Farewell, Sweet Prince… The Film Fatales Pay Tribute to Alan Rickman
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Farewell, Sweet Prince…
…and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
The Film Fatales Pay Tribute to Alan Rickman
“Alan Rickman, one of the best-loved and most warmly admired British actors of the past 30 years, has died in London, aged 69. His death was confirmed on Thursday by his family who said that he died “surrounded by family and friends”.…A star whose arch features and languid diction were recognisable across the generations…That Rickman never won an Oscar (he did receive a Golden Globe, an Emmy, a Bafta and many more) became a perennial topic in interviews but did not seem to trouble the actor himself. ‘Parts win prizes, not actors,’ he said in 2008. It was the wider worth of his art to which Rickman remained committed, saying that he found it easier to treat the work seriously if he could look upon himself with levity. ‘Actors are agents of change,’ he said. ‘A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.’” –The Guardian: January 14, 2016
Nicole: I love that phrase “languid diction.” It’s the perfect descriptor for Alan Rickman’s unique delivery…his dreamy cadence…his musical tone. Listening to his voice was like being lulled into a gentle reverie. His voice was one of the things that held him apart from a crowd of sameness in the acting arena. But, Rickman had more going for him than just his wonderfully fluid speech. He was a truly remarkable actor.
My first introduction to his work arrived in the form of Hans Gruber (Die Hard), what is easily considered his breakout role for American—and worldwide—audiences. Rickman played a baddie like no one else, injecting sardonic humor at just the right moment, succeeding in making the audience root for the antagonist nearly as much as the protagonist. Take his role as the Sheriff of Nottingham in 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, for instance. Put him beside the woefully miscast Kevin Costner as the Lord of Loxley and you’ll see a well-trained supporting actor run circles around the film’s star. (Not to mention, the charm of an authentic British accent vs. Costner’s not-quite-sure-what-accent-it-was-that-he-was-going-for lame attempt at elocution.)
But it was his romantic roles that I’ll remember Rickman for most. His heart-wrenching turn in Truly, Madly, Deeply and, of course, his quintessential Colonel Brandon in Emma Thompson’s film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Never you mind, you desirers of the cad called Willoughby; give me, instead, Rickman’s Colonel Brandon any day of the week. His portrayal of a lovesick, heartbroken, and tortured man, whose second chance at love nearly goes unrequited is something that will stay with me eternally. No matter how many adaptations of Sense and Sensibility there are in existence or have yet to be made (the number of which is ever increasing), no one will be able to eclipse his handling of that pivotal role. No one will be able to match the level of sensitivity and yearning he brought to the screen. No one will be able to impart that much feeling in a single glance. No, there was only one Colonel Brandon, and for me – he was, and will always remain, Alan Rickman.
Rickman worked nearly up to the moment of his death, proving a total dedication to his craft. Based on his prolific work history, there’s no telling what roles we may yet have enjoyed watching him portray. But, life must…and, so, we must as well…enjoy what remains to reflect upon and marvel at a talent who was taken from the world too soon.
Elizabeth: Disclaimer: I am writing with one finger on my left hand ever since a step jumped out at me and took out my right wrist. So I am sitting here with a hot pink cast on and feeling a bit melancholy over the loss of one of my favorite actors, Alan Rickman.
I need to keep my comments brief and Nicole did a stellar job on her tribute to Mr. Rickman, but I do have some thoughts I want to share:
1. I went to see one of the Harry Potter movies on my honeymoon. The reason I agreed to be dragged to the theatre was because Alan Rickman was portraying Professor Severus Snape.
2. I will only watch the first Die Hard because of Alan Rickman. It was one of the few times that I hoped the villain would win over good.
3. Love Actually is actually one of my favorite movies. He might have played a man on the verge of an affair, but his portrayal of Harry was sympathetic and in the midst of all his personal chaos, he was a caring man who held unto his biting sense of humor.
4. That voice.
5. Rickman was politically active with organizations like Saving Faces and the International Performers’ Aid Trust. He did not “go Hollywood.”
6. Alan Rickman took the time to chat with my theatre-major niece, Caitlin, after one of his performances in Private Lives in Manhattan. The photo of her smiling while he was in the middle of a laugh is priceless.
7. I thought he was quite the sexy man. Those eyes, and as a lover of noses, he had a fabulous one. I wish I could have told him that.
8. We need to find or release to the world the cure for cancer. Methinks they know. It’s just that greed is more important than saving lives.
Thank you, Alan Rickman, for always being the good guy in my eyes. You shall be missed.
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