因在電影《哈利波特》中飾演海格一角而聞名全球的資深演員羅比·寇特蘭(Robbie Coltrane),於台灣時間 10 月 15 日經由其所屬經紀公司 WME 證實逝世,享壽 72 歲,此消息一出令全球影迷都相當震驚。
FILE - Robbie Coltrane arrives in Trafalgar Square, central London, for the world premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the last film in the series on July 7, 2011. Coltrane, who played a forensic psychologist on TV series “Cracker†and Hagrid in the “Harry Potter†movies, has died. Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. He was 72. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)AP
根據《BBC》的報導,經紀公司證實羅比·寇特蘭最終於蘇格蘭福爾柯克附近的醫院離世,而他在人生最後階段家屬也都陪在身旁,至於羅比寇特蘭的確切死因目前尚未公布。事實上,近年羅比寇特蘭的身體狀況頻頻出現狀況,長年飽受罹患骨關節炎之苦,甚至得依靠輪椅行動。
羅比寇特蘭的經紀人貝琳達·萊特(Belinda Wright)也於稍早發佈聲明,在內文中他不僅以「獨特的人才」形容羅比·寇特蘭,並表示:「他是相當出色的演員,同時也感謝他所扮演的海格為全世界的兒童、成年人快樂」,最後也提到:「在這悲痛的時刻,請尊重羅比家人的隱私。」希望大家能給予羅比·寇特蘭的家人們一些空間。