Now that's a sad piece of news to start the day.
I loved this man's movie work. From Hans Gruber in Die Hard, to the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, to Metatron in _Dogma, to Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, he brought a touch of class and richness to everything he touched. And that voice …
Thank you, sir, for many enjoyable hours.
Alan Rickman, giant of British film and theatre, dies at 69 | Film | The Guardian
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Galaxy Quest
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Love Actually
He was amazing in Rasputin and Dogma!!!!!
+Stan Pedzick Oh, how the hell did I forget Galaxy Quest? Yes. That. Too.
Though I keep coming back to the Metatron. If I were God, I'd hire him to be my voice in an instant.
+Dave Hill I was going to dock you a geek cred point, but I'll chalk it up to shock. 🙂
+Daniel Radcliffe wrote (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DanielRadcliffe/posts/SG1NZZvTKRt):
Alan Rickman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors I will ever work with. He is also, one of the loyalest and most supportive people I've ever met in the film industry. He was so encouraging of me both on set and in the years post-Potter. I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York. He didn't have to do that. I know other people who've been friends with him for much much longer than I have and they all say "if you call Alan, it doesn't matter where in the world he is or how busy he is with what he's doing, he'll get back to you within a day".
People create perceptions of actors based on the parts they played so it might surprise some people to learn that contrary to some of the sterner(or downright scary) characters he played, Alan was extremely kind, generous, self-deprecating and funny. And certain things obviously became even funnier when delivered in his unmistakable double-bass.
As an actor he was one of the first of the adults on Potter to treat me like a peer rather than a child. Working with him at such a formative age was incredibly important and I will carry the lessons he taught me for the rest of my life and career. Film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this great actor and man.
His Judge Turpin made that particular version of Sweeney Todd, bearable.