From Zombies to Wizards: Shaun of the Dead Star Nick Frost Might Just Be Our Next Hagrid in HBO Harry Potter Series

The caller Wizarding World is starting to instrumentality shape. Casting is presently underway for HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series, and portion lone a fewer roles person folks attached, it looks similar Potter’s trusty sidekick and Hogwarts groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid is 1 of them. Shaun of the Dead prima Nick Frost is reportedly presently successful talks to instrumentality connected the role.

That said, HBO released a reasonably generic connection noting that it won’t remark connected casting decisions unless they’re confirmed. “We admit that specified a high-profile bid volition gully a batch of rumor and speculation,” the web explained via Variety. “As we marque our mode done pre-production, we volition lone corroborate details arsenic we finalize deals.”

It looks similar Nick Frost is the adjacent Hagrid. Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images.

So far, determination is lone 1 confirmed relation formed for the HBO series: John Lithgow confirmed that helium would beryllium taking connected the portion of Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts. With Lithgow officially successful the mix, fans present person to hold and spot if the different rumored casting talks propulsion through.

Black Mirror prima Paapa Essiedu is presently successful talks to prima arsenic Severus Snape, Hogwarts’ devious potions professor, with Janet McTeer besides successful talks to articulation the formed arsenic Minerva McGonagall, the transfiguration prof and caput of Gryffindor house. However, dissimilar Lithgow, Essiedu, McTeer, and Frost person not yet been confirmed — truthful there’s surely inactive waiting to bash arsenic the formed continues to grow.

Hagrid was primitively played by the precocious Scottish histrion Robbie Coltrane, who appeared successful each 8 films.

This week, The White Lotus Season 3 prima Jason Isaacs suggested a astonishing prime for who should instrumentality implicit his relation arsenic Lucius Malfoy.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.