Alan Rickman: 10 Amazing facts from the life of the outstanding British actor (With Pictures)

8. He Didn’t Read The Harry Potter Books

You can blame Michael Gambon for spilling the beans. The established actor, who plays Dumbledore in 5 of the films, stated in an interview back in 2009 that neither himself, Rickman nor Ralph Fiennes have read the Harry Potter books. It’s amazing to see the acting job that Rickman does with the character, especially knowing that most of his inspiration comes from the script and only small pieces of information he picked up from talks with J.K. Rowling.

When asked the justification as to why he hadn’t read the books, Michael Gambon stated “You’d get upsetabout all the scenes it’s missing from the book wouldn’t you?…No point in reading the books because you’re playing with [screenwriter] Steve Klove’s words.”