Albus Severus: Last News

the Guardian. “He portrayed him with an intense and brittle spirit. I asked if Snape continued in future stories.“ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘the latest book has just come out, ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ then he quietly added: ‘And I — I am the Half-Blood Prince,’ ” she said.

Harry Potter, who loved the actor portraying harsh-faced Severus Snape. Now in extracts of his journals, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, fans are let into the decisions the actor made concerning his part on the fantasy series of films, how he was able to get into character and his first reaction to reading of Snape’s death within the Potter world.After reading the final Harry Potter book, Deathly Hallows, he shared his thoughts in an entry from July 27, 2007.Obtained by The Guardian, the entry reads: “ … I have finished reading the last Harry Potter book.Snape dies heroically, Potter describes him to his children as one of the bravest men he ever knew and calls his son Albus Severus.“This was a genuine rite of passage.

Alan Rickman, the late Harry Potter star, is making his mixed feelings about sticking with the franchise known through diary entries published Saturday by The Guardian.

British actor’s death from pancreatic cancer, excerpts from his journals are set to be published in a book titled “Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman.”In the book — out Oct. 4 — Rickman noted how he wanted to leave the wizarding franchise after the release of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” back in 2002.Rickman went on to play the part in six subsequent films in the series, ending in 2011.Parts of the diary were published recently by the Guardian. In an entry dated Dec.

BreAnna Bell Excerpts from Alan Rickman’s diaries published by The Guardian offer a glimpse into the late actor’s decade-long journey through the “Harry Potter” franchise, with insight into why he decided to continue playing the role of Severus Snape across all eight films. Prior to production beginning on the series’ fifth entry “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” Rickman was forced to confront health issues. The actor was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in 2005 and began to receive treatment. Doctors later decided to remove his entire prostate, with surgery occurring at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. in January of the following year.