Alan Rickman dies at 69

[Kaido]

RIP

My first thought was of him in Galaxy Quest.

Such an underrated movie. Everyone I show it to loves it, even my non-nerdy friends.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

🙁

 

[11thHour]

Darn, that sucks. He was darn good at being darn bad. Very talented. RIP.

 

[FerrelGeek]

🙁

 

[William Gaatjes]

RIP , I always liked his voice very much.

 

[BUTCH1]

By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged.

🙁

Yea, probably one of the most under-rated comedy's/parody's ever and Alan about stole the show in that one too.

 

[herrjimbo]

Quigley Down Under was also a decent movie he starred in.

 

[kt]

Blow Dry is another movie that he starred in that no one seems to know about. It's a great British comedy movie.

 

[13Gigatons]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob7V_WtAVg

 

[kage69]

Is there a new form of cancer that is targeting talented Englishmen?!

Rickman has been one of my favorites since we knew him as Hans Gruber. This is incredibly sad news, I'm just so fucking mad right now. Friends of mine got to meet him when Love Actually was been filmed, was jealous of that for a long time. 🙁

I really feel for his family. The statements I've heard from his friends really brought a tear to me eye.



Fuck you cancer, just fuck you.

 

[kage69]

Because its dull you twit, it'll hurt more!

 

[dethman]

always remember him for galaxy quest. cancer blows.

 

[Rudee]

When I first heard the name, I was thinking this was the Man v. Food guy.

 

[Ricochet]

RIP , I always liked his voice very much.

That's what I'll always remember him by. His voice was so mesmerizing.

 

[sdifox]

RIP

 

[DrPizza]

Oh wow. I never paid attention and realized that he was Hans Gruber. Loved him in Galaxy Quest, Dogma, and as Snape. Of the Harry Potter crew, he was one of the few I didn't feel was dialing it in for the last couple of installments.

 

[BoberFett]

Holy crap, some major losses so far this year. Rickman is a legend. 🙁

 

[BoberFett]

Found out some more disturbing news:

Tim Curry is 69 and also in bad health.

Noooooooo!

 

[Oyeve]

Saw him on stage a few times. As much as we all loved him on screen, seeing him on stage is much more fantastic. RIP....and yippey ki-ay mofo!

 

[who?]

69 year olds are late war babies or early boomers. Maybe they prayed a lot about not getting old during the sixties and seventies. As The Who sang in "My Generation" "Hope I die before I get old".

 

[KingstonU]

I actually had a very long conversation with him about a decade ago while he was making a movie called Snow Cakes. He was incredibly nice and humble. Sad day 🙁

 

[JulesMaximus]

So many great performances. I liked him... this is sad. :'(

 

[Artdeco]

Noooooooo!

Curry has been in bad health for years, he had a debilitating stroke 3 years ago.

Maybe shorty is privy to a new health crisis for Mr Curry?

 

[sdifox]

Celine Dion's husband Rene Angelil died.

 

[lxskllr]

Actually a cursory search seems to indicate that story is a bit overblown, I wanted to believe!

A more accurate version seems to be that she did tell him something at some point during the filming prior to the last book's release - probably just enough to instill the idea that 'Snape isn't all bad' or is more than what he seems. Book 7 was released just after Film 5 was released and Film 6 started filming about ~2m after that. So it probably didn't make a difference for Snape's most dramatic moments in 6/7 at least but may have tempered how he played Snape in the earlier ones.

Heard on NPR today that her discussion with him is what made him decide he wanted to take the role. He was thinking about turning it down cause he felt the character was too one dimensional.