Alysa Liu’s gold medal-winning skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics was out of this world. So, too, was her run-in with the most famous wizard who ever lived.
Fantasy and reality collided when the newly minted U.S. figure skating gold medalist met the Chosen One and Hogwarts’ Triwizard Champion, Harry Potter—played by the ever-talented Daniel Radcliffe. The two met backstage on the Today Show this week and shared a sweet moment together, with Radcliffe lavishing praise on the 20-year-old star. “You being you was the most joyful thing I’ve watched,” Radcliffe told Liu.
