Alan Rickman's Secret Diary Reveals How He Almost Quit the Harry Potter Movies - IGN - IGN

The late Alan Rickman was a major part of the Harry Potter films as the enigmatic Professor Snape, but there was a point where Rickman nearly quit the famous films.

Published in The Guardian, extracts from Rickman’s diaries reveal that it wasn’t all fun and wizardry behind the scenes on Harry Potter.

“Talking to [agent] Paul Lyon-Maris about [Harry Potter] exit, which he thinks will happen,” he wrote on December 4, 2002.

His comments came following Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002, which propelled the franchise to even dizzier heights following The Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001.

Serious and focused – but with a sense of fun,” he wrote in May 2003 as they began filming Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

By Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, disaster struck.

But despite his own personal struggles, he decided to stick with Harry Potter.

Thankfully, Rickman continued to see out the entire franchise, appearing as Professor Snape throughout all eight main Harry Potter films.