Actor Alan Rickman revealed in his diary that he found John Williams’ score for ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ “appalling”.
Alan Rickman played Professor Severus Snapeone of the favorite characters of the fans of the ‘Harry Potter’ saga, during the 8 films that the franchise spanned between ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ in 2001 and ‘The Deathly Hallows Part 2’ in 2011. 10 years in the that his character went from being one of the most hated in ‘Harry Potter’, due to his apparent animosity towards Harry, to one of the most loved, after it was revealed that she had always watched over his safety because of her love for his mother, Lily.
Rickman died on January 14, 2016 at the age of 69. old due to pancreatic cancer, but his battle began much earlier, in 2005, between the fourth and fifth part of the saga. Shortly before production began on ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’, the actor was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer and had to undergo surgery.
Weeks after being released from the hospital, back in 2006, Rickman wrote a diary entry revealing his decision to remain as the notoriously shady Hogwarts professor in the Harry Potter films.
“I finally said yes to ‘Harry Potter 5’. The feeling is neither happy nor sad. The winning argument has been that of: ‘Carry it out. it’s your story.'”, wrote.
A year later, in 2007, Rickman recorded his thoughts on his character’s death in JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ books, revealing that always knew about the love story between Snape and Lily, the mother of Harry Potter.
“… I have finished reading the last ‘Harry Potter’ book,” he wrote at the time. “Snape dies heroically, Potter describes him to his sons as one of the bravest men he has ever met and names his son Albus Severus.. This was a true rite of passage. A bit of information from Jo Rowling seven years ago, that Snape loved Lily, gave me a cliff to cling to..”
These extracts belong to a compilation of the British actor’s handwritten diaries that will be published in October in the United Kingdom, entitled ‘Madly Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman‘.
The writings also include, among other things, the first (bad) impression of Rickman after seeing ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ for the first time. “The film takes on a scale and depth to match John Williams’ gruesome score. The after party at the Savoy was much more fun.“
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