Google Doodle celebrates Harry Potter star Alan Rickman, and 'always' fan reaction

Google Doodle celebrates Harry Potter star Alan Rickman, and 'always' fan reaction

On Sunday morning, Google gave Harry Potter lovers a welcome surprise. With a lovely Google Doodle, the search engine honoured British actor Alan Rickman. Fans shared it on social media and paid tribute to the beloved actor who passed away.

Google Doodle celebrates Harry Potter star Alan Rickman, and 'always' fan reaction

Alan Rickman is known for playing the fearsome and misunderstood Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films, the vengeful villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard, the gentlemanly Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility and even Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

On this date in 1987, Alan Rickman appeared in the Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which helped to begin his career. He even won a Tony for his performance as the anti-hero Le Vicomte de Valmont. Throughout his career, he also received a Golden Globe and an Emmy, and despite his reputation for playing the "bad guy," he was also praised for his sensitive performances in films like Truly Madly Deeply and Love, Actually.

He gained international recognition for his outstanding depiction of Professor Snape. When Alan passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2016, it devastated every Harry Potter enthusiast. Many people paid the actor tribute by using his movie line "always."

Alan Rickman also told HitFix in 2011 that Harry Potter writer JK Rowling provided him with "a small piece of left-wing information" about Snape. "It helps me think it's more complicated and the story won't be as simple as people think it is," he said. If you remember when I made the first movie, she had only written three or four books, so no one really knew where it was going except her. And it was important to her that I knew something, but she just gave me a little bit of information that helped me think it was a more ambiguous route. When asked what that little bit of information was, she replied: "I told Alan what's behind the word 'always'."

Fans posted images of the doodle on social media even on Sunday, saying that they will remember him "always." "Google doodle in Alan Rickman's honour. Always," a supporter penned. Another person commented, "Nice to see Alan Rickman remembered by Google today." Others offered Alan fans movie suggestions. Given that Google is honouring Alan Rickman. Let's just say that you should see Dogma if you haven't already. According to a tweet, Alan Rickman was fantastic in it. Another supporter promoted pancreatic cancer awareness. Today, Google is honouring the amazing Alan Rickman. Honour him by preventing the untimely death of your loved ones, they wrote.