Harry Potter fans have discovered several new secrets of the saga thanks to the special meeting for the franchise’s 20th anniversary. Thus, a recent curious fact revealed by the director of Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets, Chris Columbus, assured that the actor Alan Rickman he didn’t want to be Professor Snape at all. To do this, the author of the book saga, JK Rowling, used a trick to convince the prestigious actor.
If we think of great characters in the franchise, it is almost impossible not to mention the person in charge of ‘Potions’ and ‘Defenses against the dark arts’, Professor Severus Snape.
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Alan Rickman’s performance is remembered by many of the fans and today it is difficult to imagine anyone else in the enigmatic role.
Why didn’t Alan Rickman want to be in Harry Potter?
According to Chris Colombus, director of the first two Harry Potter films, it was a difficult task convincing stars like Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) and Richard Harris (Dumbledore) to be part of the project.
Alan Rickman has played great movie villains. Photo: Twitter
JK Rowling already had several faces in mind to bring her characters from the book to the big screen and one of those was Alan Rickman.
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Although they had already managed to convince everyone, Rickman was the only one who flatly refused to join the cast.
“He was reluctant because he didn’t want to be typecast as a villain after La jungle de cristal”, said Colombus.
JK Rowling and her ace up her sleeve
No producer, director or casting manager was going to convince the actor to put on the black suit and wield the magic wand.
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That is why JK Rowling herself had to reveal to Alan Rickman an important fact about the plot that completely changed her position.
Snape in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Photo: Twitter
“He told him something about what was going to happen to Snape throughout the series and in the seventh book”Columbus noted.
And that was what made Snape agree.
Alan Rickman always played Snape knowing what would happen between him and Harry Potter. Photo: Warner Bros.
This even led to Rickman making some gestures in his performance when looking at Potter, which the director did not understand at the time.
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“I would come up later and ask him ‘what was that?’ He said ‘you’ll know when you read the seventh book‘”.
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