He was Riddikulus.
Daniel Radcliffe revealed Thursday that he once believed Alan Rickman, who played sinister potions master Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” franchise, actually hated him.
“I was so intimidated by Alan Rickman. How can you not listen to this voice? Radcliffe, 34, said during an appearance on the “Happy, Sad, Confused” podcast.
“I was so intimidated by him for the first three films,” he said. “I was terrified of him and I was like, ‘This guy hates me.’ At some point he understood that I really wanted to do this and work on it.
According to the “Horns” alum, Rickman — who died at age 69 in 2016 after a battle with cancer — ultimately became one of his biggest supporters and even ended his vacation early to being able to see his friend in a Broadway show.
“He cut short a vacation to Canada to come see me in ‘Equus.’ He saw every play I did while he was alive,” Radcliffe recalls. “He would take me out afterwards and we would talk about it. He was one of the first to say, “You should look into vocal coaching and investigate this.” »
Radcliffe, who was sitting with his “Merrily We Roll Along” costars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, made the revelation after the podcast host played a clip of Rickman from 2016 praising Radcliffe’s dedication to the franchise.
“As much as I did it for seven weeks, they did it for 52 weeks,” Rickman said in the clip. “That was their life from age 12 to 22. And you would sometimes look at it sideways and throw out a lifeline because there was so little time for that.”
“It’s only in recent years that I managed to sit in a cafe with Daniel in New York,” the “Die Hard” star continued. “He was in one theater and I was in another. Immense pride in going to see him in the musical (“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”). How dare he dance as well as the New York dancers. He worked there.
The clip left a visibly emotional Radcliffe stunned.
“Thank you for showing this.” I’ve never seen this before. Thank you,” he said.
Unfortunately, not all of Radcliffe’s relationships within the international franchise seem as happy as those he had with the late actor.
Harry Potter author Daniel Radcliffe on Thursday slammed Radcliffe and fellow franchise star Emma Watson, 33, for speaking out against her and her comments opposing hormone blockers for transgender children .
“Just waiting for Dan and Emma to issue a very public apology to you… knowing that you will forgive them…” one social media user wrote to the author.
“Not safe, I’m afraid,” Rowling, 58, replied.
Rowling then blasted celebrities who spoke out against her when she wrote an essay deemed transphobic in 2020.
Radcliffe later wrote a letter to the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ nonprofit organization, affirming his support for transgender rights and his disapproval of Rowling’s position that same year.
“It is clear that we need to do more to support transgender and non-binary people, without invalidating their identities,” he said at the time.
Watson, who has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights since she stopped playing Hermione Granger, also weighed in.
“Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told that they are not who they say they are,” said the actress. said.
Rupert Grint and “Fantastic Beasts” star Eddie Redmayne also shared their support for the transgender community.
Rowling, who recently said she would be “happy” to go to prison for her beliefs, has repeatedly asserted that transgender women are not women.
The author also taunted Scottish Police in an attempt to arrest him for confusing people after a new hate crime law came into force.
“Freedom of speech and belief will end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is considered criminal. » She written the.
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