He passed away last Saturday Robbie ColtraneHagrid in ‘Harry Potter‘, one of the unforgettable characters of the saga.
Cooltrane was 72 years old and the causes of his death are unknown.
It should be remembered that already in 2019 he explained that He suffered from osteoarthritis, a disease that affects the deterioration of the joints and that caused him a lot of pain.
The news has shocked Hollywood.
Emma Whatson has been one of the first stars to fire Coltrane.
“Robbie was the funniest guy I’ve ever had, but most of all He was loving and compassionate to me as a child and as an adult,” said Emma Watson.
“His talent was immense and it made sense for him to play a giant,” he said of his character in ‘Harry Potter’. “Robbie, if I ever get to be as nice as you were to me on set, I promise I will do it on your behalf and in your memory,” he confessed in a post on his social networks.
I want you to know how much I adore you and I admire you. I’m going to miss your sweetness, your nicknames, your warmth, your laughter and your hugs. You made us a family,” he wrote on his Instagram and with a “there is no better Hagrid” he said goodbye to the friend.
For his part, Daniel Radcliffe expressed through a statement that “Robbie was one of the funniest people I have ever met, he always made us laugh. when we were little on the set.”
The protagonist keeps with special affection the moments in which the actor raised the spirits of the troops.
He recalls when they were filming ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ and torrential rain stopped filming for several hours. Robbie Coltrane “told stories and joked to keep morale high.”
“I feel incredibly lucky to have met him and to have worked with him. It is very sad that he is gone. He was an incredible actor and a charming man », concludes the statement from Radcliffe, who does not have social networks.
Rupert Grint expressed for his part to have “a broken heart”.
“Just like Hagrid in the books and movies, Robbie was in real life: warm, compassionate and funny. A man with a giant heart who continued to take care of us even decades later,” he declared.
According to Tom Felton (Draco Morfo in the series), Robbie was concerned that everyone felt comfortable and calm on set and outside of it.
“One of my best memories shooting ‘Harry Potter’ was during a night shoot of the first movie in the Forbidden Forest. I was 12 years old and Robbie cared and cared for everyone around him and made them laugh effortlessly, “he confessed in his networks.
“He was a great friend as a giant on screen but he was even more so in real life. I love you mate, thank you so much for everything,” Felton concluded.
JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books also confessed her amazement with Coltrane’s personality. I will never meet anyone like Robbie again. He had an incredible, totally unique talent, and I was so lucky to meet him, work with him and laugh out loud with him.”
And he concluded: «I send my love and my deepest condolences to his family and, above all, to his children»
