Interview With Alan Rickman: Nobel Son
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For many Alan Rickman is the ultimate villain. He played Hans Gruber, an evil German terrorist, in Die Hard, was Kevin Costner's nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham, in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and portrayed the archetypical unjust Judge Turpin in Tim Burton's 2007 vision of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Meanwhile, the Harry Potter generation simply know him as Severus Snape, Hogwarts' Potions Master with a penchant for the dark arts.
He never got typecast the way a Dennis Hopper or Willem Dafoe did however, turning down a villainous Bond role in Goldeneye to avoid that particular pitfall. Instead he made British dramas, period pieces, romantic comedies, and even some science fiction to keep things fresh.
In his latest movie, Nobel Son, Rickman is not some much of a villain, but merely a primo, grade-A asshole. Richman's character, Eli Michaelson, is a brilliant professor who displays distinct contempt for all his intellectual inferiors, though he does appreciate the nubile bodies of his idolizing students. When his son is kidnapped the day before he’s due to accept his Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the professor is such an egotistical jerk, he think it's just another screw up perpetrated by his disappointing offspring.
Rickman relished the scenes of snobbery and superiority, and continued having fun while doing press for the film. It's important to note when he cracked a smile and laughed, otherwise on the page his dry sarcasm might reflect badly.
Click on link above for full interview.
He never got typecast the way a Dennis Hopper or Willem Dafoe did however, turning down a villainous Bond role in Goldeneye to avoid that particular pitfall. Instead he made British dramas, period pieces, romantic comedies, and even some science fiction to keep things fresh.
In his latest movie, Nobel Son, Rickman is not some much of a villain, but merely a primo, grade-A asshole. Richman's character, Eli Michaelson, is a brilliant professor who displays distinct contempt for all his intellectual inferiors, though he does appreciate the nubile bodies of his idolizing students. When his son is kidnapped the day before he’s due to accept his Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the professor is such an egotistical jerk, he think it's just another screw up perpetrated by his disappointing offspring.
Rickman relished the scenes of snobbery and superiority, and continued having fun while doing press for the film. It's important to note when he cracked a smile and laughed, otherwise on the page his dry sarcasm might reflect badly.
Click on link above for full interview.
