The Courant.com has a new interview with Alan Rickman where he talks about Sweeney Todd! We also learn that he starts filming Half-Blood Prince on January 6th!

“What’s interesting about this film is, who’s worst in it?” Rickman says. “It’s not a beauty pageant of nice people.”

Then there’s the flip side of giving people — especially young ones — what they want. His first on-set call for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is Jan. 6.

“It’s fun,” he says of the series, “although your eye line keeps shifting. Some years ago I was looking down at [Daniel] Radcliffe. … We’re kind of looking each other in the eye now.”