Following the anniversary of the actor’s death, fans recall his joy at a train platform mishap, enthusing about experimental theatre and an embarrassed double-take
‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: friends remember Alan Rickman, 10 years after his death
One of the highlights of my late wife’s life involved Alan Rickman. Returning to university in Manchester in the mid-90s for a new term, she was attempting to put on an enormous rucksack full of books (she did English). As she managed to get the thing on, she experienced an error in balance, fell backwards and laid on the platform, wiggling her arms and legs like an inverted tortoise, unable to move.
Along came Alan Rickman, clearly intending to board the same train. He stopped, pointed at her and laughed before striding off up the platform. She never felt it was unkind, more that she was playing a role in some impromptu station art performance. TerryHFS
He was one of the all-time greatest and nastiest screen villains in Die Hard, completely opposite of course to the real Alan Rickman off-screen, with perhaps the most extraordinary – and most deserved – death scene for any villain.
