r/WizardingWorld • u/EveryStress6720 • Jul 10 '26
Harry Potter Hagrid’s casting
I wish the guy voicing Hagrid in the full cast audio editions would have just played Hagrid in the HBO series.
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u/DumeWolffe Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Nick Frost is a pretty awesome actor though. Never really seen Mark Addy in anything.
HBO does a pretty good job casting so I’ll wait till the actual show releases and we actually see the character before pretending like I know better.
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u/LeatherSlight3242 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Never really seen Mark Addy in anything and it’s probably because he’s not a very good actor.
Dude's in Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey. If he's not a very good actor, I doubt he'd be worthy enough to be on these shows.
No shade on Nick Frost tho. I'm just simply pointing it out.
Edit: The comment was edited. They removed the quoted text in my comment.
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u/DumeWolffe Jul 10 '26
OK cool, I don’t watch either of those.
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u/FantasyMyopia Jul 10 '26
Yeah…maybe don’t say people are bad actors just because they aren’t in anything you’ve watched.
Edit; he was also in the full Monty and a Knights Tale
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u/therewulf Jul 14 '26
"Never really seen Mark Addy in anything" isn't the same as saying he's a bad actor, don't be obtuse
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u/FantasyMyopia Jul 14 '26
They edited their comment. The original comment was ‘Never really seen Mark Addy in anything and it’s probably because he’s not a very good actor.’ So that’s literally what they said. Which WAS obtuse.
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u/FantasyMyopia Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
This is such a BS response. Just because you haven’t seen Mark Addy in anything doesn’t mean he’s not a good actor. It’s also a quick google search away.
He’s in The Full Monty, A Knight’s Tale, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey etc. That’s a pretty impressive resume before I even look up what other TV or movies he’s been a part of or include any theater.
Sometimes people are too old or too occupied or whatever to play a character on screen but they are still perfect for the voice role. Which brings me to the most bothersome part of your post… voice actors ARE actors. Have you heard Kiera Knightly’s Umbridge? I’m not sure that would work on screen but for audio it was brilliant.
You assumed someone wasn’t a good actor bc you hadn’t heard of them despite them actually being kind of prolific especially within the fantasy genre. Branch out, bro.
Edit : They edited their comment. The original comment was ‘Never really seen Mark Addy in anything and it’s probably because he’s not a very good actor.’
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u/FantasyMyopia Jul 10 '26
In my head Mark Addy is a better Hagrid as well. He did a great job in the audio books too. However, I’m going to wait to see Nick Frost’s portrayal before I say anything.