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Each actors had been tentpoles of the Harry Potter franchise, with Daniel taking part in Harry and Maggie taking part in Hogwarts professor Minerva McGonagall.Maggie appeared in eight of the 9 movies, starting with The Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001 and ending with Deathly Hallows — Half 2 a decade later. Nonetheless, the 2 actors had beforehand labored collectively on a wholly totally different mission.As Daniel recalled in an announcement revealed by the Related Press and Selection on Friday, they first met after being solid in BBC’s 1999 two-part TV manufacturing of David Copperfield. Within the adaption of Charles Dickens’s novel, Daniel made his performing debut as a younger David Copperfield, whereas Maggie performed David’s great-aunt Betsey Trotwood.“The primary time I met Maggie Smith I used to be 9 years outdated and we had been studying by way of scenes for David Copperfield, which was my first job,” Daniel stated in his assertion. “I knew just about nothing about her aside from that my mother and father had been awestruck at the truth that I’d be working along with her.”Then Daniel shared an lovely story concerning the first query he requested Maggie after assembly. “The opposite factor I knew about her was that she was a Dame, so the very first thing I requested her once we met was ‘Would you want me to name you Dame?’ at which she laughed and stated one thing to the impact of ‘Don’t be ridiculous!’” he stated.“I keep in mind feeling nervous to fulfill her after which her placing me instantly comfy. She was extremely form to me on that shoot, after which I used to be fortunate sufficient to go on working along with her for an additional 10 years on the Harry Potter movies,” he continued.Daniel went on to say Maggie had “a fierce mind, a gloriously sharp tongue, might intimidate and allure in the identical immediate and was, as everybody will inform you, extraordinarily humorous.”“I’ll all the time take into account myself amazingly fortunate to have been in a position to work along with her, and to spend time round her on set,” he continued. “The phrase legend is overused but when it applies to anybody in our business then it applies to her. Thanks Maggie.”On Friday, social media was abuzz with tributes to the late actor, together with from followers and different celebs. You may learn extra concerning the tributes right here and right here.