Kind of like listening to Alan Rickman. I tried reading Thomas Hardy's "Return of the Native" once. Like to have DIED of boredom. Found it in the library on audiotape with Rickman reading it. What a GREAT story!
Alan Rickman is spectacular at playing villains, but he’s a more versatile actor than that. If you haven’t seen it, look for a movie called “Truly Madly Deeply,” from 1991 — he plays a ghost who comes back to comfort his girlfriend and help her move on.
I hope that after Harry Potter, Rickman can land some non-villain roles just for a change of pace. As good as he is at it, it does a soul good to stretch out once in a while.