Party afterwards at the Savoy is much more fun.”Īs previously reported in June, Henry Holt and Company will release “Madly Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman,” a collection of Rickman’s handwritten diaries, in October. “It acquires a scale and depth that matches the hideous score by John Williams. “The film should only be seen on a big screen,” Rickman wrote. The cast of Harry Potter have been sharing their memories of Alan Rickman online. The actor, whos remembered as playing Professor Snape in the film series, has died after a battle with cancer. Rickman also provided his reaction after exiting the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” the first entry of the franchise. The cast of Harry Potter have been sharing their memories of Alan Rickman online. Talking to her is talking to someone who lives these stories, not invents them,” Rickman wrote in 2000. Half-Blood Prince Snivellus/Snivelly (by Marauders) Sev (by Lily Potter) Slytherus (Potterwatch) The Potions Master Title(s). “She nervously lets me in on a few glimpses of Snape’s background. Rickman also wrote about his first meeting with Rowling, stating that he became her confidant in the history of Snape’s character. One small piece of information from Jo Rowling seven years ago – Snape loved Lily – gave me a cliff edge to hang on to.” “Snape dies heroically, Potter describes him to his children as one of the bravest men he ever knew and calls his son Albus Severus. “… I have finished reading the last ‘Harry Potter’ book,” he wrote at the time. Rowling’s final entry in the book series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” adding that he had always known about the harrowing love story between his character and Harry Potter’s mother, Lily. The change in Snapes final line and the overall gruesomeness of his death was better for the Harry Potter movie, but that isnt to say that Warner Bros did the scene exactly right. In 2007, the actor recorded his thoughts on his character’s demise written in J.K. The argument that wins is the one that says: ‘See it through. Pop music icon David Bowie, died aged 69 on Sunday and Motorhead heavy metal pioneer Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister died on Dec 28, four days after he turned 70.Weeks after he was released from the hospital, Rickman wrote an entry in his journal revealing his decision to stay on as the notorious gloomy potions professor. He is the third international British star of the post-World War II baby boom to die of cancer within a month. The Alice In Wonderland sequel Alice Through The Looking Glass is also due for release later this year. Rickman's death comes just months ahead of the release of a new film called Eye In The Sky in which he stars alongside Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul. He met his partner Rima Horton, a local politician and an economics lecturer, in 1965 and they married in a private ceremony in New York in 2012. "Parts win prizes, not actors," he told US television network IFC in 2008. Granted a privilege no other actors had, Rowling shared Snape's entire storyline to Rickman ahead of book releases, allowing him to portray Snape's true. Though Snape barely had any screen time, Rickman still managed to steal the show. Though he never won an Oscar, Rickman did not view it as a snub. One of Harry Potter's most iconic roles, Severus Snape, was played by the legendary, late-actor Alan Rickman. In 1995, he was chosen by Empire film magazine as the 34th sexiest star in film history. Rickman played the romantic leads in the British films Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991) and Sense And Sensibility (1994).īut it was his intimidating portrayal of villains that made his mark on Hollywood. He paid tribute to an "original" actor with "forensic intelligence, precision and brilliant comic timing". Playing the Vicomte de Valmont, "he created a scintillating, stylish danger which became a hallmark in a career as varied and distinguished as any actor would wish," said RSC artistic director Gregory Doran. It transferred to Broadway, where he received a Tony Award nomination. In 1985 he played the original lead male role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. In between his turns as Snape, he starred in the Christmas-themed romantic comedy movie Love Actually and voiced Absolem the Caterpillar in Alice In Wonderland.īorn in Acton, west London, on Feb 21, 1946, Rickman won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the relatively late age of 26. "He was a magnificent actor and a wonderful man. Rowling said she was "shocked and devastated" to hear of his death. But he gained legions of younger fans with his portrayal of the largely malicious teacher Severus Snape in all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011.
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