Trying for Hagrid
Robin was reportedly interested in the role of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. Unfortunately for him, there was a strict British-only rule when it came to casting. The casting director Janet Hirshenson revealed, “Robin had called [director Chris Columbus] because he really wanted to be in the movie, but it was a British-only edict, and once he said ‘no’ to Robin, he wasn’t going to say ‘yes’ to anybody else, that’s for sure. It couldn’t be.”
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