Daniel Radcliffe mourns ‘Harry Potter’ co-star Maggie Smith’s death: ‘She was incredibly kind’

Daniel Radcliffe mourned the loss of his “Harry Potter” co-star Dame Maggie Smith after the actress passed away on Friday.

“The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading through scenes for David Copperfield, which was my first job,” Radcliffe tells Page Six in a statement on Friday.

The “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” actor, 35, said that he didn’t know much about her at the time but that his parents were “awestruck” that he would get to work with her.

Daniel Radcliffe reacted to the loss of his “Harry Potter” co-star, Maggie Smith, after she died on Friday. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Radcliffe reflected on the first time he met Smith in a statement to Page Six. Getty Images

“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!’ he recalled.

Radcliffe remembered feeling “nervous” to meet her, only to immediately be put “at ease” by her warm nature.

“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,” Radcliffe said.

The “Equus” star called the late “Downton Abbey” alum a “fierce intellect” with a “gloriously sharp tongue.”

“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,” Radcliffe, seen here with Smith in 2005, said. Scott Myers/Shutterstock The “Harry Potter” actor called Smith a “legend.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection “I will always consider myself amazingly lucky to have been able to work with her, and to spend time around her on set,” the former child star said. ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Co

“[Maggie] could intimidate and charm in the same instant and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny,” he said.

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“I will always consider myself amazingly lucky to have been able to work with her, and to spend time around her on set,” Radcliffe shared. “The word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her. Thank you Maggie.”

Radcliffe called Smith a “fierce intellect” with a “gloriously sharp tongue.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Smith and Radcliffe starred in the movie franchise together from 2001 to 2011. Warner Bros

Radcliffe starred as the lead character Harry Potter while Smith played the role of the beloved Professor Minerva McGonagall in all eight of the film adaptations of J.K. Rowlings’ book series from 2001 to 2011.

Smith’s family confirmed that she had passed away “peacefully in hospital” at the age of 89 — though they did not reveal her cause of death.

“It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” her sons, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, whom Smith shared with ex-husband Robert Stephens, wrote in a statement.

Smith’s family confirmed that she died on Friday at the age of 89. WireImage It’s unclear what her cause of death was. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

“An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end,” they said, adding that her sons and five grandchildren are “devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.”

Smith left her mark on the film and theater industry, winning three Emmys for her role in “Downton Abbey,” as well as two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes. and one Tony Award.

In 1990, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Smith a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.