Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe has paid a heartfelt tribute to Dame Maggie Smith after she In the tribute, he expressed his gratitude for having known her, calling her a one-word title that he didn't feel many besides her deserve. He shared: "The first time I met I was nine years old and we were reading through scenes for which was my first job. I knew virtually nothing about her other than that my parents were awestruck at the fact that I would be working with her.
" "The other thing I knew about her was that she was a Dame, so the first thing I asked her when we met was "Would you like me to call you Dame?" at which she laughed and said something to the effect of "don't be ridiculous!" "I remember feeling nervous to meet her and then her putting me immediately at ease. She 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 Harry Potter films." He praised her 'fierce intellect' and 'gloriously sharp tongue', adding that she could 'intimidate and charm in the same instant and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny'.
He concluded by giving her the honorous one-word title: "I will always consider myself amazingly lucky to have been able to work with her and to spend time around her on set. The word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her. Thank you, Maggie.
" Daniel Radcliffe, who first shared the screen with her in 1999's David Copperfield and later in .
