Rupert Grint pays tribute to ‘Harry Potter’ dance accomplice Maggie Smith

Rupert Grint is grieving the lack of Dame Maggie Smith however remembering her fondly.

The Harry Potter actor paid tribute to the two-time Oscar winner, who died at age 89 on Friday, in an Instagram publish Saturday.

“Heartbroken to listen to about Maggie,” Grint wrote. “She was so particular, all the time hilarious and all the time form. I really feel extremely fortunate to have shared a set together with her and notably fortunate to have shared a dance. I will miss you, Maggie. Sending all my like to her household. Rupert x.”

The actor costarred with Smith in all eight Harry Potter movies between 2001 and 2011, as his Ron Weasley was continuously stepping into bother together with her character, Gryffindor head and transfiguration professor Minerva McGonagall.

For his publish, Grint used a nonetheless from their most memorable scene collectively in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireplace, wherein McGonagall teaches Gryffindor college students find out how to dance by forcing Ron to reluctantly accomplice together with her throughout an illustration. (It is a robust job, however somebody needed to put together these nerds for the Yuletide Ball.)

Grint has additionally used a photograph of Smith kissing his cheek on the crimson carpet of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere since he created his Instagram account.

The actor is not the one Weasley memorializing the late actress. Mark Williams, who performed the red-haired household’s patriarch, Arthur, in seven of the eight Potter movies, recalled a hilarious anecdote with the Downton Abbey star in an announcement shared with Leisure Weekly. “At one of many Harry Potter premieres (overlook which) I made a decision to not put on a swimsuit,” Williams stated. “A tailor buddy of mine dressed me in an outfit that included a really stylish stripped blazer. Maggie noticed me, a gleam in her eye: ‘Have you ever simply come from Henley?’ I by no means had the braveness to put on it once more.”

Bonnie Wright, who performed Ron’s youthful sister, Ginny, in every installment of the collection, additionally shared a candy assertion about Smith on Instagram. “Our dearly beloved and revered head of Gryffindor home, you may be so missed by the Harry Potter group,” she wrote. “My favourite scene with Maggie was once we had been all studying to bounce for the Yuletide Ball. She embodied that good stability of sass and loving care that McGonagall has. She stored Gryffindors on their toes. My deepest condolences to Maggie’s household presently.”

James Phelps, who performed Ron’s older brother, Fred, in all eight Potter motion pictures, posted a tribute to Smith on his Instagram story. “Very unhappy to listen to the information right this moment,” he wrote. “It was an honor to have been on the identical units as Dame Maggie Smith. On HP, she was all the time welcoming, humorous, and in addition confirmed find out how to act not simply on the set, however off too. My ideas are together with her household at this unhappy time.”

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Chris Rankin, who portrayed the character Percy in 5 motion pictures, additionally memorialized Smith on social media. “There’s not many individuals on the earth who had been as brilliantly proficient, waspishly sharp-tongued, humorous, form, or intimidating as Maggie Smith,” he wrote on Instagram. “I’m really fortunate to have shared a movie set together with her. They don’t make them like that anymore.”

The household’s archnemesis Draco Malfoy additionally shared a heartfelt assertion about Smith. Tom Felton, who performed the sniveling Slytherin in each Potter movie, wrote a tribute to the actress on Instagram. “Deeply saddened to get up to the information of Maggie’s passing,” he stated. “There fairly merely was nobody like her. Thanks for taking care of us from actually day one. Thanks for not getting me kicked off the set after I could not cease laughing throughout your transfiguration class. Thanks for exhibiting us the way in which. Increase your wands.”