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Why Hollywood Stopped Casting The Actor Who Played Hagrid
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However, the VFX team often superimposed Coltrane's body into scenes with the help of a green screen to make Hagrid look larger than the characters next to him. For Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Columbus hired Martin Bayfield, a 6'10 former rugby player as the perfect body double for Hagrid.
Synopsis. The actor was suffering from sepsis, lower respiratory tract infection & heart block. Robbie Coltrane, popular for featuring in film franchises like 'Harry Potter' and 'James Bond', died on October 14 at the age of 72.
Harry Potter's Hagrid played by Robbie Coltrane will always be remembered for acting prowess.
He eventually becomes the Care of Magical Creatures professor and is later revealed to be a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Hagrid is portrayed by Robbie Coltrane in all eight Harry Potter films.
player Martin Bayfield. Actor, broadcaster, and former rugby union player Martin Bayfield tell's Xander how he was the stunt double for Robbie Coltrane's Hagrid.