I think about that moment with the director’s chair often, now that Alan has passed away. And not only Alan, of course. Richard Harris, John Hurt, Helen McCrory … the list of actors from the Harry Potter films who are no longer with us inevitably grows. When I think of their passing, I find myself in purgatory because it’s only now that I’ve reached adulthood that I’ve started to understand the effect that they had on me, and how brilliant they were as examples.
