A great lady of British cinema and theater breathed her last this Friday, September 27, 2024.
Maggie Smithaka Violet Crawley in the series Dowtown Abbey, East died at the age of 89. It will also remain unforgettable for many
Transfiguration professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter.
JK Rowling, author of the successful literary saga, had set her sights on the winner of two Oscars in the early 2000s. Maggie Smith surprised fans a few years ago by not having enjoyed playing one of the roles the most iconic of the franchise. However, she had forged strong bonds with her Hogwarts classmates.
Death of Maggie Smith: this poignant tribute paid by Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe was quick to pay tribute like other of his colleagues. In a press release relayed by the BBC, the actor said his first meeting with Maggie Smith during the filming of the adaptation of a cult novel by Charles Dickens for English television in the 90s.
“The first time I met Maggie Smith, I was nine years old and we were reading scenes for David Copperfieldwhich was my first acting job. I knew next to nothing about her, except that my parents were amazed at the idea of me working with her.”remembers the interpreter of Harry Potter.
The first thing Daniel Radcliffe asked Maggie Smith
Daniel Radcliffe was then aware that he was dealing with
an actress knighted by the queen. “The other thing I knew about her was that she was a Lady, so the first thing I asked her when we met was ‘Would you like me to call you Lady?’to which she laughed and said something like ‘Don’t be ridiculous, just call me Maggie!‘“, he mentions.
In 2021, he revealed to host Stephen Colbert that he owed his career to the famous Lady. Maggie Smith had in fact personally recommended it.pour Harry
Potter“ et had therefore “allowed him to have the role”. “She was incredibly kind to me on that set, and I then had the chance to continue working with her for 10 years on
the movies
Harry Potter“concludes the most famous wizard of Hogwarts in his message.
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