![]() The real Hopkins, Bardem and Bates almost seemed like their final victims. These actors are exceptional at what they do, yet it was that same brilliance in these roles (for which each of them won an Oscar) that turned Lecter, Anton Chigurh and Misery’s Annie Wilkes into such inescapable, career-defining figures. And Kathy Bates is a phenomenal actor, but even she must be aware that she hasn’t met anyone for 30 years who didn’t, at some point in the conversation, calculate how far she was from the nearest hammer. Nor is it an insult to Javier Bardem to posit that he’ll for ever be the coin-tossing, mop-headed wrong ’un from No Country for Old Men. That is no slight on those other roles, either. In the film, Rickman and Depp sing the duet “Pretty Women.” Todd and his straight razor eventually get revenge against the judge.Of course it was Lecter. Once again playing the villain, Judge Turpin falsely convicts and sentences Todd to penal colony so he can pursue Todd’s wife and later his daughter. Rickman got to show off his singing talent in Tim Burton’s 2007 musical Sweeney Todd when he played opposite Johnny Depp. Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Again, Rickman has one of the film’s most memorable lines: “By Grabthar’s hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!” On Thursday, Tim Allen, the film’s main male star said, “Very sad that Alan has passed.” Playing a stuffy, Shakespearean actor who does not embrace his sci-fi TV role, Rickman’s character comes full circle after a dramatic death scene. In the cult favorite, frame-film Galaxy Quest, Rickman portrayed Alexander Dane, the actor who played alien Dr. ![]() He also explained why angels couldn’t drink alcohol, and, in a moving speech, why the Metatron always regretted having to tell a child Jesus Christ that he would be murdered for others’ sin. Acting as a guide and the voice of reason for the main character, Bethany, the Metatron chraracter gave humorous insight on how God, heaven and hell, at least in Smith’s world, worked. Rickman got to spread his wings, so to speak, in the 1999 Kevin Smith comedy Dogma when he portrayed the angel Metatron, the voice of God. The role also helped turn Rickman into an action figure.Ĭritic's Notebook: Alan Rickman, Reluctant Villain With long, curly jet black hair and a hair-trigger temper, the sheriff flew into murderous rages and also had the memorable “carve his heart out with a spoon” line. Rickman allegedly turned the sheriff role down twice before accepting with permission to interpret the part as he saw fit. Rickman played a cold-blooded villain once again in 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. ![]() Sheriff George of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) ![]() For his death plunge, the story goes Rickman thought he would be dropped onto an air bag on the count of three, but the crew let go on count two for a genuine surprised reaction. With some of the best lines in the movie - “shoot the glass!” - Rickman made Gruber a cold, calculating bad guy who had no qualms about shooting people in the head at any given moment. The London native made his big screen and American debut playing opposite Bruce Willis in 1988’s Die Hard. Rickman played the main villain in one of the most beloved action films of all time. ![]() Here are five of Rickman’s top non-Harry Potter performances: ![]()
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