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New Hagrid Actor Nick Frost Says He Landed HBO's 'Harry Potter' Series After Watching All Eight Movies and Writing 'Hagrid' Down 7,000 Times by Zack Sharf

Nick Frost recently told The Guardian that he manifested playing the role of Hagrid in HBO's upcoming "Harry Potter" series reboot by watching all eight "Harry Potter" movies on television and writing the name "Hagrid" thousands of times by hand. As drastic as that may sound, the universe clearly listened as the "Hot Fuzz" and […]

SOURCE: Variety at 06:22PM on January 29, 2026

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