Posted on 01/15/2016 6:51:24 AM PST by originalbuckeye
Alan Rickman was known for his villainous roles in films such as Harry Potter and Die Hard - but his acting experience began when he was a fresh-faced schoolboy in a string of school plays.
An album of evocative photographs showing Rickman's starting steps in the dramatic world has come to light after it was released by his alma mater, Latymer Upper School.
The star died yesterday aged 69 at a London hospital, surrounded by friends and relatives including his wife Rima, after waging a secret battle with pancreatic cancer.
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No one mentions that he played Eliot Marston the (bad guy) rancher in Quigley Down Under.
His IMDB is voluminous. One of my faves is Bottle Shock, which most people never saw and have actually never even heard of.........
Alan Rickman became an overnight star in England when he played the hilariously jumped-up evangelical in “The Barchester Chronicles.” A comic star turn if ever there was one. That was 1982, the same time he was with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford - I travelled up there to see him in As You Like It and Troilus and Cressida.
Unfortunately,as talented and charismatic as he was, his star lost a little luster because of his relentless advocation of “Palestinian rights” and anti-Zionism. Tiring, boring and more than a little mendacious. I think his little troll of a girlfriend didn’t help.
Pancreatic cancer is indeed a scourge! I pray he didn’t suffer. May he rest in peace and I’m thinking of digging out my dvd of Barchester.
That’s the one movie I remember him in other than the Harry Potter series.
Was unaware of his stand on Palestinian Rights and Zionism. Hmmm. A little tarnish on that halo now. But still a spectacular actor. Have loved his performances sonce the 80’s. BTW, I bet that Benedict Cumberbatch is really hurting his career, ranting about ‘Syrian Refugees’ after every performance of Hamlet. Just returned from Britain and enjoyed a performance of CATS at the London Palladium.....no rants, just pure fun/entertainment!
He’s doing that??? What an a-hole. I’ve seen Vanessa Redgrave many times on stage and she’s never done that during curtain calls! Mark Rylance is another jackass who hates “Zionists”. At least he keeps his mouth shut during curtain calls.
Rickman wrote and directed a play about our famous Pancake Girl who had an unfortunate encounter with a bulldozer. He put it on in NYC about ten years ago and New York (you know, that evil values city) went bananas. Non-stop rallies, condemnations, etc. and finally he shut the whole damn thing down!
In the same vein; I have always liked Blow Dry which is about a hair styling contest.
Just watched that again last night. He played the best “bad” guy. Squiggly is great.
At what point did he turn into a hateful, extremist leftist?
Because he was a hateful, extremist leftist in real life.
One of my faves was the Spock-like character in “Galaxy Quest.”
Perhaps that taught Mr Rickman a lesson and he kept his mouth shut after?? Actors should just STAY OUT of politics completely. They are really good when saying words written for them......they should keep their opinions to themselves. I don’t know if you ever saw the article about how many of the big actors in Hollywood completed college? Not many and most never even started in higher education. But they believe their opinions in politics should hold some sway. Sadly, for the weak minded, those opinions do hold some sway.
“No one mentions that he played Eliot Marston the (bad guy) rancher in Quigley Down Under.”
Exactly. I spoke once with Selleck personally and he told us that Rickman was actually one of the most down to earth actors he worked with.
Quigley is an underrated western classic and i doubt any actor could do what Rickman did there. Best villain ever.
Happy Trails, Hans
“Asian dawn?”
“I read about them in Time magazine”
It’s true that actors are generally undereducated. I agree with Truman Capote who felt that actors were stupid and the best actors were the stupidest! In all my years working and meeting with English actors, I was always surprised that once you got past the trained, cut-glass accents, they were just as stupid as your average Hollywood actor.
“I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn’t know how to use it...”
‘best villain ever’ in several movies....Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves........
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