Posted Under: Harry Potter, Interviews
Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 7:07 pm |
In a new interview with Radio X, Matthew discusses the impact the late Alan Rickman had on his career. As most fans will know by now, the world lost Alan Rickman to cancer on January 14th. Fans and fellow cast members alike voiced their sadness on the loss. Matthew shared his feelings in an Instagram post on Friday morning.
While speaking to Radio X he said:
Alan for me was a real inspiration. My whole life growing up with him on television and then being given the opportunity to work with him for that amount of time… It’s hard to describe really. It was pretty special. He was a unique and one-of-a-kind actor, who on set was a pleasure to be around. I have so many fond memories of tripping him up with his cape, I used to stand on his cape all the time and he used to give me the darkest look ever.”
I just remember him being so lovely and so brilliant, but so incredibly intimidating when he was in the costume as Snape. Stalking the corridors of Leavesden Studios with his big robes flapping behind him every time he went around a corner. No one could leave a room like Alan when he’d swing his robes and storm out of the room.
On his last day (shooting Harry Potter) I went into his trailer and knocked on the door to say ‘thanks,’ basically for ten years, and he said ‘come in and have a cup of tea’ and we sat there for half an hour. He told me to do some theatre, which I went away and did, and the stuff he said to me in that half hour in the trailer, I really took on board and tried to adopt a lot of it. I don’t think my career would have carried on to the level it has done if I hadn’t had that opportunity, so I owe him a great deal.
He was such a chameleon. He just inhabited so many roles so vividly. Mine was definitely Hans Gruber, that is just incredible. But I did watch Prince of Thieves recently.
Thanks to AccioMDL for the embed-able version.