Nick Frost says he manifested Hagrid role by writing the name 'Hagrid' 7,000 times

Nick Frost says he manifested being cast as Hogwarts groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid by repeatedly writing the name “Hagrid” 7,000 times before landing the part in HBO’s Harry Potter TV series, which cast him in April 2025 and has been in production since July, he told The Guardian.

Frost, 53, said his partner suggested trying to manifest the role. “So last Christmas, I watched all the films back to back on the Sky Harry Potter channel, while writing out the word ‘Hagrid’ 7,000 times,” he revealed.

He also described his broader passion for the Wizarding World, saying, “I’ve seen all the films. We go through them all as a family during Christmas every year. We start on 20 December and finish a week and a half later,” he told the outlet.

Speaking to Collider in June 2025, Frost said he is mindful of Robbie Coltrane’s original performance but won’t try to imitate it: “While I'm really aware of what went before me in terms of Robbie [Coltrane]'s amazing performance, I'm never going to try and be Robbie…there's scope for minutia.” He added he reads Hagrid as “a lovely, lost, violent, funny, warm child” and plans to explore that more in the series.

HBO is adapting each of J.K. Rowling’s seven Harry Potter books into its own season, and the studio’s new series is slated to premiere in 2027.

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