Harry Potter alum Miriam Margolyes delivered a refreshingly candid tribute to her late co-star Robbie Coltrane.

Talking on BBC’s Radio 4 At this time programme, The 81-year-old – who performed Professor Sprout within the fantasy franchise – spoke about her former co-star, who died yesterday aged 72.

“I did not know he was ailing. He simply placed on an excessive amount of weight, silly boy!” the British-Australian actress stated on the radio present.

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“That is the issue, he liked to drink. I used to wag my finger at him.”

“It is such a waste to consider all that expertise, that fireside, he acted with ardour. He was actually great,” she added.

Regardless of her good-humoured nit-picking at Coltrane’s life-style decisions, she insists that her late good friend and co-star “had a coronary heart of gold”.

“Large in stature, in character, in coronary heart. He was distinctive,” she continued.

Margolyes performed Professor Sprout, the Herbology instructor at Hogwarts, in two of the movies whereas Coltrane was recognized for enjoying the light large, Rubeus Hagrid.

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A number of different heartbroken Harry Potter stars gave their condolences after listening to the tragic information yesterday.

Main man Daniel Radcliffe gave a heart-warming assertion remembering Coltrane yesterday, thanking him for “preserve(ing) us laughing continually as children on the set”.

“I’ve particularly fond recollections of him conserving our spirits up on (2004’s Harry Potter and the) Prisoner of Azkaban, after we had been all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling tales and cracking jokes to maintain morale up,” stated the 33 year-old actor.

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Radcliffe stated he “really feel(s) extremely fortunate that” he “acquired to fulfill and work with” Coltrane, including that he is “very unhappy that he is handed.”

“He was an unbelievable actor and a beautiful man.”

Emma Watson, who performed Hermione Granger, additionally supplied her ideas on Coltrane’s demise.

“Robbie was like probably the most enjoyable uncle I’ve ever had however most of all he was deeply caring, and compassionate in direction of me as a toddler and an grownup,” Watson stated in an announcement on Instagram.

“His expertise was so immense it made sense he performed a large – he might fill ANY house together with his brilliance.”

“Know the way a lot I am keen on and admire you. I will actually miss your sweetness, your nicknames, your heat, your laughs and your hugs. You made us a household. Know you had been that to us.

“There was no higher Hagrid. You made it a pleasure to be Hermione.”

Different Harry Potter alum additionally paid tribute, together with James Phelps, Bonnie Wright, and creator JK Rowling.

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