Things You Didn't Know About Alan Rickman, It Is So Sad

The man who became Hollywood's greatest villain almost never acted at all. Alan Rickman was 26, successful, and running his own design company when he shocked everyone. He abandoned everything to become the oldest student at drama school. His friends thought he was crazy. His bank account said the same. But this late start was just the beginning of a life full of secrets. He nearly turned down Die Hard. He never got an Oscar nomination despite being called the best actor of his generation. And in his final days, he left behind 26 diaries containing over a million words of secrets.