{"id":54538,"date":"2024-09-28T00:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T04:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=54538"},"modified":"2024-09-28T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T19:58:37","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-pays-tribute-to-his-late-harry-potter-co-star-maggie-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/daniel-radcliffe-pays-tribute-to-his-late-harry-potter-co-star-maggie-smith\/54538\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe pays tribute to his late Harry Potter co-star, Maggie Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3ef7e91a-cbdf-4327-9add-13cc4f863488\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Daniel Radcliffe has paid tribute to his late <em>Harry Potter<\/em> co-star, Dame Maggie Smith, who passed away at the age of 89 on September 27. The veteran actress died peacefully in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. Her sons announced the heartbreaking news, expressing gratitude to the hospital staff for their kindness during her final days and requesting privacy for the family.<\/p>\n<p>Radcliffe, who portrayed Harry Potter in the film series, shared his memories of working with Smith, particularly noting her \u201cfierce intellect\u201d and sharp wit. He reminisced about meeting her for the first time when he was just nine years old, recalling how his parents were in awe of the actress, known for her role as Professor McGonagall.<\/p>\n<p>In his heartfelt statement, Radcliffe described his initial encounter with Smith, mentioning that he humorously asked if he should call her \u201cDame.\u201d She laughed it off, which helped ease his nerves. \u201cShe was incredibly kind to me on that shoot, and then I was lucky enough to go on working with her for another 10 years on the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> films,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Smith\u2019s remarkable ability to charm and intimidate simultaneously, highlighting her humor and intellect. \u201cShe was a fierce intellect, a gloriously sharp tongue, could intimidate and charm in the same instant, and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny,\u201d Radcliffe added.<\/p>\n<p>Dame Maggie Smith\u2019s contributions to the arts, from her iconic performances in the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series to her work in <em>Sister Act<\/em> and <em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, have left a lasting legacy, and her impact will be felt for generations to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Radcliffe has paid tribute to his late Harry Potter co-star, Dame Maggie Smith, who passed away at the age\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":54539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[6243],"class_list":["post-54538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-daniel-radcliffe"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}