A Harry Potter star has recalled how he used to provoke the late, great Alan Rickman on set of the famous movie franchise.
Tom Felton, who portrayed bad boy Draco Malfoy in the film franchise, chatted about the funny moment in a video promoting his new memoir, "Beyond The Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard". The Independent reports how the actor used to step on the back of Rickman's cloak, who played Severus Snape.
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Tom said: "Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’. [I] sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached around his neck – I nearly killed the poor man!”
Felton said after stepping on his cloak after being warned, Rickman “turned around and gave me a look you never, ever want to see”. After this, another unnamed actor had stood on the cloak, so Felton noted that this "kind of took the heat away from me."
Tom then concluded: "But I’ll never forget those words: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’.”
Alan Rickman died of cancer in 2016, at the age of 69, and was a well-esteemed actor starring in the Harry Potter series, as well as Love Actually and Romeo and Juliet.
You can pre-order Tom's first ever memoir, Beyond the Wand, on the website here.
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