The frustrated, depressed actor, roped into doing a cheesy commercial for an electronics retailer. And that little twitch of hesitation before the second line, truly brilliant.
Thanks, Alan.
Posted on 01/14/2016 4:51:34 AM PST by Abathar
Actor Alan Rickman, known for films including Harry Potter, Die Hard, Truly Madly Deeply and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, has died at the age of 69.
The star was suffering from cancer, his family said. His agent confirmed the news to BBC News.
He was known by film fans for roles including Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films, Hans Gruber in Die Hard and the Sheriff of Nottingham in 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
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The frustrated, depressed actor, roped into doing a cheesy commercial for an electronics retailer. And that little twitch of hesitation before the second line, truly brilliant.
Thanks, Alan.
Yes. Hoax hoaxes.
My thought exactly.
Then we'll have hoax hoax hoaxes.
Great voice.
Indeed.
Though just last night I saw him as Louis IV in “A Little Chaos”
That may be what sticks with me now.
Lost way too many awesome people the last couple of weeks. I haven’t finished processing the loss of Lemmy yet, need this to slow down.
‘And that little twitch of hesitation before the second line, truly brilliant.’
Great clip! Agree; nobody equalled Rickman for his use of hesitation. Here’s his most famous—nearly sixty seconds:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FBsy-eAS0x8
Oops; knew = know
“Same age as David Bowie...”
Maybe 69 is the new 27.
Nooooo!! I want to cry! :( He was definitely one of my favorite actors.
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LOL! I read his autobiography last year, he said the reason he never overdosed was because he was very methodical about his drug taking, like a scientist. He said he would always measure out his drugs precisely LOL LOL! Actually I don’t think he’s human, I saw a show on him on Netflix and the dude was chain smoking one Marlboro after another, not to mention he still drinks the hard stuff yet he gets not so much as a cold. People thought Lemmy of Motorhead was indestructible, Richards outlived even him!
Here’s the complete Oscar nominees list. I’ve never heard of 80% of >>ANY<< of the flicks, directors and many of the “stars”.
RIP :(
Hans Guber was a classic villain.
I only saw the first 2 “Harry Potters” but he’s well known for that as well.
Well I haven’t seen any of them, since Star Wars was the first time in 10 years I’ve been to theater. I have heard of most of them, but not the directors.
I just hope neither Bryan Cranston (plays commie Dalton Trumbo) or Eddie Redmayne (plays historical tranny Faggy McGenitalsurgery) wins best actor.
It is sad when you look at the list and realize that Leo is probably the least objectionable of the lot.
Yeah, besides the 2 I mentioned MATT DAMON and Michael Fassbender for playing Steve Jobs (eh).
I’d take DiCaprio. He is a good actor at least. I might go see “The Revenant”.
What a sad loss -- he would have been so great in "wise" or "crafty old man" roles.
Also loved him in Truly Madly Deeply and Love Actually.
Agreed. So wonderful together in Love Actually.
I’ll go with what you said.
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