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Daniel Radcliffe Was ‘Terrified’ of Alan Rickman and Thought ‘He Hates Me’ on First Three ‘Harry Potter’ Movies, Then ‘He Saw I Really Wanted to Work’ at Being an Actor


Daniel Radcliffe went from being terrified of Alan Rickman on the "Harry Potter" sets to being dear friends.

Daniel Radcliffe was treated to an unexpected moment during an appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast alongside his “Merrily We Roll Along” co-stars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez. Podcast host Josh Horowitz played a clip from his Alan Rickman interview in 2016, which Radcliffe had never seen before. “He cut short a vacation in Canada to come and see me in ‘Equus.’ He saw every piece of stage work I did when he was alive,” Radcliffe added.

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