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Mike Newell on Maggie Smith: ‘She never bit me, but if she did bite, you stayed bitten’
Director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire says formidable actor brought many things to a set, including ‘terror’
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I first met Maggie on the Harry Potter films, when she played Minerva McGonagall in Goblet of Fire. It wasn’t a very big part but she was always very notable, always poised in whatever she did – even when wearing a comedy hat.
She brought a lot to the part, and to the set – and one of those things was terror. Maggie never bit me, but I think if she did bite you, you stayed bitten.
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