Alan Rickman Brought Kids ‘From the Hospital’ to the ‘Harry Potter’ Set, Says Co-Star Gary Oldman: ‘He Knew How Much It Meant’

By Payton Turkeltaub

Payton Turkeltaub

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While Alan Rickman’s legendary “Harry Potter” character, Severus Snape, may have been notoriously hard on the children at Hogwarts, in real life, the actor couldn’t have been more different from the pupil-hating professor. 

In fact, Rickman would “bring in kids every single day” to the sets, said Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in the “Harry Potter” films, at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday. 

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