Hagrid Actor Robbie Coltrane Remembered by J.K. Rowling, ‘Harry Potter’ Cast: ‘Such Depth, Power and Talent’

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passed away at age 72. “Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set,” shared Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe, Coltrane’s frequent scene partner as Rubeus Hagrid in all eight “Potter” films. “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.”His statement continued, “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.”J.K. Rowling remembered Coltrane as “an incredible talent, a complete one off.”“I’ll never know anyone remotely like Robbie again,” she wrote on Twitter, adding that she was “beyond fortunate to know him, work with him and laugh my head off with him.

I send my love and deepest condolences to his family, above all his children.”James Phelps, who played Fred Weasley in the films, was one of many cast members who had fond memories of working with Coltrane.“I will miss the random chats about all subjects under the sun,” Phelps recalled. “And I’ll never forget in September 2000, Robbie Coltrane came over to a very nervous 14yr old me on my 1st ever day on a movie set and said ‘Enjoy it, you’ll be great’.

Thank you for that x.”His twin brother Oliver, who also played his twin brother George, shared a similar memory from November 2001 in London’s Leicester Square.“‘Soak this in lads, its like a Rolls-Royce for your first car”!