Alan Rickman talks Severus Snape at NY Times Arts & Leisure Weekend 2012

Alan Rickman talks about his role as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series at the New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend on 7 January 2012. Topics covered include Snape's buttoned up look and pointing a wand at Dame Maggie Smith. Interview by Patrick Healy.
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[@TheMrpaulc]

His voice is the best voice of a male actor ever.

[@ProgressiveMetalist]

frosted weirdness Many women prefer to be called actors. I don't fully understand it but his point is still valid in specifying male actor.

[@Ellesecret8]

Yes and Jeremy Irons :)

[@ariahazelwood3842]

Paul's Home 394th like

[@Kerensey]

He had a memorable voice, for sure, though my favorite voice will always be Leonard Nimoy's.

[@Savannah19]

Paul I agree ,next to Sean Connery .

[@HanMew]

Even when he's not Snape, he's Snape.

[@guyincognito566]

You mean Hans Gruber. =)

[@daniellemusella1594]

Daniel Quinlan He mentioned that in an interview once, laughing slightly as he talked about it. If I remember correctly, it went something like this: "People still come up to me and shout, 'Yippee Kaiyay...word I won't say'." (giggle) Such a genuinely warm, sweet, funny guy.

[@scarletibis3158]

So is The Hound, Rory McCann. every scene is oozing vocal sex if you close your eyes. go Sansa and Sandor.

[@ijen001]

Omg. Right!

[@chilip7386]

Yung Houn Haha agreed.

[@HunterBelkiran]

His voice knows how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the sense.

[@animemusicvideo105]

Exactly!!

[@alial-haddad1980]

He bottled fame and brewed glory. Shame he couldn't put a stopper on death

[@Chemicalkinetics]

Exactly!

[@rinkichoubey9659]

Exactly 🤣

[@grafffuller3265]

So true. A soothing balm. We miss him dearly.

[@rautaranka]

His voice is pure gold.

[@petercharleskrug]

His voice rivals that of James Earl Jones.

[@emmilygelig341]

Boi that must be heavy

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

*nod nod* Even sexier than the guy from the surprise-hit body spray commercials. Can you imagine the HP-version of those? "Listen again... this voice is now diamonds! I'm on a broom." XD XD XD

[@annsnan]

카르마Karma isn’t it!! 🥰

[@SalmanM1996]

peter krug better than JEJ

[@pedrotrejo8118]

In his memory, we should all turn to page three hundred and ninety four...

[@severussnape1074]

Pedro Trejo I'm getting out my science text book and doing that right now

[@longstoryshortisurvived]

Severus Snape Should probably be your defence against the dark arts or your advanced potions textbook.

[@emilywhiteland6145]

Always

[@sheenalee8247]

Yes!!!!

[@idontknowhowtowearabalacla3679]

There’s 394 likes rn

[@SpiderMan-ek4sg]

The fact that he kept his promise and didn't say anything proves just how much of Snape is in him. Miss him 😔

[@vegancam]

He kept it, always.

[@fir3fight176]

@@vegancam he took it to the grave

[@ermelinda2223]

@@vegancam I’m confused ... what’s with the “ always” I’m curious

[@vegancam]

@Ermelinda Have you not read/seen Deathly Hallows? It's a fairly significant resolution in Snape's character arc which I won't explain if you haven't as it would spoil it for you.

[@ermelinda2223]

@@vegancam spoil away.

[@rachelbullock8]

I don't think Alan gets enough credit for how difficult his role was and how well he executed it. Same with Helena Bonham Carter. I think they had the best acting of everyone who's been in the movies. They're usually overshadowed by Dan, Rupert, and Emma, but watching the movies over again makes me realize how amazing they are in the films.

[@daniellemusella1594]

I know what you mean. It's like, "Hand, meet glove."

[@GoldenKaos]

Daniel's acting comes across as wooden a lot of the time.

[@rachelbullock8]

Gold Snake his character was also very straight forward. i think he acts exactly like jk rowling had harry act. i don't think the role really gave him a chance to show off his acting ability because it's not like his role really took much skill to master imo. i don't think people give HBC enough credit for the way she made a small role have such a huge impact in the movies. i don't think anyone could've played bellatrix better than her. it's actually kind of scary how well HBC and Alan executed their roles.

[@GoldenKaos]

I disagree. Harry was a fairly emotional and hot-headed character, plenty of space for showing off acting ability. Radcliffe's attempt at emotions and even some basic interactions feel forced and wooden.

[@rachelbullock8]

Gold Snake eh i think his character was pretty straightforward. he acted the same throughout the entire series compared to someone like snape. i guess i should've explained myself better. but yeah there were times where it seemed like he was trying to be funny and when he tried to at mad it was weird and not genuine. like it was so obviously staged that it was funny to me.

[@lorderik237]

I could listen to him reading the dictionary for hours.

[@Kinkybaerice]

Lmao it's like a lullaby

[@홍보경-x3c]

That is a fucking nice idea

[@jossyoshi1681]

What about reading nursery rhymes! He would kill them!( literally) XD

[@tarynclark8011]

Lol how about GPS

[@tictac4063]

im laughing so hard my 'rents think im nuts😂😂

[@Immafuggin182]

I remember Daniel Radcliffe saying that Alan cut his holiday short to see him in a broadway play. It speaks to the unbelievably kind spirit he was. He will always be Snape and we will always miss him.

[@daniellemusella1594]

@YimmyP He didn't have any biological kids, but he definitely put out that Papa Bear energy elsewhere. He adored the children he worked with. Along with Daniel, there are also stories of him giving great, in-depth advice to both Matthew Lewis (Neville) and Devon Murray (Seamus). I feel that, had he been alive when Emma Watson was in "Beauty and the Beast", he would've shown up to the premiere to support her. (4/7/2022)

[@kimstein4586]

He was also sick at the time. So impressive!

[@davidwilks4123]

Of course, he wanted to see Danial naked. Even if Danial is small. Look it up Equus, pictures on the internet, dude is like 2 inches long, and past girlfriends and Rupert Grint have confirmed that he is barely 5 inches erect. Rubpert is bigger, and Neville's actor, and Draco's too all have been exposed on various celebrity gossip sites by former sex partners. Can't have everything lol. Also I bet they had frequent circle jerks growing up on the sets and having sleepovers together.

[@thatONEmachine]

Because a rich man went to see another rich man? And I'm pretty sure the play you are talking about is the one where Daniel is butt ass naked.

[@Immafuggin182]

@@thatONEmachine is that how you see life? Rich and poor? A man can’t support another man? It has to be because they are well off? And yes, some media has nudity in it. Probably not for the prudish or immature so you shouldn’t worry about it

[@theUroshman]

He should have won an Oscar for the role of Snape! There's no one who could have played it better than he did. He was just a perfect Snape! He was an amazing actor in all the roles I have seen him, but his Snape was just out of this world! RIP Alen Rickman!

[@ciarafirth6784]

Why didn’t he?

[@ciarafirth6784]

Sunny Sunny thank you so much I was wondering that.

[@ciarafirth6784]

Sunny Sunny that’s very sad!

[@theUroshman]

​@Baldur In 1977, Beatrice Straight became the Oscar winner with the shortest amount of screen time. During the 49th Academy Awards, Straight was named Best Supporting Actress for her brief-yet-powerful performance as Louise Schumacher, the jilted wife of William Holden’s character in Network.

[@theUroshman]

@Baldur Many experts and ordinary movie goers agree that he "stole" many movies in which he starred (including all 8 HP ones, Die Hard from Bruce Willis, Robin Hood from Kevin Costner and many more) from the main actors with 1/10th of the screen time.

[@SardonicALLY]

Notice that Severus never fired back at McGonagall ... he just defended deflected and left. He was trying to be the good guy being the bad guy all along.

[@kmcarchive8288]

Er... Snape wasn't a 'good guy'... His motivation alone is proof of this.

[@kmcarchive8288]

@MrTamadrummer3 Yeah, i read the books several times... Snape was a Death Eater way before he became a 'double agent'... It was only selfishness that made Snape turn on Voldemort, hoping to protect Lily... In fact, it was Snape who reported hearing the prophecy in the first place, so the whole thing is kinda his fault!

[@leftkout5129]

Not only he doesnt fight back, but if u notice he knocked 2 deatheaters to not interfere!

[@xXAlmdudlerXx]

@@kmcarchive8288 Trying to protect the ones you love is the opposite of beeing selfish

[@kmcarchive8288]

@@xXAlmdudlerXx Only caring about the actions of a mass-murdering, genocidal child-killer when he decides to kill your high-school crush is very selfish indeed.

[@adribsk87]

His monologues... Each... Word... Being... A... Separate... Sentence... In... Its... Own... I absolutely loved that.

[@lesliepropheter5040]

As delicate as the way he swished that wand, the flair he created was unique

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

He went to the John Malkovich School of Speech.

[@davidwilks4123]

He learned it from Captain Kirk's actor. William Shatner, another British actor.

[@davidwilks4123]

It's actually one of the worst parts about his portrayal of the character. Nothing like how he is written in the books. He should have had a nasal high tone voice, and talked in a whimperish tone, more milk toast.

[@Colleoleen]

How badly I want my Google Maps in his Snape voice. "Turn ... Left." (Miss turn). "*No, you fool.* Bang... A... U-ey."

[@ShroomKeppie]

When I watch Alan's scenes after Dumbledore's death, I'm always struck by the pain in Snape's eyes and the halting manner with which he speaks, as though every word is a struggle to get out. Knowing what we do now, we understand his sorrow at having to kill Dumbledore, his misery at having to carry on as headmaster and maintain his double-agent status under Voldemort, and the simultaneous desire to save the child of the woman he loved and the repulsion for that child who so closely resembled his most hated rival and tormentor. Only a truly great actor could convey all those emotions without resorting to exposition and explaining how he felt about all those things. What a shame to have lost him so early. RIP, Mr. Rickman.

[@tinasood3507]

Soo true

[@DivineMadne55]

❤️

[@Positivekitten]

👏👏👏 😢

[@AA-ke5bk]

That,is very beautiful...😭

[@emilywhiteland6145]

I wish he never died! Alan Rickman will always be the best male actor!💛❤❤😀😣😌

[@AmyJayOnTheWay]

Absolutely heartbroken. My favorite actor of all time. One of my bucket list items was to someday meet him. You will be terribly, terribly, missed, you silver-voiced, beautiful man.

[@mariamintcheva8359]

It was also my lifetime wish :( Im so sad. :(

[@AmyJayOnTheWay]

Maria Mintcheva Me too, Maria. :( At least we have his wonderful films to watch and enjoy and to share with our children and grandchildren.

[@mariamintcheva8359]

+Amy Jay Yes. :) This man has... ouch.. had :( charisma, he was a skilled actor.. :( R.I.P ❤😭

[@selenamartins5513]

+Amy Jay God, me too Snape/s by far my favourite character and I wanted to meet him so bad ugh RIP Alan you will be missed X

[@toni123456ify]

It was mine too, there was that smallest chance one day that we cud have met him, and now that chance has gone. I'm absolutely devasted that he has died. I genuinely thought that it was a hoax when i went on the 4music website. i was devasted when i found out he had really died. His fans might not have known him personally but his death is going to and has it us hard too. #ALegendForever. #RIP

[@AlexanderL23]

R.I.P Mr Rickman 😢 "after all these years" "Always..."

[@Jordy020]

damn bruh that hit me...

[@Mimi-kk7iu]

This showed up on my recommendations on his deathday 🪄

[@Andyyyy420]

Always 🖤

[@AnthonyHeadway]

You've been raising him for a pig for slaughter Dont tell me you've grown to care for the boy

[@joohwangie3046]

Always

[@gracellev]

If only Alan Rickman did voice recordings for the GPS car monitor...

[@FuzedBox]

Turn. Left. In one. Hundred...Feet. Ree....cal-cul-ating. Make. The next. U-turn. Re...cal-cul-ating... Nah; we'd be missing every turn.

[@estebangonzalez3261]

(Snape voice) now turn to route 394

[@ayroxus94]

You would have arrived before he had even finished the first phraze

[@ShroudedDay]

FuzedBox LMAO!

[@marie3049]

man thats what i thought !!

[@LegitimentGamerz]

Rip alan rickman. You'll be missed

[@le2zruWtaR8DauQ3]

+LegitimentGamerz how everyone now searchs alan rickman videos just to be the first one to comment with "rip alan"

[@mariannakiwow]

+le2zruWtaR8DauQ3 we don't search these videos in order to be the first to comment "RIP". We search the videos because we're sad and we miss him. We express how we feel about this amazing person and actor. How's that a problem for you?

[@LegitimentGamerz]

***** Well they dont wont to comment it on a Nissan car advert.

[@thegummybearshow2475]

+le2zruWtaR8DauQ3 no! You must lead a very sad life for that to even enter your mind!

[@dojiorangejuice2543]

Why did he have to go so soon? and did anyone here about that terrible Joke that Some guy named Jon snow said about Alan Rickman. Not funny at all.

[@villanelle2.0]

To me Snape has always been and will always be the real hero of Harry Potter series ☺

[@angelskyy6574]

Me too 💔💔

[@anjalia9744]

Always.❤

[@tarakmax3620]

He was really “up to something” the whole series

[@angelskyy6574]

@@tarakmax3620 🤣 good one

[@zenyattattooo3479]

Yeah severus potter was the obvious perfect ending i liked it

[@elisre4391]

I love how he played that scene. The way Snape lowers the wand for a fraction of a second when facing McGonagall is down right triple-agent. He knows he won't appreciate if the he ends up hurting a fellow colleague but he can't back away from his death eater role so he just flees the castle. It's very well played and consistent with the caracter. RIP Alan. What a great actor.

[@elisre4391]

there's an extra "the" in there... sorry

[@chaiselatterly7003]

Thanks for your input. You can always edit your post by lingering your cursor in the extreme upper right corner of your post; I have 3 small vertical dots on mine.

[@sjuyal85]

Also he casually took out the Carrows while doing it. Wonderful scene.

[@Paintballpro18]

Going to the lowering wand comment, he also never attacks AND deflects 2 of them into "fellow" death eaters. I'm wondering if Professor Mcgonagall ever picked up on this though as I would assume that they had been working together for 15+ years, she would know a lot about the ex-potions/ex-DA/headmaster. Not attacking once and fleeing? That's some high ranking positions to give across Hogwarts and yet seem to not be able to duel. Props to everyone in the movies, and even more so to the ones that had to fill incredibly complex rolls such as Alan Rickman. You know you performed the part masterfully when even audio book readers attempt to impersonate the voice and don't even TRY to create a different one

[@farahis93]

Elis Regina Beltram :'(

[@christopherrussell2926]

He arrived on our screens encased in solid ice, but he left our screens having forever melted our hearts with a glowing fire. He made us nervous, made us chuckle, made us raise our eyebrows, made us angry, even made us scared... but he left us with tears of sorrow, tears of joy, tears of gratitude, having reminded us all of our deepest human emotions. Alan... though you have departed, may your legacy stand the test of time.... forever.

[@BayBee_ASMR]

oh..dear words... :'( so many broken hearts. Rest in Bliss Alan.

[@BayBee_ASMR]

oh..dear words... :'( so many broken hearts. Rest in Bliss Alan.

[@arielsteinsaltz1956]

*always

[@Lala47362]

This comment is amazing

[@inmybed08]

beautifully put! 😢

[@grafffuller3265]

Pure genius. I love his voice. AND the cadence that he used for Snape was just brilliant. We hung on every word.

[@daniellemusella1594]

@GraffFuller I think a big part of that was probably his extensive theatrical training. He knew how to connect words and phrases in such ways that would have the audience eating out of his hand. The director for the last three films said as much: "With the space Alan puts between words, you can feel an entire auditorium, hanging on that pause. And they absolutely adore it." (11/1/2021)

[@anapelcanineultrasound1903]

There was a little bit of the Sheriff Of Nottingham there too (and he was easily the best part of that movie!)

[@daniellemusella1594]

@@anapelcanineultrasound1903 He was certainly the funniest. That character was a spoiled, moody, confused-about-so-much-in-life teenager wrapped inside a mid- to late-thirties body. (2/19/2022)

[@LegionIvory]

2:14 This breaks my heart, even though it's so wonderful. He truly kept his promise, and took the secret to his grave. R.I.P. Alan Rickman

[@sanelaprespljanin2760]

well I think that Jo just told him that Snape loved Lily....that would be a crucial piece of information

[@LegionIvory]

That is true; she did eventually confirm that she shared that secret before he joined the cast. Nevertheless, it's so heartwarming and bittersweet that he managed to keep his oath even after his death.

[@jela3767]

Legion Ivory He did keep the promise but JK did tell eventually,she told him that Snape was in love with Lily

[@IvarEstra]

Legion Ivory hearing that gave me goosebumps, it's just like his character, who kept up the secret of his love

[@T.O.P.YeahBB]

I think i saw somewhere that piece of information... Talks about Snape having a complex heart or something, if i found it i will send it

[@joyre1679]

I didn't focus on what he was saying but I was looking at the comments and just listening to his voice

[@jadenbates3889]

That what I was doing too. I could probably fall asleep just listening to his voice.

[@tictac4063]

YES!

[@ChodteDakdeAjSmenom]

literally me right now

[@youssefyoussef8121]

me

[@lauraleah_]

ME

[@Mark-ij2nh]

I cried big time when snape died in hallows part 2 and when you see flashbacks as to his true identity of protecting harry. Its devastating that such a talented man and a good person was taken from this world by cancer 😢

[@ibakaddicted]

So true! Snape death hits even harder when u know Alan R. died too...

[@gamermixy.t3664]

Yes , he protected Harry from shadows without taking any credit,

[@ajx2956]

I didn’t even know he died. 😔

[@Blind_Blind_Blind]

I silently sob during that scene.

[@nollyfkennedy]

RIP Alan. 1946-Always. I love you.

[@PitmanPrideFootball]

Turn to page 394

[@linanya6101]

Nooooooooooooooo

[@safira2342]

xD

[@rearksstyles1913]

such memories

[@libby4810]

three hun...dreD aaand nine..TY fouR

[@cr3ations]

And you've got 493 likes!

[@dianariverjackson5123]

Raise your wands for the best Potion teacher ever, Professor Alan Severus Snape Rickman

[@joshuachannel877]

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[@美波_5]

I felt so sad when in the last movie I realized how hard it must have been for Severus Snape. To act like he didn't care when he was heartbroken... I realized how hard his life must have been, and I thank Alan Rickman for bringing that amazing character to life. Thank you so much and R.I.P.

[@SORA-tr7yh]

i love how snape obviously didn't want to hurt anyone at Hogwarts. He looked very sad when killing Dombeldore, very apologetic when they were having a meeting with voldemort and a Hogwarts teacher was killed and even during this scene with McGonagall, he only defended himself but never attacked her and even attracked the fire she was throwing at him to kill the 2 death eaters behind him, never once attacking her. It really showed where his heart was even tho his past was a death eater ..

[@katkenobi6765]

I love the scene with McGonagal vs Snape. When she steps in front of Harry and Snape lowers his wand, the look of regret/sorrow on his face and the way he twists his wand, he didn’t want to fight her. He respected her and even probably considered her a “friend” (as much as Snape could consider someone a friend). Notice he never fights back. He defends himself and flees. I think he knew if he dueled her he’d kill her, I believe he was that strong, but that’s not what he wanted to do. So he fled. That’s one of my very favourite scenes in any HP movie. And Alan Rickman played it so perfectly. He was the most perfect person to play Snape. And by the third book I knew there was SOMETHING about Snape that we didn’t know. He was more than just a bully and death eater. I didn’t know what, but I knew it was something (I thought he might actually be Harry’s dad).

[@Flogge11]

He didnt just defend himself, he took out the 2 deatheaters standing behind by deflecting McGonagall's spells. That was the true magic.

[@l0wbattery429]

He was NOT a bully! Since the first movie he was trying to protect! Please correct what you wrote

[@katkenobi6765]

@@l0wbattery429 Please kindly SHUT THE FUCK UP. Thank you! And yes Snape was a bully.

[@greyLeicester]

@@katkenobi6765 best response on this comment section 😂😂😂😂

[@katkenobi6765]

@@greyLeicester Thank you. Lol.

[@chocolatefreaky6]

His voice. I could listen to his voice forever. Even if he read out a grocery list I would listen in awe.

[@leyahfirdos]

Yeah he actually sounds a lot like his character.

[@4weird336]

Imagine this man on your everyday GPS. "Turn right in 100 feet. Use the headlights you blubbering idiot."

[@amandaw6102]

This would be great

[@Dreikov]

How incredibly like your father you are. He would've missed the u-turn too

[@alisaroman9748]

I would marry my gps then😊

[@marieyawest252]

I'm laughing and crying. Holy fuck I miss Alan!!

[@Senyoln1]

Take the next left onto the A394...

[@The6amingDude]

Goddamn, anytime I watch an interview with Alan Rickman, I have to hold back tears. When the first movie came out, I was only about 3-4 years old. Today, I’m 20 and I still watch these movies and read the books. Mr Rickman did something special for me and for a lot of people out there. He truly will not be forgotten. Rest In Peace, Professor.

[@gh00stie62]

Same, him and David bowie are two celebrities I actually cry over even tho I never met them. But they always transcended screens and music.

[@MKR5210]

I also cried when he died, but it wasn't the first time he'd made me cry, that was in the movie Truly Madly Deeply. If you haven't seen it you should, he was superb in it and also playing a man who despite the cost to him does the right thing.

[@uthrasriram9386]

Please watch Die Hard. His "ladies & gentlemennnn" forever rewrote how a villain can & should behave. He epitomized the gentleman villain!

[@dianamariacalvoarce8355]

Please call him “Sir” ❤️ then turn to page 394

[@aurora-vd3ij]

i think i just fell in love with the voice of a 69-year-old i

[@joyre1679]

didn't we all?

[@ajthefujoshivlogs]

Caitlin Kaulitz And I am crying about it. God that was hot.

[@ajthefujoshivlogs]

Nope dear. We share the same thoughts.

[@lizziebinx1351]

I'm crazier than you all, i fell in love with a man who's 30years older than me just because he look exactly like snape 😍

[@carrietide]

aurora felicity playing a 38 year old man. Fantastic.Brilliant actor.

[@coachcartermichael]

did you notice how snape cleverly deflects Mcgonagall's spell right at both Death Eaters behind him?

[@TorrenOglethorpe]

I've read that was done on purpose so they wouldn't hurt anyone after he left.

[@shizzychris]

Amazing

[@adrienneviviani178]

Omg...I've never noticed before! Thanks for pointing that out

[@fireroum]

OMG REALLY???? gotta go back and watch it again

[@factbeaglesarebest]

Yes... it was quite obvious

[@kayhayes7005]

Harry Potter said it best. "The bravest man he ever knew". RIP Mr. Rickman.

[@janetwakefield5175]

that voice! just like liquid velvet......................i could listen to him speak endlessly

[@evg129]

fascinating how he thought of snape as emotionally all buttoned up...

[@ipercalisse579]

Yes, i thought the same, he sould have been very profound as an actor building his character

[@yehor_ivanov]

yeah, cool, Russian literature sort of stuff

[@peanutbutter7639]

What JKR revealed to Alan is that Snape secretly loved Lily. This was revealed in an interview with Daniel Radcliffe and JKR.

[@Hi-tg8fv]

yes

[@asimgupta2322]

thank you

[@Jack-er1sc]

KNEW IT

[@iremfrat7771]

I was looking for this comment :) He took it to his grave and kept his promise. Great man!

[@bhabanadas8478]

how is that a secret? we knew it atleast in the series. dont know about books tho

[@ahri5495]

On the last movie fighting for cancer. Respect Always

[@katharinav.l2808]

„Gosh... spoiling the plot“ I‘m so dead😂😂

[@janiceyt]

How does one have a voice like that, pure ear candy. What a talent. I could listen to him talk about anything for hours on end.

[@daniellemusella1594]

It's nice to get to know his personality a bit through this clip, to see the real man beneath the costume. He's actually very sweet, and he's been said to have a rather wicked sense of humor.

[@NehaSingh-ke5vj]

his voice just reverberates down your body 🙌🙌

[@susanh.352]

I really miss Alan Rickman. He was an incredible actor. I really believe they hit the jackpot when they chose him as the Severus Snape character in Harry Potter.

[@lu6794]

I still can't believe, that he's dead. I'll never forget him and Professor Snape. ...ALWAYS... Lumos Maxima /*

[@themrsnakebitee]

Lu Potter "Lumos"

[@imperfect_dan7519]

Lumos

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[@wenqiweiabcd]

Rickman must've made an unbreakable vow to Rowling

[@deepaksundaresan7684]

Mr. Wen \m/ Hahahaha good one

[@RonLarhz]

R u suggesting rowling is evil?

[@kyg7517]

@@RonLarhz what?they aren't evil

[@RonLarhz]

@@kyg7517 How old r you? You dont seem to understand the context.

[@enriqueforever6600]

In another interview J. K. Rolling confirmed that she told Alan that Snape loved Lilly all his life.

[@michaelbrennan6123]

You watch that scene and you can see the mixed emotions in Snape. The anger that people think he is so evil to have betrayed Dumbledore, the courage he has to know that he is working to defeat Voldemort, and the anguish that he feels seeing Lily Potter’s eyes filled with hate for him never knowing he loved her. Alan Rickman was brilliant in the scene. Could anyone else have played that? I doubt it.

[@Rudel23]

What an actor and what a voice! Unforgettable

[@dchang11]

I think it was vital for Rickman to know Snape's secret.

[@chohashi]

In all probability, that one information was that Snape had loved Lily Evans.

[@ayakotami3318]

I miss him even today. 5 years without him. RIP Severus Snape RIP Alan Rickman

[@mitcheeseu]

He was born to play Snape! :)

[@youssefyoussef8121]

yeah

[@christygouvandi979]

Harry Potter your comment is hella old but... You're a wizard Harry.

[@22joy]

He still looks like snape for me , i mean most of actors when seeing them in interview they look very different from the movie , but Alan Rickman is very special.

[@jesussaves6629]

I wasn't familiar with any of the actors/actresses before Harry Potter, (I probably can't watch any of the other movie they're in), and I don't know all the cast's names/what they look like. But it was the opposite for me. I can recognize everyone else by looks, but the only way I recognized Snape in him was his voice/a tiny bit in his face...

[@nurizzahazyati8627]

Raouf Kakashi thats truuueeeee i still like snape is talking now.

[@apurvchaturvedi]

@@nurizzahazyati8627 was talking*

[@metadietz8606]

"It may have escaped your notice but life isn't fair." So very true, Alan Rickman was taken from us much to soon, and is sorely missed. RIP Alan

[@shiboof]

The absolute KING of Dramatic Diction. WOW. He was just so delicious, that voice.

[@RiSo1988]

E-qua-lly guil-ty

[@RI.........]

Rishabh Somani pure gold how he deliveries that phrase

[@austerussnape5374]

Inake Reekah Every. Single. Word. He delivers is pure gold

[@davidcutwater2479]

We all loved him as Snape...but Mr. Rickman was the best Sherriff of Nottingham ever.

[@amandahallman1091]

agreed; I was 12yo when Robinhood was released in theaters & Rickman’s character TERRIFIED me, I despised the “Sheriff of Nottingham.” I imagine he had the same effect on viewers from the Harry Potter generation. He was so uniquely talented, you can identify him instantly upon hearing his voice. RIP Alan Rickman❤️

[@kobayashiMaroo]

no one else could have made "because it will hurt!" not sound stupid stupid

[@daniellemusella1594]

@DavidCutwater "You! My room, three-thirty! You! Three forty-five! Bring a friend!" (11/1/2021)

[@madamedemonsieur]

And he was brilliant as Obadiah Slope in The Barchester Chronicles. That’s the role that made me know he’d be the perfect Snape.

[@generalpublic3744]

@@madamedemonsieur Agreed, he was perfect in that role. He made a menacing Rasputin as well. Well worth a watch if you get the chance.

[@thedailyprophecy1]

I don't think anyone else could have portrayed a more perfect Snape than Alan did. He made my favorite character stand out even more (and admit it, who doesn't want to listen to that voice for hours?)

[@daxingli8882]

That voice O.O how does one have that voice?

[@drinkallthesunshine]

Actually I've read that as a teenager or young adult he fractured his jaw, or dislocated it, or some injury involving his jaw happened. And while it was healing, forced him to restrict the movement of his mouth so much, thus altering his voice and it's been this way ever since. And thank god for it!

[@rachelnevada7145]

It's not cigarettes. He just has a low voice with a lot of vibrato.

[@charlottevanrenterghem5]

Turn to like 394 !!! Your welcome!!

[@Robin-vn7bj]

It’s always such a delight to hear this man speak. His work will forever bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses.

[@cocodakilla]

You will never be forgotten Alan. Amazing human being and actor. Such a sad week. First Bowie now another huge British legend. People who many thought they would meet usuallydie so quickly. Both were so private. no one even knew he was ill. I hate cancer so much. You will live on in your movies. RIP

[@Fizzwizbizz]

so damn true :(

[@BelegCuthali0n]

+Coco Pops I believe he didn't find out himself till last Christmas that he was actually terminally ill.

[@cocodakilla]

Woutah2dmaX How sad. Pancreatic spreads fast and will usually kill.. Patrick swayze had it too but survived for 18 months I think.

[@melissaking6019]

I saw AR in a Broadway play "Private Lives" in 2002. His voice is even more beautiful and expressive than on screen. He's also more handsome in person and had impeccable comic timing. I met him at the stage and he was so gracious. He was quickly surrounded by children and he was incredibly patient and charming with them. A true gentleman.

[@daniellemusella1594]

@MelissaKing That's a very sweet story and image. (11/1/2021)

[@Grigsy]

He was the only character in the movies that was better than what was written in the books.

[@cecaloather8701]

I would say Umbridge is better portrayed in the movie. Imelda Staunton did a wonderful job with her.

[@anastasialem6866]

Jason Isaacs aka Lucius Malfoy too

[@firdsyafr]

snape was my favorite character.. rest in peace professor

[@juliaconnell]

oh I miss Alan Rickman so much. for ALL his roles - not just this. he was the *perfect* Snape.

[@wendymathews1030]

That voice; no one else could have possibly done it better, nor sounded just as you heard it in your head while reading the books. He was magnificent! Thank you, Mr. Rickman, for sharing your talent with the world. You are greatly missed. RIP

[@jamesbell1613]

Possibly Jeremy Irons...

[@misssupergirl]

"She can arch an eyebrow like nobody else" 😂😂

[@amosmaka6030]

One of my favourite lines from Snape was: "Turn to page three hundred and nine-ty four" - Snape

[@ZesPak]

That WAS the best scene, and I've never seen a scene that made rewatching a movie more rewarding. When I first saw that scene, I thought: Wow, McGonagall is a boss, defeating Snape and two death eaters. After rewatching: WTH, Snape was just defending, knocking out two death eaters by the deflections and then got away unscathed.

[@bxpress6507]

Snape also took the deatheaters wands just before escaping through the window

[@MosesBai1]

@@bxpress6507 I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THIS OR THE ORIGINAL COMMENT OF HIM KNOCKING THEM OUT WTFFFF man this makes me love him even more

[@marshawargo7238]

@@MosesBai1 Truly easy to miss but once u see it u Can't Unsee It!!!

[@ibakaddicted]

I think Snape had alot more power, than we could ever see in the movies. Btw I love this scene so much too. The emotions, the movements, how he just blocks her shots n not fighting back bc he knows hes stronger and the pain in his eyes loosing it all, hits on another level. Alan Rickman really did a spectacular job as Severus Snape!

[@patriciajrs46]

I just love the eccentric, enunciated way that Rickman spoke his lines. It was brilliant! His drawled delivery, and punctuated emphasis of Harry's name, and his last name, just means business. Alan was terrific.

[@76juno33]

Alan Rickman had this almost uniquely British quality of listening to the question before attempting to answer it. The self deprecation and dry humor come as standard of course.

[@tomhamilton5261]

His voice acting and persona had and still has” The power to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses”. Not forgotten.

[@krazylevin]

After watching this, it feels as though Severus Snape actually plays the part of Alan Rickman.

[@Uifwqo]

R.I.P

[@moizzatahir1040]

Izo Khan, the voice, it makes all the similarities

[@luciabitonte8276]

Buona notte Alan.t.v.b.

[@entitlementkid]

Oh! I love that! Yes, I agree and very well said, “Severus Snape actually played the part of Alan Rickman.” Love it!!!

[@Ironhold_Watch]

Guess none of y'all watched die hard

[@davidvenegas6401]

Bro just IS Snape. The voice. The calm cool demeanor. 😳😳👌

[@amanhasnoname5744]

It is so difficult to see snape without his long black hair

[@roguewhitewolf]

Chris Baty omg ikr

[@beachgirl4583]

What’s weird to me is seeing Alan Rickman in costume as Snape, after first seeing him in Die Hard, and then so many other films where he basically looked like himself. He’s so much better looking than Snape.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

I don’t understand why Snape was scary to some people. I always loved him. From the very beginning. He was the most interesting and enigmatic and fascinating character in the entire films. Every time he was on screen, he smoldered. I knew he was tortured, tragic, yet he had goodness in him. Long before the movies revealed just that. I could see it in him. A kind of simmering power and great burden of soul but also good yet tortured and very, very smart. And much more than met the eye. Yet GOOD. No one, NO ONE believed me. Until the very end. Thank you Mr. Rickman for such an iconic, unbelievably incredible performance and playing a character that no one could have gotten exactly right but you. You will be forever missed, and always loved, and always my favorite Harry Potter character. Always. ❤️

[@nickthompson7369]

Snape was way more of an asshole in the books. They turned him down a notch in the films

[@ms.krys2835]

Same. He’s always been my favorite character from the beginning.

[@JenamDrag0n]

You never read the books, did you? He was unjustifiably nasty and unfair in the books to all students (save those in Slytherin), not just Harry, and there are several scenes that are either cut completely from the movies are modified such that they don't carry the full impact of how awful he's really supposed to be or how untrustworthy we're supposed to think he is until we finally see his memories that prove his loyalties at the end of book 7. Best example off the top of my head of such modification is in book 6 during the scene when Narcissa went to Snape to ask his help for Draco's sake. In the movie, that scene was just about getting his help, but in the book, Snape gave an answer to every instance of questionable loyalty (to Bellatrix who was distrustful of him) including: why Snape never sought out Voldemort after his fall, why Snape prevented Voldemort from stealing the Philosopher's Stone, why Snape didn't come immediately to Voldemort's side when he was first summoned after his rebirth, why Snape didn't help fight at the Ministry, and why Harry was still alive after having been at Hogwarts near Snape for five years. In hindsight, we know his answers were the lies he used to stay in Voldemort's good graces to be an effective spy, but at the time of reading, we did not have any idea if these were lies or truths because we didn't know why Dumbledore was so certain that Snape was trustworthy.

[@generalpublic3744]

All credit to Rowling who brought out the nature of the character which Rickman encapsulated so well.

[@georgebelev1900]

Alan Rickman has such a beautiful voice and thats what makes him unique. One of my very very fav actors !!!

[@RiamWaewalee]

thank you for playing an awesome Snape. Total class act and truly talented-sad news about Alan Rickman.Gone but never forgotten.

[@karenkms2019]

His voice is so soothing. Miss him so much. Will ALWAYS be in our hearts.🥺❤

[@Occy30]

One of my favorite actors of all time. Love all the roles he's been in over the years. He is so missed!

[@brigettesegovia]

I didn't know this was his actual voice omg! He is ICONIC!!! This man carried the movies rip alan rickman

[@racheld.4583]

He is a God amongst men. He is the most addicting human I’ve ever seen. I met him once (briefly) and spent the 2 hours he talked in a complete trance. I saw him from afar a few times, and I swear, there’s no other person in the world who has this aura and essence that just draws you in. His voice, his energy, his eyes, the way he walks into a room and demands your full attention. I never knew him, but I miss him.

[@Biedronecqa]

i absolutely adore his voice

[@zaray549]

It's hard to understand that Snape is fictional. It still pains me to know that Harry Potter is not real as much as I wish it to be.

[@OmegaF77]

There is a real-life alternative: STEM.

[@moonontheman1657]

I know right😭😭😭😭😭

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

Zara Ahmed Maybe it is real. But we don’t know it is because we’re only Muggles.

[@theundiscoveredcountry]

harry is for sure not real...but there is indeed magic in this world

[@debbiebregman648]

I'm in love with Alan Rickman as Severus Snape. Between that SEXY voice, with the British accent, and the long black hair (I'm a Hippie), I'm a Goner.So Sorry you had to leave us! You are SO missed. ALWAYS.

[@EtzEchad]

What a great actor. The end of Deathly Hallows made me gasp from one 10 second scene. Nobody else could've played that part. R. I. P. Mr. Rickman

[@GingerElfStudios]

Raise your Wands /*

[@owltreewitch]

Still hard to believe he's gone. RIP Alan Rickman You were the perfect Professor Snape :')

[@nealgellaco]

8:23 Love this Alan-Maggie Smith moment so much ❤️😍 two ICONS

[@sce2aux464]

I really couldn't imagine anyone else doing it as well.

[@Book7BrokeMyBrain]

I ADORE the fact that, in that monologue, Alan is walking a perfect line of double agent. What he says sounds completely threatening, but the words themselves could be taken to mean that absolutely nothing will happen to the perpetrators because he gives their actions no weight, being on the side of good as he is. A perfectly Slytherin delivery. The only one to notice what he's doing is Slughorn.

[@benrosn8154]

He has literally the best voice I’ve ever heard an actor have I love Alan Rickman so much

[@grabyourlantern]

It's hard to overstate how amazing he was in this role, how much of himself he added to it. This scene in particular is so powerful. You can see in his face the moment Minerva steps up, how he would never ever want to do her harm, and not only is he so strong he deflects her attacks INTO the death eaters standing behind him, no looking, and before they could react. 10 out of 10.

[@Chuck0856]

I never noticed that. !

[@im_rachel.r]

After all this time? Always. I always love you, Alan. Stay well up there, Angel. I miss you...

[@theresadoll5374]

Always

[@awkwardpanda1081]

Oh man. I remember crying on the day I found out that Alan Rickman died. A man I never met but loved in a fantasy series.

[@taylorquinn365]

I misjudged Snape... when he died I Wished I didn't Alan Rickman has the best voice for Snape

[@DogGran]

Taylor Quinn you gotta read the books, they were amazing

[@0623kaboom]

his answer to the last question is so perfect ... it shows how much he was interested in the part from the start ... when he said yes for the first one he was ready to go all the way with it and wasnt going to let anything stop him ... THAT is what made alan rickman so special as an actor ... when he said yes you knew he meant yes 100% ... and that he would give his best at all times ... THAT is a STAR

[@TheNin-Jedi]

The funny thing about Snapes character is that from the first movie you kind of knew he was a decent guy because he was doing the counter curses to save Harry from the cursed Broom. Yet between 6 other movies its easy to forget that. For me even without seeing the last movie I knew something was up because he was always doing things to prepare or protect Harry and other students.

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

I think his greatest performance in HP was the inconsolable agony he expressed when finding and clutching Lily's lifeless body closely followed by the utter pathos of his death scene. Magnificent.

[@haydenstock21]

Alan Rickman was pure class

[@endemic18]

Dude i can't imagine another Severus other than him.❤️ He's voice can literally bewitch your entire soul.

[@daphnespmn9765]

R.I.P Alan Rickman. I will always miss you. When they played the memorial on TV I legit cried.