Snape's Character Progression

[Scully931]

You know, something (rather obvious now that I think about it) 
struck me while reading your post. I remember Alan Rickman saying 
that JKR told him what he *needed* to know. (This was long ago when 
the cast was first being interviewed and everyone was asking if they 
knew how the story ended, etc.) I remember him saying something 
about knowing things that make a difference in how he plays it. I'm 
wondering if what she told him was that Snape was a Leglimens. That 
he could, in Muggle terms, read minds. This explains some of what 
you were saying in Rickman's portrayal. Can this be done easily to 
someone, or is the person aware of it, I wonder. We didn't find out 
quite enough about it in OOTP. 

Now... I've just had a minor revelation... is this how Dumbledore 
knows Snape really did return to the right side? Surely Dumbledore 
possesses this talent. We've seen much evidence of it. Hope this 
hasn't been discussed already. I haven't been following the Snape 
trail on here. Any ideas on this?

~Deborah


--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Thats my little secret" 
<senefra2004 at y...> wrote:
> Things I've noticed...
> 
> SS/PS~Physically has more of an emotional response. When he was 
> listening to Hermione's troll story, you could tell by that one 
look 
> (made me LOL so hard BTW) he knew she was lying andthat he was 
> disappointed in Hermione, some who's obviously smart enough to 
know 
> better, for doing such a dreadful thing...
> 
> CoS~He's a bit more subdued in his expressions, subtly showing his 
> abilities in legilimancy (mind reading). An easy example, when the 
> trio are found with Mrs. Norris, he offers his opinion on what 
> occured because of his ability to sort truths from falsehoods, one 
of 
> which almost came from Hermione but was picked up by Harry.
> 
> PoA~Not featured as much as the previous film, perhaps because of 
the 
> character's backstory multitasking Death Eater meetings, teaching, 
> the Dementors constant survey of the school grounds, and of course 
> Sirius Black's escape, who he hopes to catch himself, part of a 
past 
> vengeance. When we do see him, he seems far more vulnerable here, 
> stumbling, facing his fear of Lupin's alter ego, brimming with 
> obvious anger and overprotectiveness of even Harry himself.
> 
> Then there are moments where he's in the scene, but hardly focused 
on 
> until camera leads up to the principals. For example in the 
hallway 
> (SS/PS), he spins around upon hearing conversation between the 
trio 
> (Ron, Hermione, Harry).  
> 
> I still haven't read GoF (shame I me, I know) but I'm looking 
forward 
> to any subtle differences Rickman puts into any future 
performance, 
> and I certainly hope he sticks with the other adaptations because 
he 
> brings a certain substance and dimensionality that few actors can 
do 
> to an otherwise tragic character.
> 
> That's just my personal observation though...any other thoughts?