{"id":2214,"date":"2025-07-15T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/2214\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:27:03","slug":"nick-frost-debuts-hagrid-in-first-look-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/2214\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Frost Debuts Hagrid in First Look Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMeet the new Rubeus Hagrid. <\/p>\n

\n\tFresh off HBO<\/a>\u2018s announcement that its upcoming \u201cHarry Potter<\/a>\u201d series has officially started production \u2014 and the debut of newcomer Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter<\/a> \u2014 the network has revealed the first image of Nick Frost<\/a> as the lovable half-giant. The \u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d and \u201cHot Fuzz\u201d actor follows in the footsteps of Robbie Coltrane, who played Hogwarts\u2019 gamekeeper and groundskeeper in all eight of the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d films.<\/p>\n

\n\tFilming on Season 1 of the series began on Monday at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K. and is expected to last until the spring of 2026. Alongside McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton stars as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. The young trio were selected from more than 30,000 actors who auditioned in a casting call last fall.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast also includes John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge. Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley and Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley. Additional names revealed on Monday were Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda Hooch and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe series will debut in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max where available and is led by showrunner and writer Francesca Gardiner (\u201cHis Dark Materials,\u201d \u201cKilling Eve\u201d) and director Mark Mylod (\u201cSuccession\u201d). Gardiner and Mylod are executive producing alongside series author J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Bront\u00eb Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films. The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series is being made by HBO in association with Bront\u00eb Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full photo of Frost as Hagrid below.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid in HBO\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series.
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