Maggie Smith: Harry Potter actor’s most iconic scene as Professor McGonagall

Maggie Smith: Harry Potter actor's most iconic scene as Professor McGonagallHarry Potter, Warner Bros.

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00:00Let me get this straight, Professor. You're actually giving us permission to do this?

00:04That is correct, Longbottom.

00:06To blow it up? Boom?

00:08Boom!

00:09Wicked! But how on earth are we going to do that?

00:13Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnegan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.

00:19I can bring it down.

00:20That's the spirit. Now, where are you going?

00:23You do realise, of course, we can't keep out you-know-who indefinitely?

00:27That doesn't mean we can't delay him.

00:31And his name is Voldemort.

00:33Phileas, you might as well use it. He's going to try to kill you either way.

00:41Piertotum locomotor!

00:58Hogwarts is threatened! Man the boundaries! Protect us! Do your duty to our school!

01:10I've always wanted to use that spell.