Harry Potter's Ralph Fiennes Details Maggie Smith's "Lethal" Humor

"When I was younger I had nary thought of Maggie’s legend—the pistillate I was fortunate capable to stock abstraction with," the Harry Potter actress—who played Hermione Granger successful the movie franchise—wrote connected Instagram Story. "It is lone arsenic I’ve go an big that I’ve travel to admit that I shared the surface with a existent explanation of greatness."

Emma added of her precocious costar, "She was real, honest, funn and self-honouring. Maggie, determination were a batch of antheral professors and by God you held your own. Than you for each of your kindness. I’ll miss you."

"The archetypal clip I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years aged and we were speechmaking done scenes for David Copperfield, which was my archetypal job," the Harry Potter alum elaborate successful a statement. "I knew virtually thing astir her different than that my parents were awestruck astatine the information that I would beryllium moving with her. The different happening I knew astir her was that she was a Dame, truthful the archetypal happening I asked her erstwhile we met was 'would you similar maine to telephone you Dame?' astatine which she laughed and said thing to the effect of 'don’t beryllium ridiculous!'"

Daniel went connected to item his lengthy on-set narration with the beloved star. 

"I retrieve feeling tense to conscionable her and past her putting maine instantly astatine ease," helium added. "She was incredibly benignant to maine connected that shoot, and past I was fortunate capable to spell connected moving with her for different 10 years connected the Harry Potter films. She was a fierce intellect, a gloriously crisp tongue, could intimidate and charm successful the aforesaid instant and was, arsenic everyone volition archer you, highly funny. I volition ever see myself amazingly fortunate to person been capable to enactment with her, and to walk clip astir her connected set. The connection fable is overused but if it applies to anyone successful our manufacture past it applies to her. Thank you Maggie."

The actor, who played Fred Weasley successful the Harry Potter saga, said it was "an honour to person been connected the aforesaid acceptable arsenic Dame Maggie Smith."

"On HP, she was ever welcoming, comic and besides showed however to enactment nary conscionable connected set, but disconnected too," helium added successful a connection shared connected societal media. "My thoughts are with her household astatine this bittersweet time."

"So very, precise bittersweet to cognize she has gone," the Godford Park prima wrote successful a heartfelt Instagram post. "She was a existent inspiration. She took acting precise earnestly but saw done the nonsense and razzmatazz. She truly didn’t privation to woody with that. She had a consciousness of humour and wit that could trim maine to a blithering puddle of giggles. And she did not person patience with fools. So you had to beryllium a spot careful. I perfectly adored her."

Kristin went connected to laud the precocious histrion for her youthful spirit.

"Her performances and her personality," Kristin continued. "Her comedic timing was perfection and her vulnerability erstwhile required was heartbreaking. The past clip I saw her she was precise transverse astir being old. 'Maddening' I deliberation she said. Much loved , overmuch admired and irreplaceable. Rest successful Peace dearest Maggie. Dame Maggie Smith."

The Oscar victor reflected connected her clip filming 2002's Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, telling People, "How fortunate americium I to person sat successful quiescent corners with Maggie and a solid of wine."

She added, "Her stories, her wicked consciousness of wit and her gentle proposal are each things that person made my beingness sweeter."