United Kingdom, June 3 -- Nick Frost is "never going to try" to be Robbie Coltrane in 'Harry Potter'.

The 53-year-old actor has been cast as Hogwarts groundskeeper and professor Rubeus Hagrid in HBO's upcoming revival, and he doesn't think it would be right to try and emulate his late predecessor, who played the character in eight films between 2001 and 2011.

He told Collider: "You get cast because you're going to bring something to that.

"While I'm really aware of what went before me in terms of Robbie's amazing performance, I'm never going to try and be Robbie."

However, the 'Hot Fuzz' star is keen to stress that he wants to make sure his performance in the highly anticipated TV series to still remain true to the character in author...