Originally appeared on E! Online

No, the Gemino curse wasn’t cast on Nick Frost.

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However, when " Harry Potter " director Chris Columbus saw pictures of the "Hot Fuzz" actor in costume as Hagrid for the forthcoming HBO series , he did wonder if he was seeing double.

“I’m seeing these photographs online,” Columbus — who helmed the first three "Harry Potter" films — said during an upcoming appearance on The Rest is Entertainment podcast, per Deadline , “and he’s wearing the exact same costume that we designed for Hagrid. Part of me was like: What’s the point?”

“I thought everything — the costumes and everything — was going to be different, but it’s more of the same,” the 66-year-old continued. “It’s all goin

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