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Jun 15, 2021 · All the main characters in "Harry Potter" had to be played by British actors. "It was a British-only edict, and once [Columbus] said no to Robin, he wasn't going to say yes to anybody else, that's for sure," Hirshenson explained (via Huffington Post). Williams was believed to be referencing the role of Hagrid in a 2001 interview with The New ...
- Angela Andaloro
Dec 9, 2021 · There were two "Harry Potter" characters Robin Williams was vying to play. One of them was Rubeus Hagrid (played in the films by Robbie Coltrane), the half-giant and half-human gamekeeper and ...
Nov 10, 2021 · Robin Williams as Hagrid. Speaking to Huffington Post back in 2016, casting director Janet Hirshenson revealed that Robin had reached out to director Chris Columbus "because he really wanted to be ...
Apr 27, 2024 · Despite his desire to play the jovial gamekeeper and groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series, comedy legend Robin Williams wasn’t even offered an audition by the film’s makers — it was the biggest miscarriage of justice since they took Hagrid’s wand.
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Dec 31, 2016 · Comedy legend Robin Williams was keen on appearing in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as Hagrid, but he was turned down for this reason. ... because he really wanted to be in the movie, but ...
Jan 3, 2017 · Robin Williams talked a little bit about getting passed over for the part in 2001 in an interview with the New York Post. Here is what he had to say. Here is what he had to say.
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Apr 25, 2022 · The casting director Janet Hirshenson confirmed Williams wanted to feature in the fantasy series. “Robin [Williams] had called [Chris Columbus] because he really wanted to be in the movie, but it was a British-only edict, and once he said no to Robin, he wasn’t going to say yes to anybody else, that’s for sure,” said the casting director.
