Alan Rickman carried information about Snape's true motivations that not even the franchise's director, Chris Columbus, was allowed to know. Columbus would literally ask him on set why he was performing a moment a certain way, and Rickman's only answer was 'I'll tell you later' — which turned out to mean years later. It's a rare case where an actor held a deeper understanding of a character than the people directing the film.
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