While promoting the theatrical release of her upcoming movie
The Lady in the Van, Dame Maggie Smith recently briefly chatted about the joy of working with the late Alan Rickman, and her fondness of
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, with whom she acted alongside before the film series, in the miniseries
David Copperfield.
More on that from the actress, who of course portrayed Professor Minerva McGonagall in the eight-part series, below.
Quote:
DAME MAGGIE SMITH: What do you want to about "Harry Potter?"
Just what was it like to play that role, to act in those films?
SMITH: Well, I'll tell you I just did adore Daniel - Daniel Radcliffe, who I had worked with before "Harry Potter" and spent a long time telling all the producers they had to see him because I thought he was so terrific. And it's been sad thinking about it because of Alan Rickman...
Oh, who died recently, yeah.
SMITH: ...Who - yes, he was such a terrific actor, and that was such a terrific character that he played. And it was a joy to be with him. We used to laugh together because we ran out of reaction shots. They were always - when everything had been done and the children were finished, they would turn the camera around and we'd have to do various reaction shots of amazement or sadness and things. And we used to say we'd got to about number 200-and-something and we'd run out of knowing what to do when the camera came around on us. But he was a joy.
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Maggie Smith reminisces on filming Harry Potter with Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe 
