The yassification of Hagrid, as the kids say
HBO’s Harry Potter TV show is coming to the small screen in 2027, with filming officially beginning this week. We’ve already had one first look in the form of Dominic McLaughlin’s Harry, and now a second character has followed suit. Nick Frost’s Hagrid has already made waves on the internet, but there’s something important to bear in mind.
Of course, we all love the original cast in the Harry Potter movies, including Maggie Smith (McGonagall), Alan Rickman (Snape), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) and original Hagrid Robbie Coltrane. Yet the fact remains that in two years time we’ll have a fresh crop of famous faces in these same roles, such as Paapa Essiedu (Snape), John Lithgow (Dumbledore), Nick Frost (Hagrid), and Janet McTeer (McGonagall).
Obviously, the HBO Max version can never replace who came before, and it goes without saying that the new TV show will likely feel completely different. While these are just assumptions at this stage, the first look at Nick Frost’s Hagrid could certainly blur the line between the two in the worst way.Is Hagrid in the HBO Harry Potter TV show too much like the original movie version?
Obviously, the fact that McLaughlin’s Harry looks so similar to a young Daniel Radcliffe has gone down incredibly well (including with me), but the similarities in Hagrid’s past and present is slightly more unsettling.
