Alan Rickman RIP

rafatoni

wow, what a week. unreal.

This awful, horrendous disease has taken 2 legends this week.

RIP Bill Clay

IrishAlice

I never really get upset when I hear famous people have died but I'm actually gutted about this! RIP, thank you for bringing so many amazing characters to life.

iDave

He went on the game for Ireland

RIP

c_man

He was a good guy.

Robsweezie

Words esnape me. :-(

He was made for that role in harry potter. Legend

eviltimeban

That's three now... Lemmy, Bowie, and Rickman. No more please.

Jawgap

that's the b0IIix who shot Mick Collins!!!

On a more serious note, bit of a downer hearing about this - great actor, even when he was in some utter cheese!

keano_afc

Death must have got a new sickle for Christmas.

He'll be sadly missed. A great actor, always a very strong on screen presence.

KKkitty

One of the best bad guy actors out there. He made you root more for the good guy in his movies. He will be sadly missed

DrumSteve

Damn Aaron Ramsey.

Great actor, seemed like a decent sort also. Will be missed. RIP

AudreyHepburn

I can't believe it.....one of my favorite actors! That's put a downer on my day.

I never saw a performance of his that I didn't enjoy.

RIP Alan.

Buona Fortuna

Very very sad.:(

NoviGlitzko

Very sad news. He was a very likable man and a terrific actor.

Sheeps

Sad start to 2016 with the death of two legends.

YouTookMyName

He definitely not counting to 4 now.

tritium

RIP, too many greats going of late

murpho999

sheep? wrote: »

"Loxley i'm going to cut your heart out with a spoon!"

Decent line but an awful film.

jester77

oh man RIP, what a voice he had. the ultimate villain, he could raise the hairs on my neck when he talked.

Masala

Deleted User wrote: »

First Bowie and now Rickman. Such a tough week. Better call in sick tomorrow.

/s

NO... first was Lemmy..then Bowie.!

Frynge

YouTookMyName wrote: »

He definitely not counting to 4 now.

Unfortunately someone counted to 3 for him.

_Kaiser_

(FFS .. Boards and its bloody errors these days! Trying again)

RIP Mr Rickman

A class act and fantastic actor who helped define a genre in Die Hard and set the standard for villains in the same movie, but also great in a spoof like Galaxy Quest

Genuinely saddened by this news today. My deepest sympathy to his family

leahyl

He was absolutely fantastic as Dev in Michael Collins movie

"The Irish people established the Irish Republic. It can only be disestablished by the Irish people"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owle-LyXWYg

RIP Alan Rickman, a very sad week for the entertainment industry.

K-9

That's a shame.

Brilliant in Robin Hood.

To the 2 comely maidens in a fight scene.

You, in my room in 10 minutes
You, in my room in 20.

jmayo

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Such a voice.

He did the voice for the introduction of instruments on Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II.

Also I always remember his line from "Quigley Down Under"

Some men are born in the wrong century. I think I was born on the wrong continent. Oh, by the way, you're fired

crazygeryy

yippee ki yay mr rickman. you will be missed.


R.I.P

scdublin

So sad Snape! May he R.I.P

Brindor

>Based Snape dead
Noooooooooo

I'll miss him

valoren

K-9 wrote: »

That's a shame.

Brilliant in Robin Hood.

To the 2 comely maidens in a fight scene.

You, in my room in 10 minutes
You, in my room in 20.

....and bring a friend! :cool:

nacho libre

bollocks, bollocks anyway. now that's three decent human beings gone, that i admired within in the last month.
with his wonderfully mellifluous voice he could be reading from a phone book and it would still sound interesting. you know the measure of an actor when by virtue of their presence they elevate a crappy film to something better.

Wibbs

Bugger.

MRnotlob606

His Grandmother was from Mount Sion Avenue in Waterford City.

Samsgirl

nullzero wrote: »

Saw him on telly a few months ago. Seemed a genuinely nice person. Incidentally, he seemed to have an affinity with Irish theater and actors working with them regularly.

He had an Irish connection. His Grandmother was from Waterford. His Grandad was in the British Army based here. They married in Waterford in 1909.

Lollipops23

So gutted- the first film I remember seeing in the cinema is Robin Hood aged 4.

Have since them become massive fan, through Harry Potter, Michael Collins, Love Actually etc.


Such a fine actor, and by all accounts a very nice person.

Sleepy

Another loss to the entertainment industy. If the greats keep dropping at this rate in 2016 I'm not looking forward to 2017's film and music output!

Rothko

FFS cancer takes away yet another greatly talented person. Hans Gruber will always be on the great movie villains. RIP

DanielODonnell

I knew him best as deValera in Michael Collins, I suppose the user Kev and his comrades will take offence to that too, anyone who posts a comment other than "RIP" is somehow disrespectful in their eyes.

IEG

- after all this time?
- always

RIP Alan Rickman

dublinman1990

Read about his passing from the Guardian website at lunchtime today. Really horrific news.

I know him best from his roles as Snape in Harry Potter, DeValera in Michael Collins & Harry in Love Actually.

RIP Alan. You're were a supremely good actor. You will be greatly missed.

My name is URL

leahyl wrote: »

He was absolutely fantastic as Dev in Michael Collins movie

"The Irish people established the Irish Republic. It can only be disestablished by the Irish people"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owle-LyXWYg

RIP Alan Rickman, a very sad week for the entertainment industry.

Great performance alright, but a pretty crap portrayal of Dev. Even Rickman thought so

He wasn't a big fan of how that movie was made at all

Ave Sodalis

Daniel Radcliffe's words on the legend are really moving and heartfelt (can't link as on phone) but he says how caring and wonderful a person he was. It really makes you regret not knowing him personally.

KatW4

I was genuinely devastated when I was told he had died. I absolutely loved Alan Rickman. He was the perfect Snape.

"Always".

RIP

leahyl

Just saw this on FB

"Alan was my friend and so this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye. What I remember most in this moment of painful leave-taking is his humour, intelligence, wisdom, and kindness. His capacity to fell you with a look or lift you with a word. The intransigence which made him the great artist he was — his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. I learned a lot from him.

He was the finest of actors and directors. I couldn’t wait to see what he was going to do with his face next. I consider myself hugely privileged to have worked with him so many times and to have been directed by him.

He was the ultimate ally. In life, art and politics. I trusted him absolutely.

He was, above all things, a rare and unique human being and we shall not see his like again" - Emma Thompson on the death of Alan Rickman

mansize

RIP Dev

Fleawuss

The tributes from those who knew him are really moving. He seems to have been a wonderful human being and the exact opposite of the characters he is best known for playing in the movies. I thought his elegant menace in Die Hard was utterly brilliant. That moment when the safe opens and Rickman says with disdain dripping from every syllable

You asked for a miracle. I give you the
F
B
I.

And only he could have given us Snape.
I'm saddened by his passing.

LordSutch

Lemmy - Bowie - Rickman

What a depressing start to the New Year, and all relatively young @ only 69 or 70 yesrs of age..

RIP Alan Rickman.

Del.Monte

mansize wrote: »

RIP Dev

A great portrayal of the "Long Fellow". RIP.

The_Kew_Tour

Super Actor.

Really could play his role so well.

PTH2009

Celin Dion's husband/manager has died from cancer too today. Rip

steve_r

Love this from Patton Oswalt

https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/687644937513340928

valoren

I hope you're somewhere, Alan, sitting on a beach, earning 20%

I regularly used 'Gruber, Hans' or 'Clay, Bill' as my name on the Dublin-Cork train.