Madly, Deeply; The Diaries of Alan Rickman

I think you know I love all things Harry Potter.  And that includes Snape of course, and Alan Rickman.  I think Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood is a far better performance than Kevin Costner's title role.  Rickman's breakout in American Hollywood was the bad guy in Die Hard (who will ever forget the face as Bruce Willis drops him off Nakatomi Tower--which was because Willis let him go on 2 rather than 3).  

Rickman kept a diary, which is more like a date book record of meetings and appointments with commentary thrown in. This was published after his death.  His longtime partner (he formally/officially married Rima in 2012 to protect her financially) provides an epilogue of his final days in the hospital in late 2015 to early 2016.

It was July 27, 2007 when Rickman read Snape's death in the book.  He wrote in his journal he was satisfied with his character's ending.  He briefly considered allowing Snape to be recast for the final three movies after his cancer diagnosis in 2005, but wrote he must see the storyline through.  He never let his castmates know he was ill, instead allowing his pallid complexion and pained demeanor to be seen as living in character.  His younger castmates called it "Snaping about".

His talent and, as former castmate Johnny Depp called it, "uniqueness" will be missed. 

Note, I didn't realize when this was purchased through our vendor it is the large print version.  It still does not list so on the book sale page.  Please do not let the length/size of the book deceive you, as the font is gigantic.               

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