Rickman worked with Alison Deegan, Barry’s wife, on the screenplay for his final film as director, A Little Chaos. It was a project that the pair worked on for 17 years, and in that time, Barry and Rickman became firm friends too. During that time, Rickman passed on his advice for how to handle the moment of an awards ceremony when your category came up. “Alan won his share and lost his share,” Barry recalled, and Rickman’s method was “to start to clap low down, about a foot off the ground, between your knees, and then as the announcement is made, slowly raise your hands in the clapping mechanism, so you won’t be revealed to be distraught or anything when the cameras are on you!” Afternoon Edition
