Now that's some dedication. And it ultimately was successful, with Frost eventually landing the role of Hogwart's gamekeeper. I wonder if he kept the paper where he wrote Hagrid thousands of times?

Plus, he opens up about health concerns impacting him and his family.

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Shaun of the Dead star Nick Frost has revealed how he manifested himself getting the part of Hagrid in HBO's new Harry Potter TV series: by writing the name "Hagrid" down 7,000 times while binging the ...