBE passed away on Friday October 14.”
No reason for loss of life was given however Wright thanked medical workers at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, central Scotland, “for their care and diplomacy”.
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Robbie Coltrane: ‘One of the funniest individuals I’ve met’
Radcliffe and Coltrane appeared collectively in all eight instalments of the Potter movie franchise from 2001 to 2011.
According to Deadline, Radcliffe paid tribute to Coltrane within the following assertion:
“Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set.
“I’ve especially fond memories of him keeping our spirits up on Prisoner of Azkaban, when we were all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling stories and cracking jokes to keep morale up.
“I feel incredibly lucky that I got to meet and work with him and very sad that he’s passed. He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.”
Writing on Twitter, Harry Potter creator JK Rowling described Coltrane as an “incredible talent” and “a complete one-off”.
Robbie Coltrane: Larger than life
Coltrane, who was born Anthony Robert McMillan on 30 March 1950, in Rutherglen, close to Glasgow, carved out a profession as an actor, comic and author.
Apart from his position as Hagrid, the half-giant half-human gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts faculty, the Scottish actor additionally starred in two James Bond movies — Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999).
The position of Hagrid “brought joy to children and adults alike all over the world, prompting a stream of fan letters every week for over 20 years”, mentioned Wright.
As for his tv work, Coltrane gained a number of awards for his portrayal of the hard-drinking felony psychologist Dr Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald within the British sequence Cracker (1993 to 2006).
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‘I’ll not be right here, sadly, however Hagrid will, sure’
On 1 January 2022, Coltrane participated in HBO Max’s Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts particular alongside his former castmates Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton.
InTouchWeekly reported that in his reunion particular confessional, the late actor spoke about his character and his expertise on the set of the hit films.
“Hagrid was always a good guy,” he mentioned. “And the way he looked after Harry, and he was the guy who told him he was a wizard at the start. So, it was a lovely part to play for that reason. And we had a lot of fun with it, you know.”
Coltrane additionally mirrored on how he felt about starring in the entire Harry Potter films.
“It’s 10 years of my life, and my children have grown up during it, of course,” he defined. “My children’s generation will show them to their children so you could be watching it in 50 years time easy. I’ll not be here, sadly, but Hagrid will, yes.”
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