Harry Potter Poster #44 Hagrid Robbie Coltrane w/ Fang

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The story follows Harry Potter’s second year at Hogwarts as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a deadly monster that petrifies the school’s pupils. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry’s best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and is followed by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

It was released on 15 November 2002 in the United Kingdom and North America. The film was very well received at the box office, making US$879 million worldwide and is the 34th highest-grossing film of all time and the seventh highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter series. It was nominated for three BAFTA Film Awards in 2003.

Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant and Hogwarts’ Groundskeeper. Coltrane was Rowling’s first choice for the part. Coltrane, who was already a fan of the books, prepared for the role by talking with Rowling about Hagrid’s past and future.

Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough and as Dr. Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker during the 1990s.

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, had Coltrane at the top of her list to play Hagrid and, when asked who she would like to see in the role, responded “Robbie Coltrane for Hagrid” in one quick breath.

Rubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. Hagrid is introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as a half-giant and half-human who is the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts, the primary setting for the first six novels. In the third novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hagrid is promoted to Care of Magical Creatures teacher, and later becomes a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Hagrid was among the characters that Rowling says she created “the very first day”. She has explained the source of his name as “another old English word, meaning – if you were hagrid – it’s a dialect word – you’d had a bad night. Hagrid is a big drinker – he has a lot of bad nights.” In her article “Harry’s Fame”, Rosemary Goring notes the Forest of Dean is an influence on Rowling’s work, and Hagrid is the only character that is “directly drawn from the Forest of Dean”. According to Goring, Hagrid’s “dropped word-endings are a Chepstow speciality.” She also notes that Hagrid is physically “modeled on the Welsh chapter of Hells Angels who’d swoop down on the town and hog the bar, ‘huge mountains of leather and hair”.

The character of Hagrid and conversations between him, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in his hut are expository through the series, due to the fact that the trio frequently discover things about Albus Dumbledore and Hogwarts by talking with Hagrid, as he has a habit of letting slip bits of information. He was also one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as “pure-bloods” and “half-bloods” is a dated concept.

Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in Gryffindor house during his time as a student. When he comes into possession of an acromantula, he is expelled from Hogwarts as his pet is supposed to be the “monster of Slytherin”. However, persuaded by Dumbledore (who at the time was Transfiguration teacher), Headmaster Armando Dippet agrees to train Hagrid as gamekeeper, allowing the boy to remain at Hogwarts. By the time Harry attends Hogwarts, Hagrid is also the Keeper of Keys and Grounds: the former, according to Rowling, means “that he will let you in and out of Hogwarts.” Part of his job includes leading the first years across the lake in boats, upon their initial arrival at Hogwarts.

Fang is Hagrid’s rather slobbery boarhound. When Hagrid gets taken away to Azkaban temporarily, Hagrid leaves Fang in the care of Ron and Harry. They bring him with them into the Forbidden Forest when they go looking for spiders. Sadly, Fang doesn’t help do much against Aragog’s kids; it’s really Mr. Weasley’s car gone wild in the forest that saves Harry, Ron, and Fang.

Minor fraying to one edge.

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