Daniel Radcliffe has paid tribute to Harry Potter co-star, Robbie Coltrane, who has died at the age of 72. The pair worked together over the course of eight films from 2001-2011.
“Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set,” Radcliffe’s statement reads. “I’ve especially fond memories of him keeping our spirits up on ‘Prisoner of Azkaban,’ when we were all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling stories and cracking jokes to keep morale up. I feel incredibly lucky that I got to meet and work with him and very sad that he’s passed. He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.”
While Coltrane is best known for his role as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, he was also a member of the James Bond franchise, having appeared in 1995’s GoldenEye and 1999’s The World Is Not Enough. Earlier this year, Coltrane appeared in HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th anniversary special, Return to Hogwarts, along with Radcliffe and other stars like Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
