Oldman remembered that Rickman often brought children from schools, hospitals and friends to the set, inviting them for lunches and tours and delighting in showing them the world they were creating.
Rickman died in 2016 of pancreatic cancer at 69. Colleagues like Daniel Radcliffe praised him as one of the greatest and most loyal actors they worked with. In January, Rickman’s widow Rima Horton promoted a charity draw for Pancreatic Cancer UK in his honor.