Daniel Radcliffe misses late Harry Potter actor Robbie Coltrane

Looking back on love and good memories. Daniel Radcliffe looks back on his time spent with the late Robbie Coltrane on the set of the ‘Harry Potter’ series.

Radcliffe, 33, walked the carpet at the New York City premiere of his new movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday and spoke with ET about the beloved actor who played Rubeus Hagrid. . in the famous film series.

“Honestly, only Robbie was incredibly funny. It can get boring when you have young kids on set. I think Robbie realized that he needed to entertain a little bit at first.” Radcliffe recalls — he was only 12 when he shot the first Harry Potter movie.

“He’s an incredibly funny guy, with accents and impressions, and he was just lovely with us,” added Radcliffe with a smile.

The Scottish actor died on October 14 in a hospital near Falkirk, Scotland.according to NBC NewsColtrane had been ill for the past few years and had been inactive recently when it came to acting.

While speaking with ET on Tuesday, Radcliffe also opened up about his new movie, “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The film depicts a largely fictionalized version of the famous accordion-bearing parody of his musicians.

Radcliffe said he had heard some of Yankovic’s iconic comedy songs as a child, but wasn’t into them until he was really introduced to them by his girlfriend Erin Darke and her family. admitted.

“I think I first heard his songs when I was a teenager, but I really got into it when I started dating my girlfriend about ten years ago,” he said. She and her entire family seem to be devoted and obsessed Weird Al fans.”

Given that, it sounds like Radcliffe, who plays the musician, would get some real points with his girlfriend’s family, but the actor cautioned, “They haven’t seen it yet, so we’ll see.” .

‘But if they like it, yeah! That’s great,’ he added. “I got really nervous when I thought, ‘Oh, I’m going to have to tell them I’m playing weird Al.'”

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which also stars Evan Rachel Wood and Rainn Wilson, will be available exclusively on Roku on November 4th.

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