How big is Hagrid in the book compared to the movie?
Outward appearance. In Philosopher's Stone, Hagrid is mentioned as being twice as tall as the average man and nearly five times as wide but in the film, he is portrayed as being 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) and in later books he is said to be three times as wide.
Casting: The casting of Robbie Coltrane for the role was crucial because of his imposing physical presence. He is a tall actor, standing at 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm), and his large frame contributed to Hagrid's towering appearance.
Hagrid grew to a height of eleven and a half feet tall, immense by human standards but very small by giant standards. Olympe Maxime, a half-giant, was born to one magical parent and one giant (unknown whether the giant was her mother or father) making her a half-giantess.
He doesn't speak and his face is hardly seen, so this casting choice seems to be almost exclusively down to the need for a tall person to play the half-giant.
Sirius is the one that is repeatedly described as tall, while Remus never is. So Remus is of average height, around 5ft 9.5. Sirius is tall. There is no debate.
For the role of Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane, by no means short at 6 ft.,1 in., wore special boots that made him at least seven inches taller. "When I donned them, I surprised even myself," Coltrane said in a recent interview. "I became the giant with the huge wig, the special shoulders on the costume, and the boots.
At the height of 5' 7" she has played a giant in the films Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Into the Woods (2014).
Rubeus Hagrid is around eight feet tall, considerably smaller than the 12-foot half-giant described in the books, yet the adaptation's VFX crew nailed the task of making him look too big for his surroundings, especially because he is always walking around with much smaller students.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Maxime is described as roughly the same height as Hagrid, whereas in the film adaptation she is considerably taller than him. Robbie Coltrane explained in an interview that it was due to her high heels.
However, like in the real world, some magical members of certain families or groups have biases toward those who do not conform to a "pure-blood" status, such as being Muggle-born, a Squib or, in the case of Rubeus Hagrid, a half-breed. This prejudice may have affected the Hagrid family in a myriad of ways, but Mr.
Voldemort has a pet snake called Nagini. Lord Voldemort, portrayed by Ralph Fiennes, has a height of 5'11” (1.80 m). Voldemort is the most powerful dark wizard of all time.
Draco Malfoy, portrayed by Tom Felton, has a height of 5'9" (1.75 m). Draco Malfoy is a Slytherin student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is part of the old, wealthy, wizarding Malfoy family, who believe in the superiority of pure blood wizards.
How tall is Albus Dumbledore? Albus Dumbledore is depicted as 6 foot 1 inch (1.85 m) tall when played by Richard Harris in films 1 & 2, and later shown as 6 feet (1.83 m) tall when played by Michael Gambon in films 3-8.
Professor Rubeus Hagrid (b. 6 December 1928) was an English half-giant wizard, son of Mr Hagrid and the giantess Fridwulfa, and elder half-brother of the giant Grawp. Hagrid stood at eleven feet, six inches tall.
She made quite an impression wherever she went, from her fashion to her grandiose personality. Rumoured to be half-giant (although she insisted she was "big-boned") Madame Maxime towered over students and teachers alike. The only person comparable in height was Rubeus Hagrid, and the pair went on to become friends.
Hagrid was the surname of a wizarding family. Mr Hagrid married the Giantess Fridwulfa, and she bore him a half-giant son named Rubeus Hagrid. It is unknown if Rubeus Hagrid ever had children, but it is known that he did not marry.
That same day I decided to name him Rubeus Hagrid after the lovable and generous half giant from the Harry Potter books. After all, it was his mother who was the giantess while his father was a normal size.
Hagrid was born to a wizard father and a giant mother, making him a half-giant. As a half-giant, Hagrid possessed great physical strength and endurance, including a resilience against some spells, though his ability to withstand spells was not as great as that of full giants.
Harry Potter had a few love interests during his time at Hogwarts. Though he eventually settled down with Ginny Weasley, he also had a thing for Cho Chang in his earlier school years. Then, of course, there's his secret love for Draco Malfoy… Wait, what?
Luna married fellow naturalist Rolf Scamander, grandson of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them author Newt Scamander, considerably later in life than Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, who all married and started families in their early-to-mid twenties.
