If the remarks Alan Rickman made about Emma Watson’s performance in his soon-to-be-published personal diaries are any indication, He was capable of the kind of harsh insults that Harry Potter’s character Severus Snape would be proud of.
The late actor admitted that he had pondered leaving the Potter series with his agency. because he had been so uncomfortable filming some of the movies. He struggled with everything on the Hogwarts set, from his working hours to his coworkers, and had significant issues.
Alan Rickman
Since his demise in 2016, a significant number of hidden notebooks kept by actor Alan Rickman have come to light, shedding light on what it was truly like to work on the renowned Harry Potter movies.
The actor had to spend a lot of time with the younger actors on set, which it seems he would have preferred to avoid, even though he had many scenes with other adults throughout the eight films, including Maggie Smith’s Professor McGonagall, Richard Harris’ Dumbledore in the first two films, and Ralph Fiennes’ Voldemort. The recently discovered journals claim that Alan struggled particularly with Emma Watson, who naturally played Hermione Granger in the movies.
Alan wrote the following about the kids he played scenes with: “These children require guidance. They don’t know their lines, and Emma Watson’s language occasionally sounds like it belongs in Albania. ” The information came to light in 2003, while Alan and his coworkers were filming Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third instalment in the series.
The Harry Potter film
As Harry, Hermione, and Ron find themselves sparring with their teacher more than ever, Alan had to spend more time in this film with his younger co-stars, Emma, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint.
Alan Rickman had already experienced difficulties when filming the Harry Potter movies.
Rickman wrote about his intentions to completely exit the Harry Potter franchise during the filming of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002, implying that there had been ongoing discussions with the producers.
He was talking to [agent] Paul Lyon-Maris about the HP exit, which he believes will occur, he wrote. However, we’re back in the project collision zone. Stopping it again, HP They are unwilling to hear it.
But happily, Alan made the decision to finish Harry Potter despite his production issues.
Alan’s character
Fans will be happy to learn that Alan’s character, Snape,’s tragic past and unwavering love for Lily Potter were the key factors that persuaded him to stay.
In a 2007 entry, he wrote, “I have finished reading the final Harry Potter book.”
“Snape dies bravely, and Potter calls his son Albus Severus and calls him one of the bravest men he ever knew. A true rite of passage, this.
“Snape loved Lily,” a tiny tidbit from Jo Rowling seven years ago, gave me a cliff edge to grab onto. On October 4th, the diary entries of Alan Rickman will be released in the book Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman.
Beginning in 1972, Alan Rickman carried a pocket diary where he recorded events, including dates, anniversaries, premiere dates, and addresses. He purchased diaries from a nearby stationer that offered him a page a day to play with and began to write a far more detailed description of his life and work in 1992. There are 26 books in total, several of which include vibrant and lovely illustrations.
Personal diary
It’s unclear why he kept a diary. Diarists come in many forms, and the reasons why they choose to document their life are just as varied. Some people desire to have life-changing experiences, while others are willing to describe what initially seems like trivia but eventually takes on enduring significance. This is a condensed summary of the roughly 11 years that Alan Rickman’s portrayal as Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies helped define.
His career had mostly been established in Britain up to that point, most notably with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he made a name for himself in plays like Les Liaisons Dangereuses, following Rada and an apprenticeship in repertory theatre.
After Die Hard, he was in high demand for major motion pictures. He first appeared in Juliet Stevenson’s 1990 romantic comedy Truly, Madly, Deeply, and then in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, where he made an outstanding Sheriff of Nottingham.
Last Note
After the events of Robin Hood, Rickman started diligently maintaining a diary. What follows is a condensed description of his early cinematic years after Harry Potter and his return to the stage in Antony and Cleopatra with Helen Mirren. Rickman described the heroic death of his character in the final book as “a genuine rite of passage,” adding that the knowledge Rowling had given him about his character years earlier had “given me a cliff edge to cling on to.”
