“Finish it to the end. This is your story": entries from the personal diary of Alan Rickman about the filming of "Harry Potter" were published

The Guardian published excerpts from the personal diary of actor Alan Rickman, who played the role of Professor Snape in the cult Harry Potter franchise.

These recordings make it possible to trace the ten-year behind-the-scenes life of an actor in films about a wizard with a scar in the form of a lightning bolt on his forehead, as well as to find out his attitude to the fate of his hero.

The world premiere of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" took place in November 2001.

Then Rickman shared in his diary his reaction to what he saw.

The actor believed that the film deserves to be viewed on the big screen, because then it acquires the same depth and scale.

The actor also wrote about his first meeting with J.K. Rowling, stating that he became her confidant in the history of Snape's character and she told him about the hero's past.

“In a conversation with her (JK Rowling. -

) one feels that she is living these stories, and not inventing them.

She is like a stream, seething with all sorts of “Well, you see, when he was young, such and such and such and such happened,” and never (does not speak. -

) “I wanted (for it to be. -

) so and so ... ”, the actor wrote.

After filming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005, doctors diagnosed Alan Rickman with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Soon, in early January 2006, the actor was taken to the hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville for surgery.

Then Rickman wrote that the pre-op is like a film set, since nothing in it seems real.

Despite the illness and a serious operation, the actor did not quit his role and soon after discharge he began to work.

At the end of January, he wrote that the shooting of the fifth part of Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix, had begun.

Rickman felt he had to see the story through to the end.

“Finally, the green light of GP5 (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” -

).

There is neither joy nor sadness.

This argument wins: “Finish it to the end.

This is your story."

• Shot from the movie "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"

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The role of the closed Professor Snape, who did not let anyone in, changed the actor - he noticed that as soon as he put on the hero's costume, the image completely took possession of him.

In April 2006, Rickman wrote that Snape's character absorbs him on the set - he ceases to be smiling and talkative, which is new to him.

In the same entry, Rickman happily noted that actor Daniel Radcliffe is charming and easily copes with the role of the wizard Harry Potter.

By the way, Alan Rickman has repeatedly mentioned his young film colleagues in his personal notes, noting how they have grown since the first part of the franchise.

For example, on December 29, 2008, the actor wrote about having lunch with Radcliffe, noting that the guy was already 19 years old.

“Lunch with Dan Radcliffe at Cafe Cluny.

Just now he was 12, and now he is 19. When did this happen?

He is sensitive, eloquent and smart.

He also has a three-bedroom apartment in New York,” Rickman mused.

Before filming two chapters of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the artist read the book to find out about the fate of his character.

The ending, invented by J.K. Rowling, impressed Rickman: he wrote that his hero died heroically, carrying through his whole life the love of one woman - Lily Potter.

“I have just finished reading the last Harry Potter book.

Snape dies heroically, Potter describes him to his children as one of the bravest people he has ever known.

He also named his son Albus Severus.

There has been a good succession.

One little piece of information from J Rowling seven years ago - Snape loved Lily - became a lifeline for me that I could hold on to, ”said the actor.

Touchingly described the artist and filming the scene of the death of Professor Snape, noting that he was again together with "Dan, Emma and Rupert" ten years later.

Rickman stated that the original director of the film, David Yates, wanted Lord Voldemort to kill Professor Snape with the forbidden Avada Kedavra spell, but many, including Rickman, were against it, as they knew that fans would not be delighted with similar discrepancies with the original work.

The fact is that the spell leads to immediate death, and according to the plot, Snape had to have time to give out the whole truth about Harry's past.

As a result, the team managed to convince the director - in the murder scene, Snape died from the bites of Nagini, the snake of the Dark Lord.

The last day of filming for Harry Potter took place on March 29, 2010.

The actor's recordings convey his emotions at that moment: he could not believe that the project was completed.

On this day, the documentary filmmakers were filming and asked the artists to share their emotions.

Alan Rickman chose not to talk about his feelings in public.

“It's a little hard to believe all this.

In my opinion, such completeness shocked even Daniel (Radcliffe. -

).

There seemed to be cameras everywhere (for documentary filming).

(I was asked. -

) "What are the feelings?"

Before you felt it

before the feeling had a name.

“This is personal, and I won’t share it like this,” I squeezed out, pointing at the lenses (cameras. -

), wrote Alan Rickman.

- These boxes (for film. -

) are filled with something complete.

Thanks, Joe."

In July 2011, on the day of the premiere of the last film in the saga in London, the actor wrote that the Potter fans were happy with the ending of the story.

According to him, thousands of people crowded Trafalgar Square, shouting and humming "Snape, Snape, Severus Snape ...".

Alan Rickman passed away on January 14, 2016.

The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

In addition to the Harry Potter franchise, the actor starred in films such as Die Hard, Love Actually, Sense and Sensibility, Dogma, and others.