[Closed] Alan Rickman! No no no, not another sad loss

Man, that sucks. Too young.

He's played some great characters.

Not very high brow, but I still love his comic turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham in that Robin Hood twaddle with Kevin Costner. It was as if Rickman was the only one who knew how daft the whole thing was.

Well, shit. Another great loss.

Not very high brow, but I still love his comic turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham in that Robin Hood twaddle with Kevin Costner

First thing I said to the Mrs when we heard it announced on the radio just now.

RIP

Not hans Gruber! Very sad week

Truly, Madly, Deeply is probably my favourite. My children love him as Snape though.

Fuuuuuu....

His Sherrif of Nottingham was so memorable. If you want memorable, touching and high brow look no further than 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' with Juliet Stevenson.

🙁

I watched Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves the other night; Channel 5* seem to have had on repeat for about the last 2 weeks. He did do a brilliant Sheriff.

Sad loss.

Although he was only in a supporting role, another very good film of his is 'Close my Eyes', with Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen.

"69, unlucky for some"

Sad news.

Cancel Christmas.

This year is really beginning to annoy me.

The amazing thing is that Die Hard was his first film role.

Although he was only in a supporting role, another very good film of his is 'Close my Eyes', with Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen.

One of my favourite films ever. RIP Alan.

Nooo this is turning into an absolutely horrid week, just heard that Jeremy Whine on the radio put on his best pseudo upset voice..

He made Die Hard, stole Robin Hood and made a classic ham actor in Galaxy Quest..

The amazing thing is that Die Hard was his first film role.

I would not have believed that until I checked it myself.

I think this was expected, I seem to recall that he married his partner of 30+ years a couple of months ago. That seemed to be possibly the "tidying up" of legal loose ends.

2012 they married.

Alan Rickman was 69.
David Bowie was 69.
Donald Trump is 69.

<crosses fingers>

Not even dark arts could keep him going 🙁

kids loved him as snape... they will be gutted and a see a HP marathon coming..

very sad loss

Being a film and photography fan over a music fan this means a lot more to me than Bowie's passing.

I would like to throw his turn in 'Dogma' in as something to be remembered.

Bad news, a fine thesp.

Bugger.

Get me the detonators!

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aware of my own immortality and age, best not wait or put things off

such a shame - I'm with sneaky - I grew up for Rickman baddies, and then later watched his other fantastic films such as truly madly deeply.

Brilliant actor....

He was fantastic. 🙁

Memory eternal.

In the meantime, it may be worth remembering his roles in other films, like a little-known Welsh-directed, Canadian-set film called 'Snow Cake', starring Sigourney Weaver as a severely autistic mother who loses a child, and Carrie-Anne Moss as the romantic interest.

I would like to throw his turn in 'Dogma' in as something to be remembered.

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And Marvin.

Well cut my heart out with a spoon...

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Cheerio Alan.

By Grabthar's hammer he shall be avenged.

I feel like I know him as an actor very well, although scanning his entry on IMDB I've only seen a handful of his films really. Must be because I've seen Die Hard and Robin Hood so many times! Two potentially forgettable films made very memorable by him (Die Hard especially is a stone cold classic on the strength of his performance alone!)

In the meantime, it may be worth remembering his roles in other films, like a little-known Welsh-directed, Canadian-set film called 'Snow Cake', starring Sigourney Weaver as a severely autistic mother who loses a child, and Carrie-Anne Moss as the romantic interest.

Never knew about that film. His passing will not be in vain!

Yippee ki yay, mother******

🙁

Seriously, like, WTF???? This is very sad news - again. Way, way too young..

Another absolute legend gone. He was literally the only thing worth watching in the Harry Potter films. I was totally bored out of my mind seeing one of them in the cinema, can't remember which, and he appeared once to deliver just one line - and it totally made the film for me.

Gutted.. :-/

Must.watch.Galaxy.Quest.now.

'Truly, Madly, Deeply' with Juliet Stevenson

One of my favourites, Stevenson is fantastic in that as well.

Saw him (years ago now) when I was shopping in John Lewis in Liverpool. He looked cool as anything even when he was browsing crockery!

RIP

Recall running a training course at a theatre in London a few years back.
Sat in the cafe eating lunch and he plonked himself down next to me as I was mid-bite on a massive great burger.
"Sorry about that" as he knicked a chip 😆 "Do you mind?"
Turned out he'd been sat in the gallery while we'd been training so knew I wasn't joe public and could relax without getting hounded.
Massively down to earth guy and a gent who got another bowl of chips to replace the ones he'd just scoffed.

"And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer."

RIP.

Always thought the was a damn fine actor

If you want memorable, touching and high brow

look no further than 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'

Colonel Brandon.

He acted alongside Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Maid Marian in RHPOT) in a film called The January Man, another of his lesser known roles but I always remember liking that film too. And then doing a sort of double take when they both turned up in RHPOT 3 years later.

Nice suit. John Phillips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there.

Galaxy Quest - I'd forgotten that. Terrible idea for a film done brilliantly!

Awe Maaaaannn.

One of my favourite actors of all time.

Very sad loss.

Fantastic in 'Dogma'.

Damn shame... loved his Frankie Howerd impression in Dogma

Wonderful actor who really understood his craft and off course that extra-ordinary voice. RIP and thank you for all the joy you've given us.

As an aside, I met him once very briefly in a London restaurant at the coat check. Said hello and just his one word reply of hello back sent shivers down my spine. He was quite "luvy" and I was totally star struck and remember it clearly to this day.

Nobody could do camp & vicious like him....

He was BLOODY brilliant..

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Bloody shame! 🙁
Superb actor, he could commit Grand Larceny of pretty much any film with just a word and that look.
I remember [i]January Man[/i], just checked IMDB, and that was only his second film after Die Hard, he's made 70 films altogether.
Lemmy, DB and now Alan Rickman, it's not been a great start to the year.

Really sad news, loved him in 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'

I only ever watched that Prince of Thieves for that fantastic role that Alan Rickman brought. Always felt that he was quite under used thereafter.
Great actor RIP

I can only imagine his dying moments.

It's been said before, but his turn as the Frankie Howerd inspired Metatron in Dogma was fantastic and makes me laugh every time

😥

He was mesmerizing in the "Les Liasions Dangereuses"

I'd like to think that right now he's "sitting on a beach, earning 20%".

RIP Alan Rickman

When your age reach a "9" majority will encounter some problems ... same may be the beginning of a very serious problem.

Age with a "9" digit is not good.

Observe ...

The Motorhead bloke died at 70 but I think he did not manage to get through 69.

“Here’s to the best damned antagonist a guy could ask for.”

I'd like to think that right now he's "sitting on a beach, earning 20%".

Nah he's still driving about with the fit singer out of Texas:

a sad loss to humanity, a superb actor and a warm ,humble human being who never forgot or betrayed his roots .....truly madly deeply is some tour de force--if you remain unmoved then your not human !

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ALAN RICKMAN (1946-2016)

There is so much that is matchless to remember about Alan Rickman. His career was at the highest level, as actor on stage and screen and as director ditto. His last bequest of his film “A Little Chaos” and his indelible performance as Louis 14th, should now reach the wider audience they deserve.

Beyond a career which the world is indebted to, he was a constant agent for helping others. Whether to institutions like RADA or to individuals and certainly to me, his advice was always spot-on. He put liberal philanthropy at the heart of his life. He and Rima Horton (50 years together) were always top of my dream-list dinner guests. Alan would by turns be hilarious and indignant and gossipy and generous. All this delivered sotto, in that convoluted voice, as distinctive as Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Alec Guinness, Alastair Sim or Bowie, company beyond compare.

When he played Rasputin, I was the Tzar Nicholas. Filming had started before I arrived in St Petersburg. Precisely as I walked into the hotel-room, the phone rang. Alan, to say welcome, hope the flight was tolerable and would I like to join him and Greta Scacchi and others in the restaurant in 30 minutes? Alan, the concerned leading man. On that film, he discovered that the local Russian crew was getting an even worse lunch than the rest of us. So he successfully protested. On my first day before the camera, he didn’t like the patronising, bullying tone of a note which the director gave me. Alan, seeing I was a little crestfallen, delivered a quiet, concise resumé of my career and loudly demanded that the director up his game.

Behind his starry insouciance and careless elegance, behind that mournful face, which was just as beautiful when wracked with mirth, there was a super-active spirit, questing and achieving, a super-hero, unassuming but deadly effective.

I so wish he’d played King Lear and a few other classical challenges but that’s to be greedy. He leaves a multitude of fans and friends, grateful and bereft.

-- Ian McKellen, London, 14 January 2016

On winning the BAFTA for his turn in Robin Hood he remarked that "subtlety was obviously overrated"