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Alan Rickman’s diaries reveal he nearly quit Harry Potter role

Alan Rickman nearly walked away from his starring role as Severus Snape in Harry Potter, excerpts from late actor's diaries have revealed.

The New Daily

Alan Rickman’s ‘secret journals’ reveal actor’s thoughts on Harry Potter, Snape and his career

The late actor's diaries shed light on why he continued to play Severus Snape

Evening Standard

Eddie Izzard says Alan Rickman told her huge Harry Potter twist over dinner

Izzard and Rickman met shortly after publication of ‘Half-Blood Prince’

The Independent UK

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The Guide #49: Chat Pile’s Why is the protest song of 2022

In this week’s newsletter: They might balk at the thought, but the Oklahoma metal group could be the anthem we need in a time of political crisis

The Guardian - UK

Licorice Pizza to Galaxy Quest: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Paul Thomas Anderson presents a chaste, discomfiting age-gap romance that’s packed with 70’s nostalgia, while Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver lead an all star cast in a 90s sci-fi parody

The Guardian - UK

You need to watch the best war thriller on Netflix before it leaves this week

A tense and thoughtful thriller, this movie explores an ugly subject that’s easier to ignore.

Inverse

‘I turned up as a snotty kid who looked right’: Tom Felton’s life after Harry Potter

Tom Felton struck gold when he was cast as Draco Malfoy, the evil schoolboy wizard, in the first Harry Potter film. Twenty years on, he’s still coming to terms with the franchise’s success – but first he’s on the West End stage in a ghost story that’s giving him the…

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‘All the Old Knives’ review: Who double-crossed whom? Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton play ex-lovers and spies facing off over dinner

In “All the Old Knives,” ex-lovers and spies Henry and Celia meet for dinner in an upscale California beach town. They reminisce, haltingly, but this is no ordinary get-together. Celia (Thandiwe Newton) left the job years ago and shed her ties to the CIA in favor of marriage and children;…

Chicago Tribune

17 of the best movie franchises of all time to test your home cinema

We’ve rounded up a selection of our favorite movie franchises, from Batman to Bond, Harry Potter to Han Solo.

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