Harry Potter fans can’t believe how they made Hagrid look so tall compared to other characters

Harry Potter fans are conscionable realising however they made Hagrid look similar a elephantine adjacent to different formed members.

Rubeus Hagrid was the groundskeeper for Hogwarts and became a precise bully person of Harry's. He was played by the precocious Robbie Coltrane and is simply a a staggering 11 feet and inches tall.

In a TikTok video of an aged down the scenes clip from the Harry Potter filming days, the accumulation unit uncover however they made him look truthful tall. Instead of utilizing CGI (though it was utilized a batch passim the movies) they created a benignant of Hagrid robot utilizing enhanced heels, layers of a fatsuit, and the assistance of animatronics.

They besides hired Martin Bayfield, a six ft 10 rugby subordinate arsenic a assemblage treble for Hagrid. He would deterioration the suit and caput for farther mode shots.

In the clip, Martin said: "The suit itself has really changed rather a bit. When we started retired the caput was what we telephone a dormant head. It was conscionable this substance of fibreglass and silicone to marque it look similar Hagrid's head."

In the 2nd film, the accumulation started to usage animatronics. Martin said that was erstwhile the caput started to travel to life.

By the 3rd movie they'd enactment a dependable activation acceptable into the caput which meant Martin could accidental Hagrid's lines and the rima of the caput would move. In the comments, fans are amazed astatine however they did it.

One said: "Now I person to spell rewatch them to spot if I tin spot Hagrid's animatronic head." Another added: "I was contiguous years aged erstwhile I find retired the feline playing Hagrid wasn't Hagrid."

And different said: "Never knew Martin Bayfield was successful Harry Potter."

However, eagle-eyed Harry Potter fans person spotted what they deliberation is the assemblage treble successful the films. In the archetypal film, wherever Hagrid picks up Harry to instrumentality him to Hogwarts, we tin spot the fake look successful shot.

During the scene, Hagrid jokingly gives Dudley Dursley a pig's process arsenic punishment for digging into Harry's day cake. As the camera pans retired to amusement Dudley's tail, you tin spot Hagrid successful the back. However this time, it's really his assemblage double.