[HPFGU-Movie] Shy actors, Rickman as a leading man

[Amanda]

Alchemillalady (hell of a name) said:

> On a different subject-- Alan Rickman made such a wonderful sensitive
> and (long-ago) heartbroken leading man in Sense and Sensibility--I
> actually had a crush on him (anyone else?)  Every role since then has
> squashed that notion-- oh well.

What else have you seen? And can't earlier roles be taken into account?

I personally really liked him in An Awfully Big Adventure, but I don't
remember if it predated S&S; also in Truly, Madly, Deeply (which did); also
in Rasputin; in fact, all of his roles are worth seeing (including the old
BBC stuff like the Barchester Chronicles). Oh, and lots of ladies like him
in Mesmer.

For sensitive leading role, take on Blow Dry, which only came out in the
last year or so. It was also my first introduction to Josh Hartnett, who
does very well too. And to Bill Nighy, who I still maintain should have been
either Lupin or, better, Lucius Malfoy.

Rickman stuff can be hard to get hold of; lots of his films seem to end up
in release problems, like Mesmer. It often takes careful combing of the
video rental places (there was only one of the HBO Rasputin videos in all of
San Antonio..!).

>  I look forward to more of his perfectly acted Snape role.

You & me both.

--Amanda