Clearly, Alan Rickman revered and preferred Daniel Radcliffe, however he wasn’t fully positive that the younger boy would develop up and grow to be a terrific actor. In keeping with excerpts from his diaries launched in The Guardian, he believed Radcliffe is likely to be higher suited to a profession based mostly in one other a part of the business.
“[Radcliffe]’s so concentrated now,” Rickman wrote in his diary. “Critical and centered – however with a way of enjoyable. I nonetheless do not suppose he is actually an actor however he’ll undoubtedly direct/produce.” Radcliffe reacted to the feedback throughout a 2022 look on Bravo’s late evening present “Watch What Occurs Reside” with Andy Cohen, telling the host he’d like to direct slightly than produce. “Producing looks like all of the exhausting elements of the business with none of the enjoyable,” he acknowledged, “so I do not actually have an curiosity in doing that, however yeah, I’d like to [direct].”
With all due respect to the late Rickman, he could not have been extra fallacious; Radcliffe has spent his post-“Potter” years searching for out bizarre, creative, and engaging tasks on each stage and display, pulling them off handily. From his quirky villain function in “The Misplaced Metropolis,” to his many roles on “Miracle Employees,” to the time he performed Bizarre Al Yankovic in a really “Bizarre” biopic, Radcliffe has a number of enjoyable as an actor, and he is continually rising and evolving. That development continues along with his function in “Merrily We Roll Alongside,” so it is protected to say Rickman could be fairly pleased with the place his co-star has gone.