Alan Rickman RIP

[paganeagle2001]

Sad to report the loss of Alan Rickman today.

Alan Rickman dead aged 69 after battle with cancer

The best Sheriff of Nottingham, and one amazing professor of Hogwarts!

Richard

 

[Alisa]

Oh, another sad loss . Loved him as Snape and also in Galaxy Qwest...

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

And one hell of a psycho con artist... Die Hard was the first time I ever saw him act. He was a highly intelligent individual, too...

 

[SimonJM]

Not been a good year so far ...

 

[ben]

Very sad news. I remember seeing him on the BBC years ago. I'm probably weird as I liked him in the film Dogma, he was funny

 

[Miss B]

And one hell of a psycho con artist... Die Hard was the first time I ever saw him act. He was a highly intelligent individual, too...

That's the first thing I saw him in as well Seliah, and loved him as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movies. I always thought he stole the show (movie) as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. Pure genius of an actor.

R.I.P. Good Sir.

 

[Sunfire]

So sad, and both our great losses this year lost to cancer. The true villain in this world. *sigh*

 

[Lorraine]

This is such sad news, never seen a movie of his I didn't love. His voice was so distinctive and memorable. His Sheriff of Nottingham was so good.

 

[Sunfire]

"I'm going to cut his heart out with a spoon!"

"Why a spoon?"

"Because it will hurt more you twit!"

 

[Lorraine]

(After he stabs Guy of Gisborne) "At least I didn't use a spoon!"

 

[Pendraia]

Very sad news...

 

[AetherDream]

I am very saddened by this news. He is one of my all-time favorite actors. I have been so buried in work that I have not watched any news for the past few weeks. He was an amazing talent--

 

[Miss B]

I agree Aether. I was hooked with his very first film, Die Hard, and just got more hooked with Robin Hood, and of course the Harry Potter movies.

I suppose it shouldn't be surprising how good, and versatile, an actor he was, as he was classically trained, which in London means Shakespeare.

 

[AetherDream]

I also loved his performance in Sense and Sensibility. I have a real preference for classically trained actors.

 

[Miss B]

I agree. Another favorite of mine is Patrick Stewart, who of course is best known for Star Trek, Next Generation, but I saw him as the male lead in Much Ado About Nothing a few decades ago during our then Shakespeare In The Park summer series in Central Park. He was fabulous.

 

[AetherDream]

I adore Patrick Stewart. What an amazing opportunity to have seen him in a stage performance. I love Much Ado About Nothing. One of my versions of Macbeth have him in it. I have to add another amazing actor to this list, Sir Ian McKellen, my all time favorite actor.

 

[Miss B]

Ohhhhhh, YES!!! I always liked him as an actor, but once I saw him as Gandalf in Lord of The Rings, I was totally amazed!!

 

[AetherDream]

OMG yes!!!! His Gandalf performance was so endearing. When I saw that he was the one playing Gandalf, I could not have been happier. Gandalf is my favorite character from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit(although Bilbo and Frodo are a close second).

 

[Miss B]

Oh, and I was offline last night when I remembered my ALL TIME favorite Ian McKellan character . . . Magneto from the X-Men movies!! I can't imagine anyone playing that role as well.

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

Oh, and I was offline last night when I remembered my ALL TIME favorite Ian McKellan character . . . Magneto from the X-Men movies!! I can't imagine anyone playing that role as well.

Yes, and he paired up with Patrick Stewart for that role as well. Those two play off each other beautifully! One of the best pairs to be on the screen OR the stage together, if you ask me...