Alan Rickman’s posthumously published diary entries reveal frustrations over hisHarry Potterchild costars' performances — includingEmma Watson’s accent work.
“[Director] Alfonso [Cuarón] was quietly ballistic with me,” Rickman wrote on July 30, 2003, after sarcastically describing a “fabulous start” of a day on the film’s set. “I love him too much to let it last too long so I wailed offset and we sorted it out. He’s under the usual HP pressure and even he starts rehearsing cameras before actors, and these kids need directing.”
“They don’t know their lines and Emma’s diction is this side of Albania at times,” Rickman added. “Plus my so-called rehearsal is with a stand-in who is French.”
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Rickman had also jotted down thoughts onDaniel Radcliffe’s potential in the film industry earlier that year, according to the excerpt.
“He’s so concentrated now. Serious and focused — but with a sense of fun,” Rickman wrote of Radcliffe, who turned 14 during production on the thirdPotterentry. “I still don’t think he’s really an actor but he will undoubtedly direct/produce. And he has such quiet, dignified support from his parents. Nothing is pushed.”
Though Rickman’s diary entries show private criticisms of how thePotterfilms were handled throughout his time playing Professor Severus Snape, the actor wrote that Cuarón “has done an extraordinary job” after attendingPrisoner of Azkaban’s world premiere.
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“It is a very grown-up movie, so full of daring that it made me smile and smile,” Rickman wrote on May 23, 2004. “Every frame of it is the work of an artist and storyteller. Stunning effects that are somehow part of the life of the film, not show-off stunts.”
Rickmandied of pancreatic cancerin January 2016 at age 69. Watson paid tribute to him at the time, writing on social media, “I’m very sad to hear about Alan today. I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I’ll really miss our conversations. RIP Alan. We love you.”
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, the actor’s published diary entries that span 25 years of his life, isnow availablewherever books are sold.
source: people.com
