AR has read the books, well, at least DH!

[wildirishrose01us]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "coolbeans3131" <coolbeans3131 at ...> wrote:
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> > Q:  Are you looking forward to that without saying what it is?
> > AR:  Well, the only thing that I'll say is that for the first time shooting those films, I know what I'm doing and why.
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> > Q:  Have you read ahead?
> > AR:  That's what I mean by that.
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> > Q:  You've read the seventh book?
> > AR:  That's what I mean by that [laughs].
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> > Lizzy Mae
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> LOL! I love Alan Rickman! Of all the actors, he had the hardest job of knowing how to play his character before the books had all come out. Given how popular both book and movie Snape are, I'm surprised how underutilized he's been in the films. I have very little faith that they won't ruin the memory sequence by watering it down too much! (as they did with his HBP revelation)
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> Joann


I could be wrong, but I heard that JKR more or less had all 7 books plotted out when she wrote the SS, and Alan Rickman had been told pretty much the plot of all 7 books when the SS was filmed so he would know the reasons behind Snape.  I don't think it was book by book.  However, I could be very wrong about that.

I've come to appreciate Snape by the way Alan Rickman has portrayed him.  I really like Alan Rickman

Marianne