“[It’s] one of my biggest regrets about the first movie,” he admits.

“Peeves was really Rik’s creation.

It felt like we were taking the soul away from Peeves.”

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Production designer Stuart Craig oversaw the concept art.

“From the outset, their designs had great credibility.

They were totally believable.”

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But in the film version, Hagrid’s face stays in the shadows, barely visible.

This wasn’t always the plan.

“That was an unexplored avenue,” director Chris Columbus says.

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2], with a young Kurt Russell."

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