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Evanna Lynch pays tribute to the late Alan Rickman

Evanna Lynch has paid tribute to her Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman.

The beloved English actor died of cancer on January 14 at age 69.

The Louth native opened up about her experience working with the accomplished actor and revealed he was the only Harry Potter star who met her fangirl expectations.

“He was probably the only cast member who met my fangirl expectations,” she wrote on Facebook.

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Fan: Evanna admitted Alan was the only actor who met her expectations

“Because everybody else broke character to be nice to me and make me feel welcome to the Potter family, and also to be themselves, while he remained impassively, Snape.”

Evanna recalled some of her encounters with Alan and admitted she was once terrified to sit next to him at a charity dinner.

“It wasn’t until a few years later that I had the chance to meet Alan as himself. It was at a charity dinner and our nameplates were next to each other.”

“I started to panic quietly and I even asked another guest would he like to take my seat! But an organiser insisted we sit at our assigned seats and I steeled myself for the most awkward dinner conversation of my life!!”

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Scared: Evanna was nervous to sit with Alan at a charity dinner | BRIAN MCEVOY

“I sat down and much to my shock he greeted me warmly and by name. My real name!”

The 24-year-old explained that Alan gave her the most important acting advice she has ever received.

‘People think that they’re watching this’ he said waving his hand in front of his face, ‘but really they’re watching this’ and he pounded his fist on his heart centre,” she wrote.

“I can’t quite believe he’s not here anymore. I somehow still think actors are immortal like the characters they play but then they leave us.”

“Please honour his memory and what he gave us by talking about and sharing stories and continuing to celebrate his legacy so then he will be here, as we like to say, ‘Always’.”

 

I don’t have many stories to share about Alan Rickman because, truthfully, I was terrified of him as Snape and…

Posted by Evanna Lynch on Thursday, 14 January 2016

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