Robbie Coltrane Signed Up For 'Harry Potter 4'


Robbie Coltrane, who plays the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, has confirmed that he has signed up for Harry Potter 4. "I'll certainly do four," Coltrane told SciFi-Wire. "I'm contracted through four. ... Beyond that, I don't know. Never say never again, as they say."

Coltrane's character becomes a teacher at Hogwarts in Harry Potter 3. "Yes, he's a professor, which is quite funny," Coltrane adds. "We had a lot of fun with that, because the kids are kind of enjoying the fact that Hagrid doesn't quite know what he's doing because he hasn't done it before. So there's a lot of things like, 'How am I doing?' And 'You'd better do better.' He's not really quite sure what to do."

Coltrane says that he has spoken to author J.K. Rowling about playing the role of Hagrid. "I know all sorts of things about his past that haven't been discussed so far, which will be important," Coltrane said. "I mean, that's all Jo told me. I said, 'Well you can tell me everything about his past, which is important, even if it's not expressed to everyone but me. Even if it's irrelevant to everyone but me, because I think it is relevant if you're going to be a character.' So that's all I know. I know stuff about his past that isn't revealed. But I don't know anything of the plot. I don't want to, either. You know what I mean? I want the fun of finding out as much as anyone."

Harry Potter 3 opens worldwide on June 4th.

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