Philanthropist and gentleman

In the UK and the USA recall Alan Rickman

On January 14, Alan Rikman died, one of the most famous British actors in recent years. Rikman was 69. The cause of death was cancer. Great Britain knew him as an outstanding theater actor, but Alan Rikman brought worldwide fame to the cinema. Among his main works are roles in “Strong nut”, “Dogme”, “Real Love” and a series of films about Harry Potter. Medusa collected memories of Alan Rickman published in English and American publications.

The Guardian

Alan Rikman, one of the most beloved British actors over the past 30 years, died in London at the age of 69. <...> As an actor Ricman was never afraid of experiments. He could voice the king in the animated series "King of the Mountain", and he could-obsessed with the mania of greatness of the Lotsman fish in the Danish cartoon "Help! I am a fish. " In 2000, he starred in the video of the Texas group, and in 2015 he even sang in one of their songs.

Throughout his life, Ricman was engaged in charity work and was known for an active political position. He said that “was born with a membership card of the Labor Party” and helped organizations supporting artists and artists in poor countries.

The Guardian

Despite the glory in the cinema, Alan Rikman was the theater man. He was lucky: he belonged to that generation of British actors, who, before appearing on television and in the cinema for years, hung up skills in theaters throughout the country. He was outstanding as an actor - and when he played in Birmingham, and in Sheffield, and in Stratford. Nature gave him a high growth, attractive appearance and a slightly nasal voice that made the words sound imposingly and seductively.

The Daily Telegraph

Many adored Alan Rickman. In 2013, the Total Film magazine included it in his list of sexual actors. Ricman took seventh place in the list, bypassing, for example, Brad Pitt and George Clooney. At that moment he was 66 years old.

Like many British film actors, Rikman began his career in the theater, and throughout his life he returned to theatrical scrapes many times. At the dawn of his career - before he began working in the Royal Shakespearean company - he worked as a costume.

The New York Times

The acting career Alana Rickman covers 40 years. A native of London, Ricman possessed a voice at the same time sensual and gloomy, reminiscent of a cat purring. In his heroes - whom Rikman played with an unchanging mysterious grin on his face - under the outer villainy, much more complex emotions and intentions were often hidden.

BBC News

His calling card was a voice - sonorous and languid. In his performance, even passing replicas sounded thoughtfully and fit. He knew how to weave a threat into the sound of his voice - like in a strong nut, Robin Hood and eight films about Harry Potter. But he also succeeded in romantic roles - for example, in “Sincerely, Madly, Strongly” Anthony Mingella.

The Sun

Alan Rikman is an ideal movie name, it is enough to recall his role in the “Strong Oreshka” or his professor Severus Snape in Harry Potter films. However, outside the screen, he was a real gentleman. In ordinary life, Rikman was most like a character played by him in the film "Sincere, Mad, Strong." His romance with the professor of economics Rome Horton lasted his whole life: they met teenagers in 1965 and got married in 2015-after 50 years of marriage. Ricman himself said this: “We got married. More recently. It was great because [at the wedding] there was no one. ” He described his wife as follows: “She is incredibly, impossible to understand. Almost holy. " The couple did not have children.