R.I.P
Alan Rickman
Hey
everyone.
Sorry
about how quiet I’ve been lately.
Work
has been a total nightmare.
I
can only really blog if I have no quotes @ all.
Anyway,
I hope that you all enjoy my first post of the year.
Alan
Rickman
I
decided to talk about Alan Rickman.
His
death is having a major effect on me.
I’m
sure that you all know him for his role in Harry Potter.
He
was brilliant @ playing professor Snape who I had a bit of a crush on.
This
is my tribute to Alan Rickman.
You
will see a lot of pictures and quotes from Alan Rickman as Snape.
And
things he has said to people.
Family
His
dad, Bernard Rickman, an Irish Catholic factory worker died of lung cancer when
Alan Rickman was 8 years old.
His
mom is Margaret Doreen Rose Rickman,
a Welsh Methodist housewife.
He
is the 2nd of 4 children in his family as he has an older brother, a
younger brother & a younger sister.
He
met his wife and his teenage sweetheart Rima Horton when he was 19 & she was
18 & they've been together since then but they only married in 2012 in a
private ceremony in New York after being together for 47 years, They had been
together since 1965. He didn’t have any children even though he stated he would
have liked to have had a family. He decided against it because he wanted to
respect his wife’s wish that they not have children. Despite their closeness @
1 stage in their relationship his wife & he had separate flats.
Basic
facts about Alan Rickman
Famous
as: Actor, director
Birth
Name: Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
Birth
Date: 21 February 1946
Birth
Place: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Nationality: British
Spouse: Rima
Horton (economics professor, politician, since 2012)
Claim
to Fame: As Hans Gruber in "Die Hard" (1988)
He
was 6ft 1in tall
Actor
Alan Sydney Patrick Rickman was born on February 21, 1946, in West London,
England
Rickman
died of cancer on January 14, 2016.
Star
sign: Pisces
Interesting
information about Alan Rickman
Harry potter
related information:
He Loved a Good
Fart Joke.
Alan Rickman &
Sir Michael Gambon once pranked Daniel Radcliffe while filming Harry Potter and
Prisoner of Azkaban by putting a fart machine in a sleeping bag he was using
for a scene.
Only Alan knew his
character’s fate before the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
because Rowling told him.
He Didn’t Read the
Harry Potter Books
Rickman Had Some
inside Harry Potter Knowledge
“Jo Rowling gave me
1 piece of information, it wasn’t even a fact – I promised I would never
share it and I never will- which made me know that whatever happened, I had to
drive down two roads at the same time with this character, until all the facts
emerged. So I knew there was ambiguity.”
Was
J.K. Rowling's personal favorite to play Severus Snape.
4.
He Almost Wasn’t Snape
5.
But Rickman Was the Perfect Choice
It’s
hard to imagine anyone else as Snape. During the filming of Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Rowling revealed to Rickman that Snape was in
love with Lilly Potter which informed his character’s actions and
motivations. Rowling later explained that Rickman “needed to
understand… where this bitterness towards this boy, who’s living proof of
her preference for another man, came from.”
8.
He Didn’t Read The Harry Potter Books
You
can blame Michael Gambon for spilling the beans. The established actor, who
plays Dumbledore in 5 of the films, stated in an interview back in 2009 that
neither himself, Rickman nor Ralph
Fienneshave read the Harry Potter books. It’s amazing to see the acting job
that Rickman does with the character, especially knowing that most of his
inspiration comes from the script and only small pieces of information he
picked up from talks with J.K. Rowling.
When
asked the justification as to why he hadn’t read the books, Michael Gambon
stated “You’d
get upset about all the scenes it’s missing from the book wouldn’t
you?…No point in reading the books because you’re playing with [screenwriter]
Steve Klove’s words.”
He
suffered from crippling stage fright
He
loved birds.
“I’m
fascinated watching a flock of birds,” he told astrophysicist Neil deGrasse
Tyson in a 2012 interview on the show StarTalk. “What going on there? How
do they know they’re with more of them anyway?”
He
said he “never” watches himself on screen.
“I
think you start to edit yourself,” he told Empire.
5.
Rickman Loved The ‘Risk Factor’
There
is no doubting that Rickman has his fair share of experience with directing and
performing in live theater. Rickman stated that one of the biggest draws of his
profession is the ability to feel like you are always taking a risk. Rickman
went onto state “I like feeling a bit unsafe, and theater, of course, is
deadly.” I suppose when you have gotten used to seeing a live audience
your entire life, the idea of having to put on the cloak and be Snape as you
chill with Harry Potter doesn’t sound quite as intimidating.
He
failed his California
driving test @ one point for "driving to cautiously through a green
light"
He
was a graphic designer and didn’t start acting until he was almost 30
He Was Scared of Guns
It
was his 1st time shooting a gun, so you can see him grimace and
blink every time he fires.
While
filming Die Hard, Alan Rickman had a nasty habit of flinching anytime he
shot a gun. Because of this, director John McTiernan had to work
around Rickman’s reactions. However, if you watch closely during the scene
where Hans Gruber shoots Takagi, you can still see Rickman wince when he fires
his weapon.
Rankings and nominations
(sub-heading)
Named
Best Stage Actor for his part in the acclaimed revival of the Noel Coward play
Private Lives @ The Variety Club Show business Awards 2002.
He
was nominated for a 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor
for his performance in Private Lives at the Albery Theatre.
He
was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2001
for his performance in "Private Lives" at the Albery Theatre, London.
He
was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.
Was
voted #19 in Empire Magazine's Greatest Living Movie Stars over the age of 50.
Was
active in raising funds for the Labour Party.
Was
twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Play): in 1987 for
"Les Liaisons Dangereuses", and in 2002 for a revival of Noel
Coward's "Private Lives".
Ranked
#59 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time"
list. (October 1997)
Was voted #19 in Empire Magazine's Greatest Living Movie Stars
over the age of 50.
Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor
(Play): in 1987 for "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", and in 2002 for a
revival of Noel Coward's "Private Lives".
Was twice nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award as Best Actor
(Play): in 1987 for "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," and in 2002 for a revival
of Noel Coward's "Private Lives".
Ranked #59 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie
Stars of All Time" list. (October 1997)
Studied graphic design before becoming an actor.
Chosen by Empire Magazine as 1 of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film
history (#83). (2007)
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in
film history (#34). (1995)
Nominated for Tony award as Best Actor for Broadway revival of
"Private Lives", May 2002.
Filmography
Alan
Rickman Stars in all 8 of the Harry potter movies as Professor Severus Snape
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007)
Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
The
Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet stars as Tybalt
(1978)
Therese
Raquin (1980) TV stars as Vidal
The
Barchester Chronicles (1982) TV stars as Rev. Obadiah Slope
Smiley's
People (1982) TV stars as Mr. Brownlow
Screen
Two (1985 TV Series)
Die
Hard (1988) stars as Hans Gruber which was his claim to fame
Revolutionary
Witness (1989) TM stars as Jacques Roux
Spirit
of Man (1989) TM stars as Israel Yates
The
January Man (1989) aka The January Man stars as Ed
Quigley
Down Under (1990) aka Quigley stars as Elliott Marston, Owner Marston
Waters Ranch
Closet Land (1991) stars
as Interrogator
Close
My Eyes (1991) stars as Sinclair
Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) stars as Sheriff of Nottingham
Episode: Truly
Madly Deeply (1990)
Truly
Madly Deeply (1991) stars as Jamie
Bob
Roberts (1992) stars as Lukas Hart III
Mesmer
(1994) stars as Franz Anton Mesmer
An
Awfully Big Adventure (1995) stars as P.L. O'Hara
Sense
and Sensibility (1995) stars as Col. Christopher Brandon
Michael
Collins (1996) stars as Eamon de Valera
Rasputin
(1996) TM aka Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny stars as Grigori Rasputin
The
Winter Guest (1997) stars as Man in street
Dark Harbor (1998) stars
as David Weinberg
Judas
Kiss (1998) stars as Detective David Friedman
Dogma
(1999) stars as Metatron
Galaxy
Quest (1999) stars as Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus
A
Fish Tale (2000)
Hj�lp,
jeg er en fisk (2000) aka Help I'm a Fish stars as Joe
Play
(2000) stars as Man
Blow
Dry (2001) aka �ber kurz oder lang (Germany) stars as Phil Allen
The
Search for John Gissing (2001)
Love
Actually (2003) stars as Harry
Something
the Lord Made (2004) TM stars as Dr. Alfred Blalock
The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) stars as Marvin (voice)
Perfume:
The Story of a Murderer (2006) aka Parfum, Das (Germany) stars as Antoine
Snow
Cake (2006) stars as Alex
Sweeney
Todd aka Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street stars as Judge
Turpin (2007)
Nobel
Son (2008) stars as Eli Michaelson
Bottle
Shock (2008) stars as Steven Spurrier
Alice in Wonderland
(2010) stars as Blue Caterpillar (voice)
The
Wildest Dream (2010 Documentary)
The
Villa Golitsyn (2010) stars as Willy
The
Boy in the Bubble (2011) stars as The Storyteller
Hit
Somebody: Home (2012) stars as Narrator/Lord Stanley
Dust
(2013) stars as Todd
Lee
Daniels' The Butler (2013) aka "The Butler" stars as Ronald
Reagan
Gambit
(2013) stars as Lord Shahbandar
A
Promise (2014) stars as Hoffmeister
A
Little Chaos (2014) stars as King Louis XIV
Eye
in the Sky (2015) stars as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
CBGB
(2015) stars as Hilly Kristal
The
Limehouse Golem (2017)
Quotes
from Alan Rickman
No,
life has shifting horizons so you might as well keep swimming."
"I don't see
any of [my roles] as one word. It doesn't matter what I'm playing: it's not one
word, and I think any actor would say the same."
Actors
are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book
can make a difference. It can change the world.
And
it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and
have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each
other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be
possible.
I
think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a
pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.
If
only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
The
more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more
we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we
come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?
I've
never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.
“There
was an inevitability about my being an actor since about the age of 7, but
there were other roads that had to be traveled first.”
3
children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing 1
small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging
costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time,
she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.
It
would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.
I
think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.
I
am the character you are not supposed to like.
I
suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that
awfully overused word: a journey.
Talent
is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.
I
do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too
seriously.
My
idea of a real treat is Magic
Mountain without standing
in line
If
people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.
If
you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.
The
point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.
I'm
still living the life where you get home & open the fridge and there's half
a pot of yogurt & a half a can of flat Coca-Cola.
Unless
we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theater is, we're in deep
trouble.
There's
a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.
Maverick
is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is
passive.
I
knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very
good one at that.
It's
a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible
inescapability to it.
I
want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.
Nothing
gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and
planes.
“
You could ask any actor about their early days, and I think you know — if you
decide you’re going to do it, and then you train and you’ve committed — you
know there are going to be long periods out of work. And I wasn’t different
than anybody else. I know there are some lucky young actors now, they get made
a star in a minute, and you worry a little for the moment when that gets
snatched away. It’s a different world now. I don’t remember it now, but I’m
sure the difficult moments made me stronger, or at least that’s what I’ve
trained myself to think." — Rickman on starting out as an actor,TheLeakyCauldron.org (June 2015)
“A
film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It
can change the world." — Rickman, IFC.com.
“I
want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure."
— Rickman, via BrainyQuote.com.
“A
film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It
can change the world." — Rickman, IFC.com.
“…The
reality is that I've been all over the shop in terms of characters. Some people
are never going to escape Sherlock Holmes, or the films the pervade the public
consciousness. I think you have to be grateful for that.” — Rickman on
being being pidegeonholed as a villain,DenOfGeek.Us (April 2015).
“
You could ask any actor about their early days, and I think you know — if you
decide you’re going to do it, and then you train and you’ve committed — you
know there are going to be long periods out of work. And I wasn’t different
than anybody else. I know there are some lucky young actors now, they get made
a star in a minute, and you worry a little for the moment when that gets
snatched away. It’s a different world now. I don’t remember it now, but I’m
sure the difficult moments made me stronger, or at least that’s what I’ve
trained myself to think." — Rickman on starting out as an actor,TheLeakyCauldron.org (June 2015)
Quotes
from Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
Young Severus Snape to Lilly after she’s is called a freak by
her sister petunia: She's just jealous. That she's ordinary, and you're
special.
Snape to Harry when he has humiliated him: Pity. Clearly, fame
isn't everything, is it, Mr. Potter?
Professor Snape: That is the second time you
have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. Tell me, are you incapable of restraining
yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?
Severus Snape: [watches a touching memory
between Harry and Sirius] I may vomit. This one is so funny. Mean but quite hilarious!
I
hope that you have all enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed writing it, tears
and all.
This
is Wolvessa signing off
Xoxo
