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RIP Alan Rickman

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Jan 14, 2016.

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  1. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I hope he's somewhere lying on a beach earning 20 percent.
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 14, 2016
    #13
    KVV33, Fly, expendable and 2 others like this.
  2. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

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    MisterCreosote, Jan 14, 2016
    #14
    Baron Scicluna and HC like this.
  3. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure how many people know this, but his role in Die Hard was his first in a movie. He had only done some TV stuff beforehand. Talk about setting a tone. Hans Gruber was an amazing bad guy.
     
    TyWebb, Jan 14, 2016
    #15
  4. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Like a lot of notable British film actors of the last 50 years, he made his bones in the Royal Shakespeare Company.
     
    Steak Snabler, Jan 14, 2016
    #16
  5. TowelWaver

    TowelWaver Well-Known Member

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    TowelWaver, Jan 14, 2016
    #17
  6. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Wiki notes:

    His role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard earned him a spot on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list as the 46th best villain in film history, though he revealed he almost did not take the role as he did not think Die Hard was the kind of film he wanted to make. ... Two researchers, a linguist and a sound engineer, found "the perfect [male] voice" to be a combination of Rickman's and Jeremy Irons's voices based on a sample of 50 voices.
     
    Riptide, Jan 15, 2016
    #18
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