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Interview: Royal Pains Star Reshma Shetty Talks About Divya’s Mistake Revealed And Filming In NYC Vs. LA
Reshma Shetty tells Crushable of her sheltered character Divya, “She’s never learned that life is [about making] mistakes; she’s alwas been so protected and all of these things are falling down around her. I think that’s good for her, to be humiliated.” Plus, find out who Reshma’s weird celebrity crush is! More »
Daniel Radcliffe Visits Alan Rickman Backstage At His Broadway Show Seminar
Daniel Radcliffe obviously knows the power of paying it forward. Several months ago, his Harry Potter costars popped by his dressing room while he was starring in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway—and now he’s paid his former professor/enemy Alan Rickman a visit on his new show Seminar. More »
13 Actors Who Could Have Played Iconic Roles
Severus Snape? Alan Rickman. Marty McFly? Michael J. Fox. Vivian Ward? Julia Roberts. We all know and love these characters, and their actors’ portrayals of them were so perfect, it can be hard to imagine anyone else playing them. But guess what? If things had gone a little differently, Alan Rickman might not have landed Snape, Michael J. Fox may not have donned Marty’s orange vest, and Julia Roberts may not have become one of the world’s most well-known prostitutes. That’s right: Each of these characters were originally pitched to different actors, and in some cases, were even recast midway through shooting. What other iconic characters might have ended up being played by totally different actors? Read on to find out! More »
Captain America’s Triumph Over Harry Potter Proves America Always Wins
In 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued a declaration–a “Declaration of Independence,” one might even call it–that severed all of America’s ties to Great Britain and made everyone, well, very, very angry. Brazen to a fault, it sealed the fate of the thirteen colonies, throwing them into grisly battle with the mighty British Empire. In this case, as we all know, the dark horse triumphed and, in due time, the United States emerged as a super power, with Great Britain as its most trusted ally. Unfortunately, that alliance was shattered into tiny little bits with this summer’s big movie premieres of the faintly English Harry Potter And The Death Hallows Part II and America’s aptly titled Captain America: The First Avenger. More »
Video: Guy Fieri and Professor Snape Brew a Mean Polyjuice Potion
It’s too bad that Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dementors can’t be a real thing, because this guy is killing it with his Guy Fieri impression. Really, it’s fitting that Guy and guest chef Severus Snape are whipping up some polyjuice potion, because these two imitations are both fantastic. You’ve got Guy rattling off his usual rhymes (“This is a funky, chunky, monkey, stunky, stinky brew”) and cooing over the “shredded boomslang skin” — and whoever plays Snape has Alan Rickman‘s sneering drawl down so perfectly that he should’ve stepped in for the Snape flashbacks in Deathly Hallows, Part 2. More »
Meme Alert: “Draw Me Like One of Your French Girls”
Some of my favorite Internet memes are ones that add the perfect caption to a splendidly awkward photo, which is exactly what “Draw Me Like One of Your French Girls” does. Today Uproxx highlighted this relatively underground meme, which has only about twenty entries on Know Your Meme. You probably recognize the line from Titanic, when Kate Winslet tells Leonardo DiCaprio that she wants him to… well, you get the picture. More »
Alan Rickman’s Heartfelt Goodbye to ‘Harry Potter’ Letter Proves That Snape Has a Heart
Blame it on nostalgia from seeing the Harry Potter exhibition in Times Square last weekend, but I thought this letter from Alan Rickman, posted in last month’s Empire magazine, was so sweet. He speaks highly of the young stars who portrayed the famous trio — Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint — as well as J.K. Rowling, who managed to entice him to play Severus Snape with only three of the seven books. More »
The ‘Harry Potter’ Love Child: Please Let Alan Rickman Be The Daddy
This is pretty great. An unnamed mother has taken to postsecret.com to tell the world that her child’s baby daddy is one of the male stars from the Harry Potter franchise. And now the stars are slowly going public explaining that they are not to blame. More »
New trailer released for Alice in Wonderland starring many Harry Potter actors
Have you seen any of the trailers for “Alice in Wonderland”? A new one just came out today, and here it is:
Now, who is from the Harry Potter movies here? Quite a few folks, including Helena Bonham Carter (the Red Queen), Alan Rickman (the Caterpillar), Timothy Spall (the Bloodhound), Frances de la Tour (Aunt Imogene), Paul Whitehouse (The March Hare), and UK Harry Potter audiobook narrator Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat.
New Alice in Wonderland Trailer (screenrant.com)Go Ask Alice :… More »
Alan Rickman interview: filming Deathly Hallows, Snape, and working with Daniel Radcliffe
Via my friends over at SnitchSeeker, here is a set of videos from an interview with Alan Rickman, arguably one of the best actors out there today. In these videos (filmed at the Hudson Union Society), Rickman talks about filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, working with directors Yates, Columbus, Cuaron, and Newell, and his relationship with Daniel Radcliffe. All in all a good set of videos. Watch:
Alan Rickman on the Captivity of Harry Potter from Katie Benedict on… More »
Chris Columbus and Alan Rickman on Snape – watch
Doncha just love when a new Harry Potter DVD comes out? We get all these great exclusive videos to watch!
Here’s a new one with Chris Columbus and Alan Rickman; they talk about the wonderfully awful Severus Snape, how intimidated Daniel Radcliffe was at first to be working with him (which actually worked out quite well, if you ask me). They also talk about how the role was originally cast, which was quite interesting. Watch:
This video is on the Ultimate Edition… More »
Alan Rickman to receive New Year Honors from Queen
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,419,454415,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()Now this is something special! Our very own Alan Rickman (Snape) is scheduled to receive New Year Honors from the Queen of England, a very prestigious honor indeed. Rickman is one of the few entertainment folks who will be receiving this honor; the 62 year old actor has had a very long and distinguished career. Officially, this will mark his entry into the coveted circle of the Order of the British Empire, which basically means he’s… More »
Alan Rickman talks about Alice in Wonderland
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,351,361927,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()Actor Alan Rickman (Snape) gave a quick interview in which he talked about his new project “Alice in Wonderland”, which stars fellow Harry Potter alum Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange). Here’s what he had to say about his character:
I’m a voice, but I have been filmed because it’s my face who will be on the end of something that will be the caterpillar. So it’s the first time that they’ve mixed three disciplines, I suppose —… More »
Alan Rickman talks about he approaches acting
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,480,353593,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()Actor Alan Rickman, better known as Severus Snape recently sat down and gave a very interesting interview to the GoErie Showcase about his acting, his new movie “Nobel Son”, and his longtime personal relationships. Here’s a snippet:
How have you managed to keep celebrity from affecting your life?
Because theater remains as important to me as film, and I came to film pretty late. You have to roll your sleeves up in the theater and really confront issues… More »
New Alan Rickman interview – watch!
Here’s a great interview with Alan Rickman; he talks about his new movie “Nobel Son”, as well as his character Snape and “Alice in Wonderland”. Watch!
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Alan Rickman on the Jimmy Kimmel show -watch!
Alan Rickman talks about “Nobel Son” on Jimmy Kimmel – here’s the video:
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Alan Rickman talks about Severus Snape
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,482,325466,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()One of my favorite actors, Alan Rickman, finally is giving us a little bit more of a look into what he thinks of Severus Snape. Here’s an excerpt:
It just seems like you’re so well known here for the bad parts — for Snape or the Sheriff of Nottingham.
ALAN RICKMAN: Is Snape bad?
Well, ultimately obviously not.
ALAN RICKMAN: I didn’t say anything.
But you don’t know that until the last book.
ALAN RICKMAN: So therefore you just said ‘bad’ like—
Well,… More »
Alan Rickman is going to play the Smoking Caterpillar
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,436,219248,”http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()There’s a remake of Alice in Wonderland coming our way! So far from the Harry Potter crew, they’ve got Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) as the Red Queen, and now, Alan Rickman (Snape) as the smoking caterpillar. Here’s the cast so far:
Mia Wasikowska as Alice
Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen
Anne Hathaway as The White King
Alan Rickman as The Caterpillar
Martin Sheen as The Cheshire Cat
Matt Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Crispin Glover… More »
Alan Rickman talks about Harry Potter – kind of
I love this quote from Alan Rickman when asked to talk about the Harry Potter films:
“I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it. Some child would read something I said and go, `You mean it’s not in my head, I’m not imagining that.’”
“So pardon me if I don’t talk about it. Until it’s (Potter film franchise) over, it should be left uncommented.” – source… More »
Alan Rickman’s new movie ‘Bottle Shock’ opens this week
Alan Rickman, the enormously talented (and dead sexy) actor who plays Severus Snape, has a new movie opening this week: ‘Bottle Shock’. Here’s what it’s about:
The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”.
Eh. Okay, probably not my cup of tea, but I’m willing to give it a try because of Alan. Here’s the trailer:
What do you think… More »