that's what he was most known for, but recently, looking in his catalog, Ive realized he's done more non-villain roles than villain ones. Only thing is the villainous ones got more well known. LOL
I don't believe it. The whole point about actors is THEY ACT. If you start effing about in order to get a so-called 'real' reaction, a) the actor isn't acting, so who knows what will happen? and b) actors are going to get very wary around particular directors.
@@BenjWarrant They don't know what will happen is the whole point. Some actors react fantastically, like DiCaprio cutting his hand in Django and just carrying on and including it in the scene or Mortensen breaking his toes kicking that helmet in Two Towers and using it. They dropped Rickman without warning, it got a very real look of shock from him that made the final cut. It could have been ruined by him yelling 'WHAT THE FUCK?!' but it didn't. In How I Met Your Mother, Jason Siegel was told his character would receive news but not what it was. The result is that when that character, Marshall, is told 'Your father had a heart attack... He didn't make it', he takes a moment to process what he's hearing and so his reaction is disbelief and comes over as a perfect and genuine response.
@@securityrobotGruber is the most common last name in Austria. de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiennamen_in_Österreich Hans is very common as well. Most likely Hans Gruber is of Austrian descent, one of Austria’s many villains :)
I had the pleasure of working with him. He was very kind and had that dry English wit. We started the film on location in a remote town. I called my son (6yrs old) from the hotel to say goodnight, and told him I was working with Professor Snape, his response was a shocked 'Ohhhhhhh'. I related my son's reaction to Alan the next day and it amused him. When we got back in town to finish off in the studio, Alan invited my son to set and gave him an autographed Snape still, he had his agent send one. Totally above and beyond and he gave my son a memory he will remember forever. Rest in peace Mr. Rickman.
His voice was perfect too. That movie has one of my most memorable and iconic heroes and villains with him and bruce. Die hard is easily my favorite christmas movie
Alan was unique. He was 'the man'. Brilliant, talented, witty, manly, funny, handsome, generous, sexy, humble, liked by young and old (specially women) ...what a loss! But nice we have his legacy... Thanks Mr. Rickman.
I am a man and subscribe to everything you just said. Rickman, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken ... will we every get new actors as proficient as them? There are some decent ones among the next generation but, I don't know, somehow that certain *something* is missing.
I crushed on Hans when I first saw Die Hard in the 80s and will crush on Hans when I'm in my 80s. Thank you Alan Rickman for taking what should have been a generic bad guy and making him unforgettable.
Speaking of bad guys, in the James Bond films, I liked most of the bad guys. They had some quality that made them likable. Except, I did not like the bad guy in Thunderball. Thus, I did not like that movie.
@@thomaspick4123 Alan Rickman was asked once why he always played the bad guy. He replied with "I don't play the bad guy, I play the interesting character."
It's a shame as time goes on actors forget alot of the details and memories they had of filming classic movies. When you look at how detailed Alan portrayed gruber you can really see just how much effort he put into every scene. The way he walks.. touches everything around him.. the composure and intelligence.. just an incredible performance. Such a shame we lost him so soon
I saw him once, going into a pub in Kensington London. I was tempted to talk to him, considering he was only a couple of meters away from me, but decided it was Sunday and he needed his privacy. One of my favourite actors.
That was very considerate of you not to approach him, given that he had probably been inundated with similar encounters throughout the same day. People forget that actors are people too, and they get tired. I hope Alan is having many happy Sundays and weekdays, wherever he is now ❤👼
Maybe you should have. It could've just been a quick hello. Now it's too late. People here are praising you for not approaching or speaking to him, but if their favorite actor was only a few feet away from them, they would at least say hi to them.
@@roisinnigcrainn7722 He could have spoken to him anyway. It could have just been "hello" or "how's it going?". I bet you yourself would have spoken to him even if it would've just been one word if you would have had the chance. If you're willingly going to get famous with millions watching you, then you're going to have random people recognizing and approaching you more frequently as opposed to you not being famous. It comes with being famous. This reminds me of the WWE wrestler CM Punk where he was reported to have said that he hated having people approach him in public when he was WWE champion in 2012. If he didn't want that level of fame and attention, then he was free to lose the WWE title.
Although it was a whopping two years ago, *shadowwarrior120100* asked what gun Hans was holding as he fell out the window. In response, it was the same pistol he used throughout the film, a Heckler & Koch P7M13.
No replacing Alan Rickman. There's also no replacing brilliant orchestral incidental music, which so many modern films lack in favour of lazy jukebox stuff.
He is SO brilliantly funny and lovable and kind. I can't wait to watch Die Hard again. I remember hating his character so much! haha...what a great actor, because he seems like such a sweatheart in person! Thanks for posting these wonderful videos.
RIP, Mr. Rickman. One of my favorite actors of all time. Also outstanding in "Quigley Down Under". Such a skilled actor with impeccable timing and delivery. I miss him so much.
Dont forget my favorite: [on talking about the threat of removing his spleen with a spoon] "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not a knife or sword" "Because a spoon is DULL you idiot!. It will hurt more!"
Just saw this movie for the first time about 20-30 minutes ago and overall I found it to be a pretty enjoyable movie. Hans Gruber is definitely one of the most memorable villains ever.
Ephdel “pretty enjoyable” - Obviously a film’s greatness is subjective and I wouldn’t ever criticize someone’s opinion. But this is my favorite movie - and I’m kind of a snob! But I saw it as a little kid in 1988 and you saw it in 2017 (at whatever age you are) and I wonder if having seen it so many years after it came out diminished the impact of the film. Here’s why: In ‘88 it was quite a different type of action movie but has since become a common format. John McClane was not a roided out muscle freak super special forces unkillable fearless beast (Arnold/Stallone/Van Damme etc) he was just a regular guy - a cop - who didn’t want to be in the situation he was in, made mistakes, was scared the whole time, and his dying was totally feasible. But since then the “die hard” formula (one man in an enclosed space thwarting a bad guy or group of bad guys) has been used so many times that it is basically a trope. I wonder if that’s why people who saw it way back when love it so much? Just spitballing. Food for thought.
@@miket9563 I'll add that McClane doing stuff like making notes of the terrorists names and numbers wasn't in movies before that. I still think it's one of the best action movies ever made, but as you say, it looks less original as time passes because so much was copied from it. There are countless smooth, educated villains/terrorists in movies these days, but Rickman was very much a standout at the time. I'm reminded of The Day of the Jackal, another great movie but with a much more slower pace. The ultra-efficient assassin has been done to death since, but DOTJ is still the blueprint for that genre.
@@miket9563 Ooh, you're in for a treat. It's more like a detective or thriller movie than action, but it's probably the best in its genre, even 40 years later. Edward Fox's performance is every bit as good and 'real' as Rickmans in Die Hard imo.
according to a trivial fact on filming his death scene, director john mc Tiernan said that he would drop him on the count of 3 but instead ended up dropping him on 2 to get that real surprised look on alans face when about to fall from a great height but actually fell 20 feet on to a green airbag below!
Watch the video again from the beginning. He literally just said he does not remember anyone counting. In 2015, Alan said he was trained to let go of the harness himself the minute he points the gun at the camera 🤦♀️
A great hero needs a great villain to struggle against. If it wasn't for Rickman's brilliant performance, people today would be going, "Bruce who?.." "Another dear friend gone ... Yippe Kaye aye dear chap. We will always have Nakatomi. RIP Alan Rickman." - Bruce Willis
Thanks for going along with it sir idk if it would be our favorite part if it didn't look so real and we didnt hate your character as much! You make a great villain!
Y'all stop it with the "he was dropped at 2 not 3 hence the real look of surprise" when he literally just said at the beginning of the video he doesn't remember any of that happening at all. During an interview for BAFTA, he mentioned he was "trained" to let go of the harness himself. Y'all believe anything and anyone other than the man himself 😂🤦♀️
Quite ironic that in movies he often played a "baddie" but in real life he was a real gentleman. RIP.
Alan Rickman: My niece asked me, "Why do you always play baddies?" and I told her, "I don't play 'baddies', I just play VERY INTERESTING people."
If only bad guys played bad guys, no one would want to make movies with bad guys in them.
that's what he was most known for, but recently, looking in his catalog, Ive realized he's done more non-villain roles than villain ones. Only thing is the villainous ones got more well known. LOL
"Fine. We'll do it the hard way" - RIP Hans Gruber. RIP Alan Rickman.
Kenny Tee "I'm going to count to three. There will not be a four."
@@Mr.Spanish_94 "Like you did with Takagi?"
@@mnomadvfx Ooop! No bullets.
@@kennedytaylor4783 "You f*****g stupid Hans?"
@@Matthew_Rushton "Thank you very much I'll take that under advisement, now hit it again!"
"When you steal $600, you can just disappear. When you steal 600 million, they will find you, unless they think you're already dead."
Now put down..the gun!!!
Oh I hope that's not a hostage...
@@michaelreyes7641 ...And give me my detonators. Oops, wrong scene.
"By the time they figured out what went wrong...we'll be sitting on a beach earning 20%."
Who’s driving that car? Stevie Wonder?
who needs cgi when you have actors like this
He's a class act. Extremely kind too apparently.
when you HAD actors like this😭💔
Must have been tough leading up to it too, because he had to be so maniacal and angry, aiming the gun at "McClane," knowing that he was about to drop.
well said
fuck CGI
Acting and special effects are not in the same category. Rickman did not actually cast spells in the 'Harry Potter' movies.
Die Hard ^^ Best Christmas movie ever... It´s like not officially Christmas until Hans Gruber falls down the Nakatomi Tower ^^
I always wondered how they got that shot at the end with Grueber falling to look so real. Now I know. It *was* real.
Not only that, they dropped him before he was expected to fall. The shock on his face is genuine for that reason.
Love your profile picture. I’ve always been amazed by Octavio Ocampo. 👍
I don't believe it. The whole point about actors is THEY ACT. If you start effing about in order to get a so-called 'real' reaction, a) the actor isn't acting, so who knows what will happen? and b) actors are going to get very wary around particular directors.
@@BenjWarrant It was the last shot of the film, they could get away with it easy here
@@BenjWarrant
They don't know what will happen is the whole point. Some actors react fantastically, like DiCaprio cutting his hand in Django and just carrying on and including it in the scene or Mortensen breaking his toes kicking that helmet in Two Towers and using it. They dropped Rickman without warning, it got a very real look of shock from him that made the final cut. It could have been ruined by him yelling 'WHAT THE FUCK?!' but it didn't.
In How I Met Your Mother, Jason Siegel was told his character would receive news but not what it was. The result is that when that character, Marshall, is told 'Your father had a heart attack... He didn't make it', he takes a moment to process what he's hearing and so his reaction is disbelief and comes over as a perfect and genuine response.
Hans Gruber. One of the coolest movie villains ever.
I think the name was in joke, I have no definite confirmation other than Hans Gruber was the henchman in Our Man Flint.
@@securityrobotGruber is the most common last name in Austria.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiennamen_in_Österreich
Hans is very common as well.
Most likely Hans Gruber is of Austrian descent, one of Austria’s many villains :)
His voice is simply sublime.
subliminal
Sara bluminal
Rest in peace you beautiful man
RIP Alan. You fell to your death in Die Hard but we all fell for your great Acting skills and Charisma. Die hard will make us remember you forever.
He was great in a lot of roles, but I'll always remember him best for his hilarious role in Galaxy Quest, "By Grabthar’s Hammer"!
Snape was the most heroic character, self-sacrificing character in the Harry Potter series, afaic.
An amazing actor
@@butcherjsy8One of my other fav roles by him! Also love him as Severus Snape!
*40 foot?* Christ people have fallen and died off shorter cliffs... Our hero Alan had *massive balls for a stage actor*
Big Gruber balls
I heard of a man who died falling from 8 feet up
There was probably a lot of matting.
Bioluminescent Sun Yep. Even just falling on flat ground can be fatal.
He had to have something to cushion his fall
What a great actor he was. I loved him in Galaxy Quest. RIP Mr Rickman
Alan Rickman is so underrated as an actor. He is phenomenal. It was his portrayal of Hans Gruber that made this film great to me.
Totally agree.
Every great hero needs a great villain.
I had the pleasure of working with him. He was very kind and had that dry English wit. We started the film on location in a remote town. I called my son (6yrs old) from the hotel to say goodnight, and told him I was working with Professor Snape, his response was a shocked 'Ohhhhhhh'. I related my son's reaction to Alan the next day and it amused him. When we got back in town to finish off in the studio, Alan invited my son to set and gave him an autographed Snape still, he had his agent send one. Totally above and beyond and he gave my son a memory he will remember forever. Rest in peace Mr. Rickman.
Everything that has ever happened is underrated.
His voice was perfect too. That movie has one of my most memorable and iconic heroes and villains with him and bruce. Die hard is easily my favorite christmas movie
RIP Alan Rickman :( .He played one of the best and most memorable movie villain of all time ! :)
Alan was unique. He was 'the man'. Brilliant, talented, witty, manly, funny, handsome, generous, sexy, humble, liked by young and old (specially women) ...what a loss! But nice we have his legacy... Thanks Mr. Rickman.
I am a man and subscribe to everything you just said.
Rickman, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken ... will we every get new actors as proficient as them? There are some decent ones among the next generation but, I don't know, somehow that certain *something* is missing.
I crushed on Hans when I first saw Die Hard in the 80s and will crush on Hans when I'm in my 80s.
Thank you Alan Rickman for taking what should have been a generic bad guy and making him unforgettable.
Speaking of bad guys, in the James Bond films, I liked most of the bad guys. They had some quality that made them likable. Except, I did not like the bad guy in Thunderball. Thus, I did not like that movie.
@@thomaspick4123 Alan Rickman was asked once why he always played the bad guy. He replied with "I don't play the bad guy, I play the interesting character."
@@SuddenReal Good answer!
Truth.
@@SuddenReal If a movie doesn't have a good and worthwhile bad guy, then the movie probably is not going to be very good.
RIP. A sad day for film.
Legends never die.
Alan Rickman you will be miss.
One of the great actors.
A true pleasure to watch.
RIP
It's a shame as time goes on actors forget alot of the details and memories they had of filming classic movies. When you look at how detailed Alan portrayed gruber you can really see just how much effort he put into every scene. The way he walks.. touches everything around him.. the composure and intelligence.. just an incredible performance. Such a shame we lost him so soon
In Die Hard, he fell to his death from a tall building, in Half Blood Prince, he was on the other end.
Apparently, Rickman really enjoyed watching that scene in Half Blood Prince because it gave him Die Hard nostalgia flashbacks
Jane Talks Reel if only he said “Happy Trails, Albus.” Before killing Dumbledore.
@@uscman He knew not to hesitate when he had a chance of killing Dumbledore.
Sean Bean's Alec venhleve is up there as the best fall guys moment in history.
my feels
I think if there was one actor that could be brought back everyone would agree on Alan Rickman
That will require one h3LL of a Moktar chant of strength!
Christopher Reeve rates pretty high also. 👍
No fence to Alan Rickman, but I would choose Robin Williams.
Do you count Robin Williams as an actor or a comedian?
@@simonkevnorris Yes.
Hans Gruber-one of my Top 10 villains of all-time.
We will miss you so much Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman may be Hans to some, and Snape to others, but for me he will always be Colonel Brandon. The kindest and best of men. RIP
To my mom...He's The Sheriff of Nottingham
Same!
What an actor and movie. Gone but never ever forgotten
Rickman really made this movie. I can't imagine anyone else doing as well as he did. Wonderful talent. He'll be missed.
"I'm gonna cut your hart out witha SPOOOWWNN"
It's dull you twit it'll hurt more!
I read this in his voice ~
"I shall count, to three. There will not be... a four."
That’s a good quote in the case with Rickman and being dropped they didn’t count to 3 and was dropped on count of 2 to get the genuine look of shock.
I saw him once, going into a pub in Kensington London. I was tempted to talk to him, considering he was only a couple of meters away from me, but decided it was Sunday and he needed his privacy. One of my favourite actors.
That was very considerate of you not to approach him, given that he had probably been inundated with similar encounters throughout the same day. People forget that actors are people too, and they get tired. I hope Alan is having many happy Sundays and weekdays, wherever he is now ❤👼
Maybe you should have. It could've just been a quick hello. Now it's too late. People here are praising you for not approaching or speaking to him, but if their favorite actor was only a few feet away from them, they would at least say hi to them.
@@roisinnigcrainn7722 He could have spoken to him anyway. It could have just been "hello" or "how's it going?". I bet you yourself would have spoken to him even if it would've just been one word if you would have had the chance. If you're willingly going to get famous with millions watching you, then you're going to have random people recognizing and approaching you more frequently as opposed to you not being famous. It comes with being famous.
This reminds me of the WWE wrestler CM Punk where he was reported to have said that he hated having people approach him in public when he was WWE champion in 2012. If he didn't want that level of fame and attention, then he was free to lose the WWE title.
RIP Alan Rickman
By the hammer of Grabthar, I will rewatch your films till my time is done
*By Grabthar's Hammer....
@@jondunmore4268 see, now that's what happens when I rely on my memory instead of Google 😑
@@mikrikbell -- By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!!
Although it was a whopping two years ago, *shadowwarrior120100* asked what gun Hans was holding as he fell out the window. In response, it was the same pistol he used throughout the film, a Heckler & Koch P7M13.
i love how he mesmerises the crowd!
Outstanding. That man was one of the greats.
_"Im going to count to three. There will not be a Four"_
he's so casual
Also played the villian in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves with some good one liners.
Cancel Christmas!
He really made that movie, too!
"You... my room. 10:30... you 10:45... bring a friend."
No replacing Alan Rickman. There's also no replacing brilliant orchestral incidental music, which so many modern films lack in favour of lazy jukebox stuff.
Well said.
RIP Michael Kamen
Great video - sad day, sad week.
RIP to a truly great one 🙏
He is SO brilliantly funny and lovable and kind.
I can't wait to watch Die Hard again.
I remember hating his character so much! haha...what a great actor, because he seems like such a sweatheart in person!
Thanks for posting these wonderful videos.
RIP, Mr. Rickman. One of my favorite actors of all time. Also outstanding in "Quigley Down Under". Such a skilled actor with impeccable timing and delivery. I miss him so much.
Karl: "Asian Dawn"??? .......
Hans: "I read about them in Time magazine". 😅
Dont forget my favorite: [on talking about the threat of removing his spleen with a spoon]
"Why a spoon, cousin? Why not a knife or sword"
"Because a spoon is DULL you idiot!. It will hurt more!"
I also liked his line to Ellis, "I must have missed that episode of 60 Minutes."
Miss you Alan!!!
He sounds like a genuine villain
Just saw this movie for the first time about 20-30 minutes ago and overall I found it to be a pretty enjoyable movie. Hans Gruber is definitely one of the most memorable villains ever.
Ephdel
“pretty enjoyable” - Obviously a film’s greatness is subjective and I wouldn’t ever criticize someone’s opinion. But this is my favorite movie - and I’m kind of a snob! But I saw it as a little kid in 1988 and you saw it in 2017 (at whatever age you are) and I wonder if having seen it so many years after it came out diminished the impact of the film. Here’s why:
In ‘88 it was quite a different type of action movie but has since become a common format. John McClane was not a roided out muscle freak super special forces unkillable fearless beast (Arnold/Stallone/Van Damme etc) he was just a regular guy - a cop - who didn’t want to be in the situation he was in, made mistakes, was scared the whole time, and his dying was totally feasible. But since then the “die hard” formula (one man in an enclosed space thwarting a bad guy or group of bad guys) has been used so many times that it is basically a trope. I wonder if that’s why people who saw it way back when love it so much? Just spitballing. Food for thought.
@@miket9563 I'll add that McClane doing stuff like making notes of the terrorists names and numbers wasn't in movies before that. I still think it's one of the best action movies ever made, but as you say, it looks less original as time passes because so much was copied from it. There are countless smooth, educated villains/terrorists in movies these days, but Rickman was very much a standout at the time. I'm reminded of The Day of the Jackal, another great movie but with a much more slower pace. The ultra-efficient assassin has been done to death since, but DOTJ is still the blueprint for that genre.
John Bull I’ve never heard of DOTJ. Will have to check it out.
@@miket9563 Ooh, you're in for a treat. It's more like a detective or thriller movie than action, but it's probably the best in its genre, even 40 years later. Edward Fox's performance is every bit as good and 'real' as Rickmans in Die Hard imo.
I think that is the first time I have ever seen Alan Rickman smile. Scary.
"Happy Trails Hans :)."
one of the greatest movie villains of all-time. Resting & Respect
Mr Alan Rickman is a AMANZING Actor =D
Allan was one of the most talented unqiue actors and great personalities, he is missed very much .RIP Allan.
We will miss this man! What a fine actor! Truely professional! R.I.P. Herr Hans Gruber/ Alan Rickman!
according to a trivial fact on filming his death scene, director john mc Tiernan said that he would drop him on the count of 3 but instead ended up dropping him on 2 to get that real surprised look on alans face when about to fall from a great height but actually fell 20 feet on to a green airbag below!
Watch the video again from the beginning. He literally just said he does not remember anyone counting. In 2015, Alan said he was trained to let go of the harness himself the minute he points the gun at the camera 🤦♀️
We lost a phenomena when Alan passed beyond
RIP Alan Rickman
Rest in Peace
Most underrated actor ever. The ultimate bad guy.
God rest Alan Rickman.
Alan...I love you!
God I miss this guy. What an actor....
"Oh, I hope that's not one of our guys."
Thank you for doing this. This is why videos are better. Hearing and watching this very interesting fact in his own words. Terrific.
RIP Sir Rickman.
Great actor! RIP, Alan!
You are truly missed.
Die Hard is a timeless classic that you never get bored of watching
RIP: Alan.
!!rest in peace ALAN "hans gruber" RICKMAN
One of the greatest movie villains of all time
Wonderful talent, by all accounts the nicest person! .. R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
A great hero needs a great villain to struggle against. If it wasn't for Rickman's brilliant performance, people today would be going, "Bruce who?.." "Another dear friend gone ... Yippe Kaye aye dear chap. We will always have Nakatomi. RIP Alan Rickman." - Bruce Willis
and Michael Gambon knows how Alan feels to fall from a great height
"Do you really think you stand a chance against us Mr. Cowboy?"
"Yippee Ki Yay Motherf****r"
Miss that great voice
Rest in peace great man.
"I'm sorry, I must have missed 60 Minutes, what are you saying?"
The guy upstairs who's fucking things up, eh? I can give him to you. *shit eating grin*
@@onlynameMrBlank 5 months later...?... WELCOME TO THE PARTY, PAL!
Best villain in any movie ever. RIP Mr. Rickman.
He plays "Snape" in the Harry Potter movies too! HE'S THE BEST!!
Still brings tears
I'm going to count to two. There will not be a three.
For somebody that usually played rat bastards for a living, Alan Rickman seemed like a lovey chap
Never hear a bad word and always hear people talking about how sweet and considerate he was.
Proves he was acting 🤔
love him so much. heard the intro music, and immediately got into the Xmas spirit!
Thanks for going along with it sir idk if it would be our favorite part if it didn't look so real and we didnt hate your character as much! You make a great villain!
Hans Gruber, Severus Snape, The Sheriff Of Nottingham, Alan was a true icon. We still miss you buddy.
He was a great actor and is sorely missed but never forgotten on his characters from his films.
Always Loved Allan, I could listen to him all day!
By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, Alan Rickman shall be avenged!
I miss this guy on screen. They don't make 'em like Alan Rickman anymore.
Mr. Rickman was truly amazing actor and will be so missed too 😇😇😇😇
Never thought he was all that intriguing as an actor yet he was superb in that role.
Man I miss him. I just adored him.
RIP Rickman :(
Rumour has it that's where Yasser Arafat buys his suits from.....
John Phillips London, I have 2 myself.
Charming man
God bless you Alan, gone way too soon
Still my favorite film. And Alan is a big reason why.👍🏽💯🎬
Always liked him. RIP Alan Rickman.
R.I.P. Alan Rickman, a.k.a. Hans Gruber. You'll be missed.
Great man.
One of the best movies ever made...a Christmas movie for the ages
Y'all stop it with the "he was dropped at 2 not 3 hence the real look of surprise" when he literally just said at the beginning of the video he doesn't remember any of that happening at all.
During an interview for BAFTA, he mentioned he was "trained" to let go of the harness himself. Y'all believe anything and anyone other than the man himself 😂🤦♀️
Hans Gruber and The Sheriff of Nottingham were such great baddies that you found yourself rooting for them :)