(Deathly Hallows Part II spoiler alert!)

Filming the scene late in Deathly Hallows in which Harry walks through the Forbidden Forest to meet Voldemort was “really hard,” according to star Daniel Radcliffe, speaking to MTV.

The scene — one of the emotional peaks of the novel — comes right after Harry learns he may have to die at Voldemort’s hand in order for Voldemort to ultimately be defeated.  As he walks to his fate, the ghosts of his dead relatives accompany him in solidarity.  That includes Sirius Black, who was played once again by Gary Oldman.

Radcliffe explained:

It was just one of those things where I think, because I put a lot of pressure on myself to get it right beforehand, I wasn’t able to relax and enjoy it as much as I might have done otherwise. So I was slightly annoyed about that. …

It was one of those scenes that by the end of the third day of it, we were going, “I don’t know if I like this one as much as I did at the beginning.” It was really, really tough.  But Gary was brilliant.