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Behind the scenes of “Mesmer”, 11 November 1993
“The most beautiful day. Blue, clear skies and clean hard sunshine. Out to Versailles – a scene I fought to keep in the film. Strange to see Beatie walk towards us as Marie Antoinette in full sail.
Roger is furious/sulking. He never wanted a French actor for Louis – Serge [Ridoux] really does have a strong accent. Roger breaks the lens cap on the BBC’s camera . . . The scene is done for a crowd of tourists and to a backing of gunfire . . . A burst of late sun gives us an extraordinary last show and we move to L’Abbaye Hotel in Paris . . .
Go to collect Roni & Isabelle H[uppert] for dinner with the rest of us . . . A pleasant evening.
Roger and I fittingly finish with a row about my character, my work methods, did they have sex etc., etc.”
(“Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman diaries”)
Footage from ‘The Late Show: Truly, Madly, Alan Rickman’, which aired on BBC on 3 October 1994
| 2 |  +2Alan Rickman participates in the charity event as Patron of Saving Faces. The Violet Tchenguiz Trust Foundation supports facial surgery research, 2 July 2007 | 254 |
| 3 |  +3No text... | 430 |
| 4 |  +9At the “Sunday In The Park With George” Press Night, Wyndham’s Theatre, London, 23 May 2006 | 400 |
| 5 |  +3Diana Ohanian: “I met Alan Rickman on 26th February 2014, at the 100th Birthday of his aunt at a pub in Ealing about 2 years ago. He was more handsome than in any photo he has been in. His aunt (now nearly 102 years old) introduced me to Alan Rickman, who was sitting with his two brothers, a sister and his wife.
I began speaking to him by saying that my son and I were great fans and I loved his acting in Die Hard, when he appeared as Hans Gruber. He said that was 25 years ago! I asked him what was he currently doing. He replied that he was directing a film with Kate Winslet as the leading actress. After speaking to him for a while, I asked him to sign an autograph for my son, which he did. He is showing the autograph in the photo I took from him, by covering his mouth and being cheeky. After that I asked him to lower the paper and he smiled and I took another photo of him, but the photo did not come out well.
That was a brief encounter I had with Alan Rickman. His passing is surely a great loss for the film industry and I treasure my meeting with him. My only regret was that I did not take a photo or selfie with him.“
(‘Facebook’, 2016)
Katie Nicholls: “Pleasure to have met him @ our Aunt Vi's 100th a couple of yrs ago with Rima, his brothers & sister.”
(‘Х.сom’ 2016) | 364 |
| 6 |  Quentin Tarantino: “The last time I watched a regular genre movie and the bad guy showed up and blew me away was Alan Rickman in Die Hard. It was the way he took over the film.”
(‘Playboy’ magazine, December 2012) | 537 |
| 7 |  +1‘Sergeant Musgrave's Dance’, Latymer Upper School, 1962
“Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, by John Arden, was the first full-length drama of the term, produced by the Curianus Extraordinarius. The audience reaction was highly favourable, and the producer was chiefly responsible for the indubitable success. Gildanus Cushman took the lead, giving a reading of great power. The Cofferer, the Senior Clerke and Gildanus Griffiths supported him as his subordinates; and Gildanus Rickman gave an unembarrassingly sympathetic interpretation of Annie, the barmaid.”
(‘The Latymerian’ magazine, winter 1962) | 587 |
| 8 |  +3Alan Rickman played the role of Aphrodite in the satirical epic drama “The Truth about Troy“ during the annual Christmas Jantaculum at Latymer Upper School, December 1963
The Gild at Latymer Upper School was deliberately modelled on medieval trade guilds, complete with archaic titles and a pseudo-historical structure. Its governing council, known as the Curia, consisted of student and staff officers bearing such medieval-sounding offices as Custos, Reve, Steward, and Chamberlayne.
In 1963 Alan Rickman was appointed The Chamberlayne.
The Chamberlayne was the officer responsible for the wardrobe: managing, sourcing and often designing the costumes for the Gild’s productions and its celebrated annual Christmas revue, the Jantaculum.
While serving in this capacity, he played the role of Aphrodite in the Gild’s production of the satirical epic drama “The Truth about Troy“ | 706 |
| 9 |  +9No text... | 567 |
| 10 |  +9The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage, Bydgoszcz, Poland, November 2014
“We could not imagine an actor more worthy of receiving Krzysztof Kieslowski Award, which is supposed to be a recognition of what's best and most valuable in the acting profession.
Moreover, Alan Rickman will bring to Bydgoszcz his latest acting and directing effort, and present it personally to Camerimage participants. A Little Chaos, which had its international premiere at the Closing Gala of Toronto Film Festival, is a period drama set within the court of Louis XIV, “The Sun King”, but its main protagonist is a landscape architect, Sabine de Barra (Kate Winslet).
Rickman is quick to explain that apart from being a period piece, A Little Chaos is also a universal tale of women's struggle in the patriarchal society.
After the special screening Alan Rickman will meet the audience for Q&A session.“
(Camerimage, 2014) | 464 |
| 11 |  ~1991-1992 | 431 |
| 12 |  The photographer Alexander Tuma, Vienna, 26 October 1994 | 521 |
| 13 |  +5The cover of the book “Relax: The Relief of Tension Through Muscle Control“ by Jane Madders, BBC Books, 1973
It is illustrated by Richard Bonson | 576 |
| 14 |  Bobbie Wygant Interviews Alan Rickman on Quigley Down Under and his new roles, 1990
and Behind the Scenes | 627 |
| 15 |  +1Alan Rickman at the press conference for the premiere of “The Winter Guest “, West Yorkshire Playhouse, January 1995
“He fielded with aplomb the question of whether fame had corrupted him. “Probably to some extent - one’s aware of moments when you have stamped your little foot in a childish way.”
“Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility,” he said. “You are given this thing and everybody has talent… mine just happens to be for acting and that creates a situation like this. It is a strange and powerful responsibility.
“The same is more true when there is a text by a really wonderful writer because you can have that extraordinary sense that 750 people become one unit and receive an idea - you can feel the wheels turning as an idea is received and that is the power of the theatre.” | 659 |
| 16 | Charlie Dore - Refuse to dance.mp3 | 614 |
| 17 |  +3Charlie Dore:
“We did work together in 1995 when I was recording a new song, ‘Refuse To Dance’ and Alan’s integrity, kindness and wit and were immediately apparent.
The theme of the song, co-written with Danny Schogger, covers a girl trying to resist the seduction of a powerful lothario and needed a rich, hypnotic male voice to speak over the intro and choruses. I’d seen Alan in the 1986 stage production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses and he was the embodiment of that voice. But I didn’t know him. However my friend Catherine Bailey, a highly respected radio producer seemed to know everyone and sure enough it turned out she’d been at RADA with him. Thanks to her, introductions were made (via letter - pre internet) and he agreed to do it. I was delighted, but then came the embarrassing bit - the money.
This was to be the first release on my own label, Black Ink, so there wasn’t much of a budget. I rang him and asked what his fee would be. He said ‘I don’t want a fee…as such, but here’s what I’d like…’ I held my breath and he went on to say that he had an old friend, singer-songwriter Tara Hugo who needed some recording time and if she could come and use my home studio for a few hours we’d call it a deal. I exhaled and just about resisted saying something embarrassing about wishing I could apply to be one of his new old friends.
The session with Alan was a breeze… (as was the one with Tara, incidentally, who became a friend). I was nervous of ‘directing’ him but I should have known he’d know what was needed anyway. Even so, having delivered some wonderfully dark, sensuous and slightly menacing versions of the introduction, ‘Why don’t you dance? Everyone else is.’ he was still up for doing even more ‘just in case…’ and when it came to listing the dances , ‘Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, Samba’ he found more ways of saying those words than I’d imagined possible.
During the session he was funny, generous, self-effacing, kindly, irreverent and the famous eyebrows were raised often and to great effect. After he left the engineer said, ‘Blimey, I wasn’t expecting that! I thought he’d be a big lovey, swanning about in a floppy hat and a cloak or something. He was just a brilliant geezer! A decent bloke.’
We agreed we had all been thoroughly Rickman’d.
Celine Dion went on to record a version of ‘Refuse To Dance’ for her The Color of My Love album but when they tried to include the spoken part with various New York actors of note, no-one could make it work without sounding either outrageously camp or like a poor man’s Christopher Lee. Alan, apparently effortlessly had just hit all the right nuances and couldn’t be imitated. In the end Columbia released it without a spoken voice part.
I saw him occasionally at parties in the following years and he was always kind and interested in what was afoot in the ridiculous record business…and when I commented that I must have started something as he’d gone up-market by Tango-ing with Sharleen Spiteri in a proper shiny video for Texas, he smiled the all-knowing smile and raised an eyebrow.
Like I said, I didn’t know him well, but like everyone else who was lucky enough to meet him, however fleetingly, I feel the world is a poorer, greyer place without him.”
(Facebook, 2016)
Tara Hugo: “Yes. 1993. I became friends with Alan in 1987, though he was at Rada with my husband. Me later at RADA. You did get a good deal, lucky you had a Home Studio and didn't have to use studio time, eh? Dear Alan. I owe him so much.”
(Facebook, 2016) | 648 |
| 18 |  Risa Bramon Garcia (a casting director):
“Long ago and not so far away. Alan Rickman with Lindsay Duncan.”
“The past few days has shaken me up. Alan Rickman was a friend. An old soul-soul mate, a teacher, a wizard, a champion. He kicked my ass. He stretched me and everyone around him. He saw things nobody else saw. He was an inspiration and amazingly generous. To me and to everyone he knew. I adored him. His death hit me hard, and letting go sometimes feels impossible. But it’s the celebration of Alan that I arrive at iwe are meditating together on this challenge path.
Goodbye to my dear friend and may we all follow his grace and audacity, and commit to his kind of compassion, imagination, and daring in our work and in our lives.”
(Facebook, 2016) | 628 |
| 19 |  +2Behind the scenes of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, 28 January 2002
“8am pick-up → Paddington.
8.57 → Gloucester.
On the set (Gloucester Cathedral, that is) we block a couple of scenes and go back to the hotel after lunch (the tent feeling as if it’s going to take off in the wind). Emma Watson is unwell so there’s nothing we can shoot.
7 Down the bar to find Maggie S. reading. Ken Branagh joins later and having had Maggie on Cher we are howling at stories of directing de Niro – or first, casting him.”
(“Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman diaries”) | 753 |
| 20 |  +1An entry from Alan Rickman’s diary. In the published diaries, there is only the first line about arriving in Pisa.
“Thursday 21 August 2014
6:40 Heathrow Express
for the 8:50 → PISA
Marta there to drive us to Contignano dinner and Ruth and Richard’s house-in-a-din-with-a-view-and-a-half. A pause in Montalcino on the way to buy some wine and cheese, but it is still 3 hours in the car. The man waited (Richard, Ruth + John Berger + sons Jake + Noah) for him, so at 3:15 in we sat down to home-made pasta + porcini mushrooms, vegetables + fruit. A glass of wine and a big old chat.
pm Spoke to Susan, who is understandably full of regrets. She has 2 nephews and a niece that she hardly knows. I gently pushed her towards remedying that.
9pm into Pienza - Ruth and the girls tasting pizzas outside the church. Ruby wanted to light some candles. So we all trooped in and said some love to Bo… Then dinner with John at his new hotel Babette townhouse. Very LA in a Pienza street, but beautifully done. Home, tomorrow, in the dark.
Fiday 22 August
AM swim in the infinity pool that leans quietly into the valley.
Eventually, breakfast and even more eventually a car-ride slowing up the hill to visit Montereggi, in Castiglioncello, Toscana Beautiful, old but that has been created within the walls of a town that was dying. Spectacular location views to everywhere.
180 mr - eventually - drive to Campagnatico. Where all is well, and as it should be except now it really does need de-cluttering…
7pm Josh, Jake + Noah Berger arrive. The latter two to dive-bomb in the pool, the rest of us to lunch at their joyousness.
8:40 in – to Vecchia Osteria, and to everybody’s (mostly Collado’s) horror, the Pizza man has slipped a disc…
Pasta and tagliata it is…
and then off J, T + N go into the night and the next Big Adventure.”
(“Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman diaries”) | 741 |
