Alan Rickman: From the end of Potter to the Coen Brothers
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Italian newspaper La Republica recently spoke with British actor and director Alan Rickman where he talked about the end of the Potter era, including the preparation it took to create the character of Severus Snape for the films, watching his young costars grow up over the last ten years, his experience in seeing Daniel Radcliffe onstage in his Broadway show a few months back, his future projects after Potter, and some of his political beliefs. The original interview in Italian has been translated into English (although loosely and to the best of my ability), and can be read below if interested:
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Alan Rickman: Snape, bad life
''I fight Harry Potter but the children love me.'' As a film actor, Alan Rickman is known mainly for his bad guy character roles, including the evil Professor Snape at Hogwarts. In fact the artist is also a great performer and theatre director, and a liberal.
By Arianna Finos
LONDON - Alan Rickman is the villain that we love. The English actor and Director for adult audiences resembles a theory of pop culture embodied by criminals of the late 80s, from the terrorist Hans Gruber in Die Hard to the ridiculed Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves amongst others. But to younger audiences (especially kids) around the world, Alan Rickman, black helmet to Renato Zero, cruel gaze and batty clothes, he is Severus Snape, the one dark teacher of Potions at the school of magic in the Harry Potter series.
If the Dark Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is identified by the readers/viewers as evil, that of Snape is a beloved figure in comparison: book after book, the Professor of Potions has inflicted cruel punishments to Harry Potter, but he is also intervened to save him from harm. Severus Snape’s true nature will wrap in a twistful conclusion that has yet to be revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the final conclusion of the saga in theaters by July 13 [in Italy]. ‘’Ms. Rowling has built with care a deep personality in Snape that is just as enigmatic and intriguing as Mona Lisa. So it’s no surprise that kids love Snape: they perceive in him something much deeper; despite his fierce appearance, there is something intriguing, and that turns their imagination,’’ Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman, 65 years old, says elegantly, sitting in a living room of the Mandarin Hotel in London.
( This is a NO SQUEEING FANGIRLS zone. )
NOTE: SnitchSeeker re-posted this same translated interview to their site.
Italian newspaper La Republica recently spoke with British actor and director Alan Rickman where he talked about the end of the Potter era, including the preparation it took to create the character of Severus Snape for the films, watching his young costars grow up over the last ten years, his experience in seeing Daniel Radcliffe onstage in his Broadway show a few months back, his future projects after Potter, and some of his political beliefs. The original interview in Italian has been translated into English (although loosely and to the best of my ability), and can be read below if interested:
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Alan Rickman: Snape, bad life
''I fight Harry Potter but the children love me.'' As a film actor, Alan Rickman is known mainly for his bad guy character roles, including the evil Professor Snape at Hogwarts. In fact the artist is also a great performer and theatre director, and a liberal.
By Arianna Finos
LONDON - Alan Rickman is the villain that we love. The English actor and Director for adult audiences resembles a theory of pop culture embodied by criminals of the late 80s, from the terrorist Hans Gruber in Die Hard to the ridiculed Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves amongst others. But to younger audiences (especially kids) around the world, Alan Rickman, black helmet to Renato Zero, cruel gaze and batty clothes, he is Severus Snape, the one dark teacher of Potions at the school of magic in the Harry Potter series.
If the Dark Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is identified by the readers/viewers as evil, that of Snape is a beloved figure in comparison: book after book, the Professor of Potions has inflicted cruel punishments to Harry Potter, but he is also intervened to save him from harm. Severus Snape’s true nature will wrap in a twistful conclusion that has yet to be revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the final conclusion of the saga in theaters by July 13 [in Italy]. ‘’Ms. Rowling has built with care a deep personality in Snape that is just as enigmatic and intriguing as Mona Lisa. So it’s no surprise that kids love Snape: they perceive in him something much deeper; despite his fierce appearance, there is something intriguing, and that turns their imagination,’’ Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman, 65 years old, says elegantly, sitting in a living room of the Mandarin Hotel in London.
( This is a NO SQUEEING FANGIRLS zone. )