Alan Rickman He died on January 14, 2016, but just seven months before his death, he spoke openly about seeing his young ones Harry Potter Stars thrive as adults.
“I think that's as comforting as anything else,” Rickman said. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert GrintSuccess in the June 2015 episode of Josh Horowitz's “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.. “You're watching this situation, and as much as I was only doing it for seven weeks, they were doing it for 52 weeks. This was their life from age 12 to 22. And you were watching it from the sidelines sometimes and throwing in the weird lifeline because there was only… Little time for that.
Rickman, who He died of pancreatic cancer At the age of 69, he played Severus Snape In all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, and remained in contact with Radcliffe after filming wrapped.
“It was only in recent years, for example, that I was able to sit in a café in New York with Daniel,” Rickman continued in the interview. “At some point, he was on the road in one theater and I was on the road in another theater. Great pride in going to see him in the musical (How to succeed in business without really trying). How dare he dance like New York dancers? Because he worked at it.”
I was once a student at Hogwarts, and always have been a student at Hogwarts – and the frequent meetings of the Harry Potter staff prove it. In 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone appeared in theaters, introducing the world to Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who played the three main characters in J. K. Rowling's novels: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione (…)
Radcliffe had only recently heard Rickman's words. Horowitz played the clip on an April 2024 recording of “Happy Sad Confused” with Radcliffe in support of Cheerfully we roll along (For him Radcliffe He won his first Tony Award).
I was so intimidated by Alan Rickman. How can you not be that loud? Radcliffe, now 35, said after watching a clip of his late colleague. “Even when you hear that voice, you completely forget how low it had to be to resonate with you. I was so afraid of him in the first three movies. I was terrified of him and said, ‘This guy hates me.’ And somewhere along the line, he saw that I really wanted To do this and work on it.
Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Matthew Lewis on July 11, 2011, in New York City.
Getty ImagesHe added that Rickman was particularly supportive of his theatrical career on both Broadway and London's West End. “He interrupted his vacation in Canada to come see me EquusRadcliffe said. He saw every piece of theater work I did while he was alive. He'll take me out then and we'll talk about it. He was one of the first people to say, “You have to look at vocal training and the Alexander Technique and all that stuff.” He was saying, “You probably wouldn't understand this otherwise, so you should just investigate all this stuff.” I am very lucky. To hear him say that's really nice. Thank you for showing me that.”
While Rickman described Radcliffe as an “exceptional” performer on the 2015 podcast, that's not how he always felt. In his personal magazines published in 2022 AD Madly, Deeply: The Diary of Alan Rickmanrecalls seeing Radcliffe become more professional along the way Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
“He's very focused now. 'Serious and focused — but with a sense of fun,'” reads Rickman's May 2003 entry for the third film. “I still don't think he's really an actor, but he'll no doubt direct and produce. He enjoys quiet and generous support from his parents. Nothing is paid.”
That has clearly changed, as Radcliffe has said on several occasions that he hasn't decided he wants to become an actor anymore.Potter Until the fifth movie – and the younger actor didn't mind mixing the bad with the good. He even appreciated Rickman's suggestion.
“I would definitely love to (try) directing.” Radcliffe said on Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen in November 2022. “Producing seems to be all the hard parts of the industry and none of the fun, so I really have no interest in doing it.”
Radcliffe added: “All the stuff Alan wrote was such a beautiful, nostalgic read. For example, from his comments about us, he said, 'These kids need to learn their lines.' That's kind of a nightmare now. All this stuff came down to us while I was here (in New York City) when I was doing a play It was so beautiful to read all of that.
Rickman is survived by his wife Rima Horton.
