thenoblehouseofrickman:

“Dan, Rupert and Emma, and Tom Felton
and Devon Murray, especially those kids, when I would have sick
children with me on the set they would come straight up to me and start
engaging with these kids and take photos with them and ask, ‘What’ve
they seen so far? What was their favorite part of the film? What was
their favorite part of the day?’” She
reminisced about a number of touching memories from the set visits,
including a time a young boy got to help direct a scene with Radcliffe
in Chamber of Secrets. After the scene, the boy ran up to Radcliffe,
threw his arms around him and said, “I love you, Harry.”

“All
of us were in tears, the director [Chris Columbus], the cast, the crew,
we were all tearing up. But it was such a beautiful moment, and Dan was
so sweet with him. That’s the purity of Harry Potter.” […] Jay,
a child diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma, was excited to visit the
set [of Prisoner of Azkaban], “But what he really wanted was to be in the film, not just
visiting. […] I
said, ‘Well, we can’t really do that, and you’re already here.’ Alan
[Rickman] came over and introduced himself to Jay, and Jay was so happy
to meet him. He was really knowledgeable. He was about 15 at the time,
and he knew a lot about Alan’s other films, and Jay mentioned to Alan
that what he really wanted to do was be in the film.

“Alan
looked at me, and he kind of went into his Snape-mode in costume, and
said, ‘Why isn’t this child in the film?’ […] Everyone had a good laugh, and Alan took him by the hand and put him
into the crowd of kids as they were panning across. […]
[Jay] was very happy that Alan did that for him.” —
Paula DuPre’ Pesmen

on the Cast of Harry Potter [x]