Harry Potter Star Struggles To Complete Filming
Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series, has been battling cancer since 2007, yet she has vowed to "stagger through" the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
She's surely a trooper!
"The cancer was hideous. It takes the wind out of your sails and I don’t know what the future holds, if anything. You feel so ghastly, you wouldn’t mind dying a lot of the time," divulged the actress. "The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I’m beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back. Shit happens. I ought to pull myself together a bit.”
Chemotherapy left her weak and ill, yet she pulled through the Half Blood Prince without any sign to the audience that she was ill.
“I was hairless. I had no problem getting the wig on," she says. "I was like a boiled egg. The chemotherapy made me feel horribly sick. I was holding onto railings, thinking, ‘I can’t do this.’”
The woman is unstoppable!!!
Hope she's well and getting some well deserved rest!
Reshoot!
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omg how sad. love her ..
stay strong!!!
She is amazing! I don't think I could be such a trooper like her. In fact, I know I couldn't.
you're a superwoman!!! i pray you prevail over this cancer.
i lost my dad to cancer just a week ago. its so brave of her to carry on how she is!! good for her!!!!!
a true star!! love her!!
Dame Maggie Smith I wish the best & my prayers are with you.
Chemo is Horrible!
What a trooper you are!
Bless you & hopefully you will be feeling better & better!
This woman is a total Legend
Wow, I had no idea. I adore most of her films, and hope she kicks cancer's ass!
Re: leellee –
You're right. I just realized that what I've been doing these days is bitching about my 'pathetic' life and my nonsupporting friends and family, and that's what made my life even worse.
Now I understand that I gotta learn to depend on my own effort. Thanks Maggie Smith! You're the true role model!
Get well soon, coz you deserve all the happiness in the world!
She is incredible. Always has been. Get well, Maggie. Our prayers are with you.
I love her! YOU ROCK DAME MAGGIE!
dear maggie god or whatever you belive, or not, in grant you stength and courage doesnt sound like your lacking in either though!!! thanks for so many many wonderful films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never knew she had cancer! She is definitely one powerful woman with a hell of a lot of fight in her! God bless her, her battle, and her determination to finish out her role of McGonagall! I love her and wish her best she deserves it!!!!
all 100 posts on page one of this article were POSITIVE, for once! she's truly someone talented and that has so much support, and SHE's the one going through cancer? i wish her all the best!!
Ha, she pulled those funny lines off in Half Blood Prince perfectly, I wouldn't have guessed she had cancer.
Yeah, hope she feels better soon.
That is so sad, I wish her the best….HP would not be the same without her…
If only more young starlets would look at Maggie Smith's struggle and her strength instead of copping out of performances because of a simple stomach ache or "acid reflux."
thats amazing, fair play to her
Wow, I had NO idea she had cancer! I always remember thinking "What if one of the BIG stars of Harry Potter didn't make it to the last film?!"
I am so glad she's pulling it though not only for herself, but for the fans!
Harry Potter would not be itself without her.
I hope she lives much longer and battles this out.
Good luck dear!
Shes an old lady , whos had a good long life. Give the job to someone new.
These actors are so selfish.
Damn. Shes quiet the trooper. I wish her the best of luck. Shes a really good actress too.
No one else could pull off her role- she is amazing. And even if she ends up passing away after she's done filming this movie, that would still be amaznig that this iconic role is the last one she portrayed. Just like when the original Dumbledore died, it was great that his last role was his most memorable. Go Maggie!
feel better real soon, you are loved maggie!!!!!
Reparo!!!
She is a bad ass! Not everyone could keep going like that, so props to her!
I'm speechless. I love her so much. I selfishly hope she makes it through the last movie but I'd be devastated if she died either way. My Maggie. . .
maggie smith you're my favourite actress.
ever since hook, and that's one of my first fav movies.
i still watch it over and over
Not the biggest of fans of HP but I never knew she was going thru this… I wish her all the best and hope she wins the battle.
ah i love her! hope shes well enough to make it through the last one.shes very important in the last film. get well!
So sad! I hope she gets through it she is an amazing actress! Keep fighting!
Respect
I've loved her since I was a child. One of my grandparents favorite actresses and mine as well. I loved her as a kid in "The Secret Garden." She's a class act and if any have had the benefit of seeing her on stage we're all aware of her capabilities.
I love her! Hope she pulls through ok…she looks like a tough gal though
awwww she better get well soon!