![]() Lazarus in a juvenile, silly piece of sci-fi nonsense, doomed to relive the role at fan conventions for time eternal (somewhat unrelated, it's also a brilliant send-up of Leonard Nimoy's love/hate relationship with his role as Dr. Although his Sir Alexander Dane wasn’t a villain in that film, his actions, his line delivery, and his resignation made it clear just how much he believed that he should be remembered and acknowledged for far more than having played the alien Dr. Rickman would satirize that arrogance to a degree in Galaxy Quest. And he holds that arrogance right to the end, pulling out a gun on McClane in a final, bitter refusal to admit defeat. It's easy to see in Die Hard, where his Hans Gruber downplays John McClane ( Bruce Willis) as nothing more than an irritant (a deadly irritant, but one nonetheless), unable to halt his plan, which includes his smug knowledge of FBI procedure that falls right into it. This is a very obvious facet he could turn on and off, as Rickman was often noted for his wonderful offscreen presence. ![]() ![]() Generally speaking, there’s an air of arrogance about Rickman in his villainous roles, a sense that he’s above all the other characters in the film. But what is it about his performances that made him so good at being so bad? ![]() All these villains were made iconic by the prolific actor. And if that character was a villain, as was often the case, Rickman owned it. He excelled in the characters he played, and more often than not he elevated the material simply by appearing in the film. Alan Rickman was a great actor, a statement which is undeniably true. ![]()
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