"Harry Potter" stars pay tribute to the late Maggie Smith

Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: Maggie Smith and Diana Rigg in my favorite film 'Evil Under the Sun' "Harry Potter" stars pay tribute to the late Maggie Smith Article by RP ONLINE • 23 hours • 2 minutes reading time London. Even as children, the "Harry Potter" lead actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were in front of the camera with Maggie Smith. Now, after the death of the film legend, they have said goodbye to her with touching words. At the beginning of her career, Smith received two Oscars - including for her role in the drama "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She gained new fans thanks to her later roles in the series "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" films. In 1979, Smith presented the Oscar she received for her supporting role in "California Hotel." The young stars of the "Harry Potter" film adaptations look back with warmth on filming alongside the late British actress Maggie Smith. In her younger years, she had no idea what a legend Smith was, wrote actress Emma Watson (34), who played the wizarding student Hermione Granger in the films, on Instagram. "It was only as an adult that I learned to appreciate that I had shared the screen with a true definition of greatness." Maggie Smith was "so special, always funny and always kind," explained actor Rupert Grint on the social network. He considers himself incredibly lucky to have filmed with her and especially to have danced with her, wrote the 36-year-old. He posted a photo showing the two in their roles as Professor Minerva McGonagall and Ron Weasley dancing in a scene from the 2005 film "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe (35) also paid tribute to the two-time Oscar winner, who died on Friday at the age of 89. In a statement to the PA news agency, he described his acting colleague, who was more than five decades older than him, with the words: "She had a sharp mind, a gloriously sharp tongue, could intimidate and charm at the same time and, as anyone will tell you, was extremely funny." The word "legend" is generally used too often - but if it applies to one person in the film industry, it is Maggie Smith. At the beginning of her career, Smith received two Oscars - including for her role in the drama "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She gained new fans thanks to her late roles in the series "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" films. In 1979, Smith presented the Oscar she received for her supporting role in "California Hotel". ©Reed Saxon Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling also had warm words. "I somehow thought she would live forever. Rest in peace, Dame Maggie Smith," wrote the author on the online platform X. Smith was also allowed to use the title "Dame" after being honored by the British royal family. Died at the age of 89 - "Harry Potter" fans commemorate Maggie Smith with an emotional gesture Maggie Smith was one of the great actresses of her generation - in addition to "Harry Potter", she played in the series "Downton Abbey" and the comedy "Sister Act".