Kate Winslet Shares a Touching Tribute to the Beloved Alan Rickman

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly can be found a short anecdote written by Kate Winslet about her former co-star, Alan Rickman. As many may already know, Alan Rickman passed away January 14, 2016. With the anniversary of his death quickly approaching, Kate Winslet’s story reminds us all of the wonderful man Alan was.

“He was always a great big softy. If there was one word I could use to really describe Al, it would be kind. He was so kind,” Winslet recalled. “At Al’s memorial, Juliet Stevenson told the story of how whenever Al would go out to supper and anyone else would try and pay, he would somehow have phoned ahead or slipped his credit card ahead of the meal so no one even got a look at the check,” she added. “He’d just say, ‘I’ve got two words for you: Harry Potter.’ And he became known for doing that.”

Just another beautiful tribute to add to the growing list. He was a phenomenal actor as well as a phenomenal person. It is hard to believe the world has survived nearly a year without him in it to lift our spirits.

See more details about the tribute in the article that Vanity Fair posted yesterday afternoon. See the full story written by Kate Winslet in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.