Alan Rickman on finding Snape, Truly Madly Deeply, and playing King Louis XIV | One Plus One
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- Alan Rickman is famed for his versatility, playing romantic leads, comedy characters and arch villains in the course of his 40-year acting career. One Plus One's Jane Hutcheon interviewed him in 2015 when he visited Australia promoting his new film, A Little Chaos.
Set in 17th Century France, A Little Chaos tells the story of two artists who fall in love while working at Versailles on a project for King Louis XIV.
0:50 -- on working with Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts while directing and acting in A Little Chaos
10:05 -- on growing up in post-WWII London, and the loss of his father to cancer
12:23 -- on starring in King Grizzly Beard at school, which fired his love of performance
17:48 -- on how JK Rowling gave him a top-secret steer on how to play Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movies
20:05 -- on Truly Madly Deeply, and how his working relationship with co-star Juliet Stevenson allowed them to take risks
24:00 -- on his attitude to aging and if he is satisfied with his career
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In a film career spanning 30 years, Alan Rickman has performed in close to 40 movies, playing a wide range of rolls including the Sherriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991), heist mastermind Hans Gruber (Die Hard, 1988), Love Actually's Harry (2003), and Colonel Brandon (Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, 1995). Not to mention Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. His stage career stretches back to 1976, when he played the title role in Sherlock Holmes.
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Anyone who ever met Alan is so blessed 😭
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The interviewer said to Alan Rickman " I believe you are 69 now" and he nodded his head. Alan died in January 2016 aged 69, so he actually died a few months or so after this interview from cancer. He looks so fit and healthy here that it is hard to believe that he was actually very ill. One of my favourite actors
So he likely knew his death was near, while giving this interview. Poignant.
@@CB394 He died from pancreatic cancer which can strike very quickly.
@@rubynibsno he didn’t find out yet. He turned 69 Feb 21st & this was filmed March 2015 as seen by the time stamp on the film earlier. So he just had a birthday. He did not know yet.
@@rubynibshe did not. He just turned 69 the month before the interview.
I so miss him. He was a superb actor and an extremely intelligent, decent and creative human being. Our loss is heaven's gain.
I miss him too. Not a week goes by he isn't on my mind.
I am reading his diaries atm. Amazing! ❤
I loved this man so much. Such sadness we lost him so soon. What a talent.
True. I miss him so much ❤️
It makes me treasure every work he did with even more respect for the legacy he left behind.
One of his best interviews. I loved him in so many roles, Brandon, Shape and King Louis. King Louis stands out in the end because he was with Kate again and Brandon is in there and he was Director as well. The final scene is so moving. See him at his most minimalist and affecting. Seeing Emma Thompson talk him when he left us, is summed up in Little Chaos. He would have made a fantastic Dumbledore like Lecturer in an Acting Academy. The Rickman Awards should be a thing. Maybe a Scholarship program. Miss you but Thank you for your gift in theatre and screen.
OMG....typing. Snape! Loved Snape. That bit where he chases Potter down the hill, and or says "open your books...". But, anything with him and Kate Winslet is really worth watching!
I MISS HIM
This is undoubtedly one of the best interviews with Alan that I have ever seen. He will be greatly missed... How unfair it is that people with such enormous talent and personal warmth have to leave this world at such an early age...
Agree- I’ve watched a million of them, these were such thoughtful questions and the interview did an amazing job preparing for this. I think Alan got quite tired of answer the same things over and over again, and he was able to finally open himself up and share his thoughts because he was asked really good questions for once. Well done to this interviewer!!
I'm really impressed by this interviewer. She really prepared for this, or her staff prepped her well. Good in-depth questions, but none were to embarrass and instead brought a lot of Rickman's personality.
She also lets him speak without interjecting. I, too, was very impressed with this interviewer. Through her journalistic skills she paints an amazing picture of a brilliant actor and a lovely human being ❤️
100% agree, you can see Alan getting SO annoyed with people asking the most basic and stupid questions, but she really KNOWS his work and did a phenomal job
As the old saying goes, "A man of honor is slow to speak", and this saying is perfectly suitable for rickman. The saying that a nobleman is slow to speak does not mean that he is slow to speak, but that a gentleman is responsible for what he says and does. He speaks with thought! He explains the difference between stage and film in a simple and clear way. This interview shows that he is one of the most balanced gentleman backed by solid stack of experience.
Alan was such an amazing human being. NOBODY could play a bad guy like he could, and still make you feel for them.
24:04 this part made my heart sink when I saw it years ago. I had no clue he was 69 until the end. His death age. And his answer to the question broke me into pieces. I wish he had more time on this earth. 😢
His voice...wow!!....Snape will be missed....love from Bangalore India...
Alan would make it into anyone's top 10.
Jane Hutcheon is a FANTASTIC interviewer. (Her interview with Barry Humphries... Brilliant!) Many interviewers feel as though they must have a 'conversation with'.. but Jane Asks Questions.. and then Listens. She tastefully digs a little deeper, with almost a 6th sense... and then listens some more. She's perfectly content to let the artist shine. I'm very impressed.
THE best character actor EVER. Unique voice and diction, absolutely recognizable the minute you hear him.Charming, lovable and living in our hearts forever more.
Alan Rickman... You should never died.
I stumbled across this One Plus One interview with Alan Rickman tonight and simply had to watch. I first saw Mr Rickman in Die Hard and enjoyed it thoroughly. Like tonight, I stumbled onto Truly, Madly, Deeply in 1990. It was during that film that I fell truly, madly, and deeply in love with him as an actor. I was one of those people sobbing uncontrollably while watching him and Juliet Stevenson on film. He was one of those amazing actors who so thoroughly became the character that I would never think of him as Snape as I watched Colonel Brandon, or as the Sheriff of Nottingham while seeing him as de Valera, or as himself while watching any of his film roles. I sobbed uncontrollably on the day I learned of his passing and still feel a slight pang whenever I see him on screen...large or small. Thank you 🧡
Thank you for allowing us to be with him for a little while.
LOVE Alan so much, but I really appreciate this interviewer- she is one of the few people I’ve seen interview Alan who didn’t ask him the same stupid things and insult his intelligence. She did an amazing job.
God I miss this man so much!!!
Me too 😢😢😢😢😢😢
His voice is the most beautiful this world has ever heard ❤ I love and miss him very much 🥺❤️🩹
This interview is filmed the year Alan died. He died at age 69. Love him and miss him so much.
It shows the date in the corner at one point, this was March 2015. He passed away in 2016.
Really lovely. So great to hear an interviewer be thoughtful, prepared, respectful and open. What a treasure Alan Rickman is.
For some reason this cool guy seemed to be invincible with his calm demeanour. It was shocking to lose him too early.
I can't watch Truly Madly Deeply without sobbing uncontrollably.
Alan Rickman, such a beautiful soul. Great interview!
I miss that hypnotic voice. RIP Alan.
For me the most beloved character in the HP series, along wise Dumbledore & psychopath Bellatrix..... Mr Rickman delivered the most outstanding performance of Prof Snape! 💕💕💕💕
Who would have said that he was already ill and didn't know about it... he had only a bunch of months to live 😔❤ We miss you Alan😭
He had just turned 69 the month before this interview. By all accounts I’ve read, he didn’t yet know. Very sad. Yet...he lives on. And we sure,y miss him.
Best interview indeed. Where the interviewer doesn’t make dumb-fan questions
Alan Rickman had one of the most distinctive voices
The passion in my heart for this man. He has lots of Pisces in his chart, which reflects the fact that we are all so moved by and connected to his spirit.
TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY.....Sublime film.
You see him laugh here and it just hurts that we lost him. I lost my younger brother five years ago. I guess all we can do is be creative and free and learn from what we have been taught by the people that have touched our hearts.
I wish I could have had the chance to meet him, but not because he was a big star, but just to have some good conversation with him about different things over a cup of English tea! He was so smart and I could learn a lot from him. From many accounts he was a very humble, generous and kind man with a great sense of humor.
First time I saw him was in "Sense and Sensibility," and since then, I was hooked and mesmerized by his acting, presence and voice... such talent. One of my all time favorites. RIP my dear Col Brandon-Professor Snape-Hans Gruber, and may the spirits wherever you are, watch over you and watch you in engrossed silence, hanging to every word you say, in endearing admiration. Goodbye, gentle soul.
Truly, Madly, Deeply. My favourite movie ever. But boy...bawl like an upset toddler during it.
If only every man had a voice as good as Alan rickmans..... he will be forever missed... RIP 🪦
Alan Rickman,to me was an class act,and that voice....!!! I feel he was hugely under estimated,.
I also have to say,that when he smiled it transformed him ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇨🇦
love him so much. i've watched Truly, Madly, Deeply SO many times and i can see some of his little mannerisms in this interview, reflected in the character Jaime from that movie....if that makes sense.
Respect RIP Alan Rickman 🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏👍👍
She asks great questions..really brought a lot of what we wanted to know.
Such a gift and such a loss ❤
I miss Alan. I miss everything about him. He will always be remembered. Alan was a great talent. A good man.He is missed.
What an amazing host! Such classy and well thought questions. Bravo, Jane Hutcheon.
The late, great Alan Rickman would have been too reticent to class himself with the likes of Sir Ralph Richardson, but he surely was. I recall his work as far back as the excellent BBC series of 'Paradise Postponed' where Mr Rickman played a particularly nasty Anglican curate, Reverend Slope. I'd not seen him before yet I knew I'd be seeing this actor often in the future, his talent was too big to ignore. In fact, his Professor Snape in the Potter films has a twinge of Rev. Slope in him. Yet, Rickman's acting range was huge and he wasn't afraid to tackle roles that no casting director would, immediately, dream of suggesting for him. Then as if to totally round off his range and career, he played a vital role in the 'Star Trek' spoof, 'Galaxy Quest' which, by the way, David Mamet listed as one of only 4 'Perfect Films' ever made!
In this brilliant comedy he gets to play, with much obvious joy, a character not unlike himself in that he is a once famous Shakespearean actor reduced to playing an alien member of a spaceship crew in a TV series. If you haven't seen 'Galaxy Quest; please watch, even if you don't like sci-fi comedies, just for the truly magnificent role Alan Rickman created on screen. Good heavens, Alan Rickman even brought class and panache to the first 'Die Hard' film; such was his on-screen power.
I can only write about Alan Rickman now because I've was genuinely devastated at the news of his sudden, premature death. For a time I couldn't even watch him on screen; it was too upsetting. I had the same reaction to the sad death of Jeremy Brett. These two British actors were world class talents and, for me, Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes was truly engrossing and perfect. Conan Doyle would have used him immediately had he been around back then.
We rarely see actors like Rickman and Brett who both shared a huge acting range and capability, topped off with great, yet humble, talent. VALE and thank you to both you outstanding gentlemen.
Thanks must also go to the ABC and Jane Hutcheon. Little wonder Alan Rickman made her top ten out of the hundreds of excellent interviews she did in that series. I must check to see if Jane ever interviewed Jeremy Brett; but I fear Mr Brett didn't travel so much. He was tied to his Sherlock almost up until his passing. Thank you, Jane. BH
I still cry when I think about let alone watch truly madly deeply
He must have passed shortly after this interview. Wonderful man. RIP Alan. Great interview.
He turned 69 in February. This interview was in March, 2015. He passed in January, 2016. He didn’t even know yet according to accounts.
Truly Madly Deeply is still my favorite romantic movie but I didn't know he was so lovely. I was just craving the movie which I can't seem to find.
another Wonderful interview! Yes Bloody sad He left so young with SO many roles still available for him. I first meet Him in Truly Madly Deeply and have appreciated His beautiful expressive face, Gorgeous voice ever since! May He RIP and RIL [Rise in Love, for those of us who resonate with reincarnation]
This man was sooooooo wonderful, I cried when he passed 😢😢😢
Me too 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Alan Rickman didn't die hardly, rip, i surely will miss him, Cheers, from Australia :)
I am going to miss this brilliant man this voice this whole man..✨💖
What a truly wonderful interview! one of the best i have seen. Of course interviewing Alan Rickman, an amazing and so greatly missed human being, let alone his acting. it was a pleasure to watch, and to hear his words during the interview, more than a pleasure, an HONOR!
Watching the interview - omg - he’s half Welsh. Richard Burton and so many other creative people from Wales..... loving it. Recently heard Amanda Ellis (English) talking about/with Alan Rikman. Very very interesting “interview” -mentioning it because some may enjoy the”interview”.♥️🐳♥️Thank You for This♥️
Alan Rickman lovely sensitive acter and man. Great here.
So kind, so humble, so present for the interviewer. If he had only made Truly Madly Deeply I still woul have remembered him forever ( the same for Julie Stevenson) .
I will miss this man. Snape made everything much better. RIP
Hello Comments my names Lexi Lewis, and this is my journey with Alan Rickman. When I first saw him on my screen I was only about 10 and it was 2016/17 and I had just got into Harry Potter and looked him up on google only to discover that he had passed which broke ten year old me, I then devoted all of my soul to Harry Potter and Snape before just this year 2022 got to some more incredible things that he did including but not limited to Sweeney Todd, Mesmer, Alice and Wonderland and through the looking glass and lastly Sense and Sensibility.
Just yesterday 8/10/22 I gained access to his diaries which is a dream come true for me as I’ve always wanted to know more about what I’m interested in and yeah! I’m 15 now nearly 16 and I LOVE ALAN RICKMAN forever and always
I just happened upon this wonderful interview by Jane Hutcheon of Alan Rickman. The latter has always figured at the top of my personal pantheon of great actors, and his comments in this interview only reinforced my enormous admiration and respect for him. As for Jane Hutcheon, I had never seen or heard of her before. I can't imagine anyone conducting an interview more perfectly than she did this one. I'll certainly be looking for others of her conversations with interesting people. I'm very grateful that this interview has been made available on CZcams!
I grew up watching the Harry Potter movies, Alan rickman became one of my favorite actors 😊
Even though I miss him so damn much...
I'm grateful he doesn't have to suffer through this covid crap...
He's free from it ❤️
even if I positively share your tough, I think he would know better than us how to copy with this craziness, and the war, now. The world is worthless without him. 👑🙏🏼🌹
Agreed about him not having to suffer through this crap.
Missing you very much, Sir
I loved loved loved Alan Rickman no matter what he's kind of work he was interested in
One of my all time favourite actors; that voice!
I miss this man, his voice and his talent.
I adore the man
Turn to page 394 !!!! A great actor one of the best Rip Alan
Such an amazing actor. Although he often played bad guys, he always kind of made me want to root for him. Thanks
Rest in Peace, you will be truly missed
Great interview. Tragic to think that 10 months after this he was gone … didn’t quite make it to his 70th … 😢 RIP Alan Rickman
He had 10 months after this interview.
@@cynthiaennis3107hanks. I misread the date. I’ll edit the comment. It’s still sad.
Truly, a great interview a great glimpses into Alan Rickman’s amazing & magical life! Well done.
Also ... the sherif of Nottingham in Robin Hood with Kevin Costner. An amazing actor!
He totally stole that role and performance from Costner.
@@barbarawalsh2875😂 ‘...Prince of Thieves’
That’s the first time I ever saw him! Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Such a great movie with so many wonderful actors! I just rewatched it. It’s been a long time since I’d seen any movie in a theater. Great to see this online. Trying to find Truly, Madly, Deeply, now.
I loved this actor and it is sad he has left us just as he was hitting the heights
He was already famous in the Uk long before Harry Potter. He died at the top of the game.
He was famous in Europe for thirty years. He also played in big box office hits like Die Hard years and years ago. 😉
He'd been top of his game for decades.
I absolutely loved this movie and Alan Rickman’s portrayal of Louis the 14 was superb! I’ve watched this movie about 10 times!
This is nothing but good work, Jane Hutcheon!
Truly, Madly, Deeply is the only movie I've ever cried ... not even ET
One of - if not THE - best interview(s) with Alan Rickman. I think he actually felt comfortable. In other interviews he seems uncomfortable and he looks like he would like to jump off his chair and walk out.
Agree. He had mentioned how much he hated doing interviews as it was the same questions over and over. This is much more of a conversation and he does seems more comfortable. I note she also asks if it’s ok to discuss his ‘other’ life rather than just asking about his childhood. She was really respectful and attentive.
I miss him, what a wonderful person.
Miss you Alan Rickman ❤
I ''found'' and shared Truly, Madly, Deeply with family and friends. The copies I bought, I gave as gifts and distributed like a production company. Someone owes me money$$$!
I love Alan Rickman
😍😍😍😍😍
Completely mesmerising interview
A great interview, thanks to an awesome, awesome interviewer ! Missing him so much, simply, such a unique actor !
Truly a one of a kind actor and human being! ❤ You can see and feel his devine presence and his calming deminor. What a truly intelligent and beautiful man, even through the personal battle with cancer he continued to grace the world with his magical aura and equitable talent! He will forever be remembered and touch the hearts of both older and younger generations and those who are yet to discover. His life was cut way to short and I can’t help but imagine how much more wonderful projects and opportunities he could of had 😢 Alan, I am so thankful that I could witness your existence 🙏🏼 Our national treasure. The world misses you but we will never forget you. ALWAYS ❤ 🦋🦌🪄✨
24:24 Ni 25:18 Fe 26:35 otwartość jako aktyw
26:48 "making a gift of yourself is quite an active thing to do, and quite a challenging thing to do. It's not a safe place to be at all."
Wonderful film, visually, the acting, the script, just lovely.
One of my faves..dearly missed..xoxo
Great interview Jane. You are one of my faves...
my faivorite actor ever.always in my heart. rip
Mahatma. What a super soul! I wonder where he went, do you think he’s dwelling in some corner of the universe, being articulate and endearing.
I hope so! Consciousness never dies.
I remember him when he play Elliot Marston, when I first watched Quigley Down Under} this was before I knew his name was Alan Rickman..
I briefly watched Robin Hood, King of Thieves. My favorite is when Alan Rickman played Professor Serverus Snape. With his deep voice give him a edge that Pr. Serverus Snape his character..
Last time he was in Australia? Quiggly Down under? Great movie. He got so much more publicly articulate with time. He is so missed
24:04 ....oh god that hurt ouch ouch ouch
Rip ol' boy. You were a gift!
Since he took over DieHard I've loved him. If there's a use for Hollie Would? It's giving us Alan Rickmans
RIP Alan Rickman
(1946-2016).
Alan Rickman died almost 4 years ago now
I'm still missing him 😔 watching his films and enjoying the absolutely unique perspective he takes on building characters..
It is so so sad 😥💔
I've really liked Alan for a very long time.
His ah ahm is hotter then sun 😭❤️ 21:10
אלן ריקמן הוא השחקן הכי טוב שהיה בעולם אין כמוהו בעולם אני מעריצה של השחקן הזה ומאוד עצובה שהוא ניפתר 😭😭😭😭 😩😩😩
When he says mmm❤❤❤😥😥😥
Beautiful wonderful on ever forever Alan .her fan😎🥤☔