Daniel Radcliffe and others react to the death of 'Harry Potter' star Robbie Coltrane.
Not all wizards are good, but Rubeus Hagrid was.
J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe and more “Harry Potter” stars have poured their hearts out in response to the tragic news that Robbie Coltrane died Friday. He was 72.
“I’ll never know anyone remotely like Robbie again. He was an incredible talent, a complete one off, and I was beyond fortunate to know him, work with him and laugh my head off with him,” the famed author, 57, tweeted alongside a photo of her and Coltrane at dinner.
“I send my love and deepest condolences to his family, above all his children.”
Radcliffe, who played the eponymous Boy Who Lived, recalled Coltrane as a bright light in some of their darkest times on set.
“Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set,” Radcliffe, 33, said in a statement obtained by Page Six. “I’ve especially fond memories of him keeping our spirits up on ‘Prisoner of Azkaban,’ when we were all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling stories and cracking jokes to keep morale up.
“I feel incredibly lucky that I got to meet and work with him and very sad that he’s passed. He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.”
Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom throughout the seven films, reflected on how close they grew over the years thanks to their mutual passions.
“Robbie. Bobser. He called me Space Boy. We shared a love of the final frontier. He didn’t give a f–k and it always made you smile. A giant, in more ways than one. We had some times x,” he tweeted.
The official Twitter account for the Wizarding World also mourned the loss of the beloved Scottish actor.
“We are hugely saddened to hear of the passing of the magnificent Robbie Coltrane who played Hagrid with such kindness, heart and humour in the Harry Potter films,” the account tweeted. “He was a wonderful actor, a friend to all and he will be deeply missed.”
Coltrane’s agent confirmed he died at a hospital in Scotland but did not share the cause.
He is survived by his sister Annie Rae, ex-wife Rhona Gemmell and children Spencer, 30, and Alice, 24.
