Alan Rickman’s Diaries Reveal His Secret Feelings About Harry Potter Franchise

Can you imagine the Harry Potter films without the late Alan Rickman’s deliciously dour Severus Snape? In excerpts published by the Guardian from the forthcoming book Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, the late, great Rickman shares his unfiltered thoughts on the Harry Potter franchise, including his desire to stop playing the role of Severus Snape and his decision to ultimately “see it through.” In his diaries, Rickman revealed that he sometimes felt ambivalent about his classic turn as Severus Snape, Hogwarts’s gloomy potions professor, and that he considered walking away from the franchise multiple times. Ahead of 2000’s… Read Full Article