He had a way of asking very penetrating questions often without necessarily meaning to said star. Actor Tom Burke has reflected on how influential his godfather the late Alan Rickman was on his life. Rickman died of cancer in 2016 at the age of 69. He was a good friend of Tom Burkes parents actors David Burke and Anna Calder Marshall.
Talking about Rickman in a new interview with The Observer Tom Burke said When Alan died Juliet Stevenson got it right when she said we have lost a king. You did sometimes feel like you were at Alans court. He had a sense of mission about him and was invested in so many people. Even if you only met him once he could become a momentary huge influence in your life. He had a way of asking very penetrating questions often without necessarily meaning to. People would walk away and make quite big life decisions.
Burke also said he had started reading Rickmans diaries which were recently published under the title Madly Deeply. He said he is enjoying them hugel adding I do not believe I do appear only because Dad was looking at the index the other day to see.The actor 41 can next be seen starring alongside Florence Pugh in Sebastián Lelios new film The Wonder adapted from Emma Donoghues novel.
His other godparent was actor Bridget Turner who died in 2014.Rickmans recently published diaries reveal why he decided to stay in the Harry Potter franchise after trying to quit. He also wrote about how he fought to change a crucial scene in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
0 Comments