Overview
- Rickman’s journals, published posthumously as Madly, Deeply with the help of his widow Rima Horton, offer an unfiltered record of his years on the films.
- In early entries he wrote he felt “a bit nothing about HP,” later criticizing the first movie’s music as matching a “hideous” score.
- He singled out The Prisoner of Azkaban for praise, calling Alfonso Cuarón’s work “extraordinary” and “so full of daring that it made me smile and smile.”
- After The Half‑Blood Prince, he vented about producers David Heyman, David Barron and David Yates, asking “Where is the story?” and wishing to “bang the three Davids’ heads” together.
- He described a climactic scene’s execution as “all a bit epic and Japanese” and “unsettling to watch,” even as audiences were “very happy,” while Tom Felton recalled his on‑set kindness and in‑character visits that delighted young guests.