User blog comment:Bchwood/Alan Rickman's Goodbye Letter/@comment-4056282-20110625143057

Alan Rickman is an amazing actor and I don't think anyone could have played the role better than him. He managed to get the right balance of humor and seriousness and never fell out of role. I read this letter in the Empire Magazine and, call me cheesy, but it made me all emotional. It must be hard for the cast, growing older together, watching the little ones become adults, and then to suddenly just leave.