JK Rowling entrusted Alan Rickman with a HUGE Harry Potter secret

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JK Rowling has revealed that she entrusted late actor Alan Rickman with a HUGE secret during filming for the Harry Potter films.

The author has revealed that she told Rickman, who famously portrayed Professor Snape in the films, that his character was in love with Harry Potterā€™s mother Lily.

Rickman had kept the secret a secret, however, never even revealing that Rowling had told him.

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In 2011, he said he had been given a ā€œtiny, little, left of fieldā€, information about Snape by the author.

ā€œShe [Rowling] gave me one tiny, little, left of field piece of information that helped me think that he was more complicated and that the story was not going to be as straight down the line as everybody thought,ā€ Rickman said in 2011.

ā€œIf you remember when I did the first film sheā€™d only written three or four books, so nobody knew where it was really going except her.ā€

He said this helped him develop a better depth of character.

ā€œAnd its was important for her that I know something, but she only gave me a tiny piece of information which helped me think it was a more ambiguous route.ā€

Tweeting on Monday, Rowling was asked by a fan whether she would ever reveal what she had told Rickman.

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She responded: ā€œI told Alan what lies behind the word ā€˜alwaysā€™.ā€

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The famed author was referencing a plot twist from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final instalment of the books.

When asked by Professor Dumbledore whether he had loved Lily Potter the whole time, he replies just with the word: ā€œAlwaysā€.

Despite appearing to be an enemy of Harry Potter throughout, Snape turns out to be one of the heroes of the tale.

Alan Rickman, who played Snape in the famous Harry Potter franchise, passed away last week after an 18-month battle with cancer.

Fellow stars of the film have since paid tribute to the actor online, with Harry Potter J.K. Rowling  expressing her devastation on Twitter.

JK Rowling entrusted Alan Rickman with a HUGE Harry Potter secret

JK Rowling entrusted Alan Rickman with a HUGE Harry Potter secret

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe later described Rickman as ā€œone of the loyalest and supportiveā€ people he has ever met.

JK Rowling entrusted Alan Rickman with a HUGE Harry Potter secret

JK Rowling entrusted Alan Rickman with a HUGE Harry Potter secret

Emma Watson was the next to share her sadness about the ā€œspecialā€ actorā€™s passing.

JK Rowling entrusted Alan Rickman with a HUGE Harry Potter secret

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