"While I'm really aware of what went before me in terms of Robbie's amazing performance, I'm never going to try and be Robbie. I'm going to try and do something, not ‘different,’ I think you have to be respectful to the subject matter,

I think you have to be respectful to the subject matter — but within that, there's scope for minutia,' Frost added

Nick Frost has offered his first thoughts on playing Hagrid in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series, and said he felt a need to not just copy what had come before. The Hot Fuzz and live-action How to Train Your Dragon star said he had already begun pre-production duties for his turn as Hagrid,