Alan Rickman Died on January 14, 2016, but just seven months before her death, she opened up about seeing her younger self. harry potter Costars thrive as adults.

"I think it's a relief as much as anything else," Rickman said Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson And Rupert GrintIts breakthrough is in an episode of June 2015 Josh Horowitzof "Happy Sad Confused" Podcast. “You look at that situation and as much as I was doing it for seven weeks, they're doing it for 52 weeks. This was their life from 12 to 22. And you'd sometimes watch it from the sidelines and throw out the odd lifeline because there was so little time for it."

Rickman, K Died of pancreatic cancer Played at age 69 Severus Snape all eight harry potter She kept in touch with Radcliffe from 2001 to 2011 after the film and filming ended.

"It's only in recent years that, for example, I've been able to sit down with Daniel in a cafe in New York," Rickman continued in the interview. “At one point, he was on the road in one theater and I was on the road in another theater. It was a great honor to see him at the concert (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) How dare he dance alongside New York dancers? Because he worked on it.”

Radcliffe had never heard of Rickman. Horowitz played the clip on a "Happy Sad Confused" recording in support of Radcliffe in April 2024. With joy we roll (For which Radcliffe won his first Tony Award)

"I was so intimidated by Alan Rickman. How can you not be in that voice?" Radcliffe, now 35, said after watching the clip of his late costar. "Even hearing that voice you forget how low it is until it reverberates through you. I was so scared of him for the first three movies. I was terrified of him and was like, 'This guy hates me.' Somewhere along the line, he saw that I really wanted to do this and work on it."

She added that Rickman was particularly supportive of her theater career, both on Broadway and in London's West End. "He visited me after vacationing in Canada Equus" Radcliffe said. "He saw every piece of stage work I did while he was alive. He'd take me afterwards and we'd talk about it. He was one of the first people to say, 'Your voice coaching and Alexander Technique and this. All things should be looked into.' He was like, 'You're probably not going to get it otherwise, so you should just investigate all these things.' I'm so lucky. It's really nice to hear you show me."

Although Rickman called Radcliffe a "fantastic" performer in a 2015 podcast, he didn't always feel this way. In his personal journal, published in 2022 Madley, Deeply: The Alan Rickman DiariesHe saw Radcliffe as he became more professional Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

“He's so focused now. Serious and focused — but with a sense of fun,” read Rickman's third movie in May 2003. “I still don't think he's really an actor but he will definitely direct/produce. And she has such quiet, dignified support from her parents. Nothing is pushed."

Obviously, that has changed—Radcliffe has said on several occasions that he hasn't decided he wants to be an actor—Kumar By the fifth film—and the younger actor didn't mind hearing the good as well as the bad. He even appreciated Rickman's advice.

"I would definitely love to (try) to manage," Radcliffe Dr on See what happens with Andy Cohen In November 2022. "Producing seems like all the hard part of art without any of the fun, so I'm not interested in doing it."

Radcliffe added, “All the stuff Alan wrote was a beautiful and nostalgic read. From his comment on us like, 'These kids need to learn their lines. It's kind of a nightmare now.' When I was here (in NYC) when I was doing a play we were met with all these things. It was very, very sweet to read all this."

Rickman is survived by his wife Rima Horton.