In a recent interview with
Manchester Online, Robbie Coltrane who plays Hagrid in the first four Potter films, reveals that he is unsure about a return for
'Order of the Phoenix'.
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It was his children who helped convince him to take the role of Rubeus Hagrid, the half giant gamekeeper in the Harry Potter films. His own education may explain why Hagrid is so happy to live outside the walls of Hogwarts. "Having been to public school, I would really hate to go to jail."
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He reveals he's yet to sign up for the fifth Harry Potter film, to be made next year. "We don't know yet. It's not negotiated yet."
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Has she told Robbie the ending? "No, she hasn't. I asked her not to. She told me what happens to Hagrid, because I couldn't do it unless I knew what the story was."
The entire article may be read
here.
Source:
HPANA