Emma Watson was amongst a number of “Harry Potter” forged members who paid tribute this weekend to their beloved co-star Robbie Coltrane, who died Friday at age 72.
On her Instagram story, Watson shared a candy picture of her and Coltrane catching up whereas filming HBO Max’s “Harry Potter” reunion particular final yr. In the fantasy movies, Watson performed good younger witch Hermione Granger whereas Coltrane portrayed light half-giant wizard Rubeus Hagrid.
“Robbie was like the most fun uncle I’ve ever had but most of all he was deeply caring, and compassionate towards me as a child and an adult,” wrote Watson, who was 11 when the primary “Harry Potter” movie hit theaters in 2001.
“His talent was so immense it made sense he played a giant — he could fill ANY space with his brilliance.”
Watson and Coltrane shared a number of scenes throughout the eight “Harry Potter” movies — together with one emotional sequence wherein Hagrid comforts Hermione after the Hogwarts college bully, Draco Malfoy, calls her a “filthy little mudblood” (a fictional slur directed at witches and wizards with non-magical dad and mom).
According to Watson’s Instagram submit, Coltrane was simply as benevolent off-screen as his fan-favorite character was onscreen.
“Robbie, if I ever get to be so kind as you were to me on a film set I promise to do it in your name and memory,” she stated.
“Know how much I adore you and admire you. I’ll really miss your sweetness, your nicknames, your warmth, your laughs and your hugs. You made us a family. Know you were that to us.”
Other “Harry Potter” alumni who honored Coltrane this week have been Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), James Phelps (Fred Weasley), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), David Thewlis (Remus Lupin), Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) and Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe.
“Heartbroken to hear that Robbie is gone,” Grint wrote on Instagram. “I’ll never forget the smell of cigars and beard glue — a wonderful combination. No one else on this planet could [have] played Hagrid, only Robbie. … A giant hearted man who was still looking out for us even decades later.”
“I feel incredibly lucky that I got to meet and work with him and very sad that he’s passed,” Radcliffe stated in an announcement. “He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.”
In addition to the “Harry Potter” motion pictures, Coltrane starred in different movies and TV collection resembling “Cracker,” “The Comic Strip Presents” and “Tutti Frutti,” in addition to the James Bond installments “GoldenEye” and “The World Is Not Enough.”
“There was no better Hagrid,” Watson wrote on Instagram. “You made it a joy to be Hermione.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com”