He Wanted to Play Hagrid in the Harry Potter Films
Although Williams didn’t exactly have the necessary height, he was reportedly interested in the role of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. Unfortunately, Harry Potter fans know all too well that there were certain rules about hiring a strictly British cast. The casting director Janet Hirshenson revealed, “Robin had called [director Chris Columbus] because he really wanted to be in the movie, but it was a British-only edict, and once he said ‘no’ to Robin, he wasn’t going to say ‘yes’ to anybody else, that’s for sure. It couldn’t be.”