Thousands of fans from around the world flocked London Thursday for the premiere of the final Harry Potter film.

They crowded Trafalgar Square, where the stars of the magical adventure series such as leads Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint walked in on red carpet, and nearby Leicester Square, where the movie was being shown in a plush movie theater.

“Each and every person, not just here in this square but around the world who have watched these films for the last 10 years, they will always carry the films with them for the rest of their lives,” 21-year-old Radcliffe, who has played the boy wizard since he was 11, said.

“It’s our childhood — we made friends because of Harry Potter,” Luis Guilherme, a 22-year-old graduate student from Sao Paolo, Brazil told The Associated Press. “I don’t know how my life would be without it. I would be less imaginative, for sure, and less adventurous. I would never be here in London.”

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling also thanked the actors for “the amazing things they did for my favorite characters” and the fans for “listening to her story.”

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ is the final installment, depicting Harry’s final confrontation with the forces of evil Lord Voldemort, rendered for the first time in 3D.

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