Alan Rickman - Something the Lord Made - Part 2

Alan Rickman
Anglophenia's Man of 2011 has Oscar buzz for his final Harry Potter film and Tony talk for his Broadway work in the comedy Seminar. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

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Jerry O'Connell Watched Alan Rickman perform @SeminarOnBway over 100 times and he has yet to do it the same. Not once. #Fanboy #OscarNomForRickman #Snape

Seminar. A new play by Theresa Rebeck stars Alan Rickman (Snape!) as a condescending fiction writer conducting a private workshop for a group of 20-somethings. College and up. Rickman has never seemed so haughty and entertaining. Anyone who’s ever tried to write anything will enjoy it, but it’s just as much about growing up and being true to yourself as it is a play about artists.

The Harry Potter franchise came to an end in fine style, with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 topping the box office worldwide and providing a suitably action-packed and intense farewell to 10 years of spells, potions and destiny. Alan Rickman was, once again, a standout as Harry's nemesis, Professor Snape. All the Oscar talk these days focuses on Meryl Streep and The Iron Lady but Rickman is the one who should by rights be an Academy Award shoo-in.

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... will be treated...as ...ee..quaaa..lly...guilt..eee.... I invite them to step forward [ one minute pause ] Now. Oh Rickman , you genius

2. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.” Well-written, well-acted, well-directed, deliriously handsomely mounted, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2” is an unqualified success. It is Alan Rickman as Snape who steals the show and breaks hearts this time around. Rickman, an international treasure for his speaking voice alone, has always commanded instant attention in this role, played with a low and level inflection. This time around, Snape gets to make a well-deserved curtain call, and fair warning, there won’t be a dry eye in the house.

A survey carried out at the London launch of the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2' DVD has discovered that Rupert Grint is the most fanciable actor in the film series.

The poll, conducted by The Wand Company outside Harrods, saw over 33 per cent of fans vote for Grint, with Tom Felton coming in second with 22 per cent, and Alan Rickman taking third with 18 per cent

Jerry O’Connell Has a Man-Crush on Alan Rickman
If there’s anything more exciting for Jerry O’Connell than making his Broadway debut in Seminar, it’s working with his co-star, Alan Rickman. “It’s a definite man-crush/fanboy thing I have going with Alan,” he told Broadway.com. When Rickman was voted Broadway’s sexiest man in a Broadway.com poll, O’Connell joked that it was because “I personally voted 3000 times.” He quickly amended, “That’s a joke everyone. You’re only allowed to vote once, so calm down.” It’s OK, Jerry, we know you tried.

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1. Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Alan Rickman has been gold his entire career. He already has characters like Hans Gruber, the Sheriff of Nottingham and Metatron under his belt. However, outside of Hans Gruber, his greatest role is that of Severus Snape. I couldn't read the final few "Harry Potter" books without picturing Rickman in the role. And, finally, when the series came to an end with the final movie, he finally got his moment. No more standing around sneering and making snide comments at Potter. In the last movie, he got his big moment and he shined like no other. I still believe Rickman is the best thing about the Harry Potter movies.

~ Jeremy Thomas
5. Alan Rickman - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Severus Snape is the unsung hero of the Harry Potter franchise for much of the series, but Alan Rickman's work has always been spot-on and recognized by fans as such. Most of the actors have been great in their work throughout the series but Rickman has been creepily awesome throughout and Deathly Hallows, Part II is his shining moment. He starts off seeming like the villain until he finally risks everything--and pays the price--for his allegiance to Harry and Dumbledore. And it's his last moments on-screen, when Harry delves into his memories and sees the truth of it all, that you truly come to appreciate the character as never before. What was a touching moment in the book became much more in the film, and that's due to Rickman's work. Great, great stuff.

'Harry Potter’: Alan Rickman looks back on decade of dark magic
No one sneers or snarls quite like Alan Rickman and, looking back on a cinematic decade of “Harry Potter,” his Severus Snape now stands as the franchise’s most fascinating figure after being revealed in the eighth film as misunderstood double-agent motivated by long-lost love.

“You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience,” Rickman said. “It’s interest in drifting on the one hand but it’s also a question of what people decide to offer you. Right now with this play, for instance, I hear unbelievable laughter every night and that’s a huge treasure chest. At the same time sometimes there’s dead silence, and that’s a great pack of cards to be given.”

8. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”: In this corner, The Boy Who Lived. In the other, He Who Shall Not Be Named. So it’s a surprise that the real victor is Severus Snape. When all’s said and done, Alan Rickman's performance is not just the heart and soul of this movie, but the entire series.

In New York for a Broadway gig, actor Alan Rickman needed a specific bottle of champagne. He walked into the wine shop Chambers Street, well known to wine ferrets who seek exquisite hard-to-find bottles, and asked for Veuve Clicquot. The salesperson was dismayed: Rickman had been to the shop before and always departed with imaginative choices, and Chambers never carries Veuve and its ilk. It's not because the stuff is rare -- those bubbles are about as rare as rhinestones. Brands such as Moët & Chandon produce about 30 million bottles annually, but Chambers prefers grower champagne (affectionately known as "farmer fizz"), which represents about 4 percent of all champagne produced. This elixir, like its big-brand counterparts, comes from the Champagne region of France, but unlike them it is made by individual vintners from grapes they grow themselves. A maker of grower champagne might produce no more than 10,000 bottles a year, often much less. In the end, the store sent Rickman elsewhere.