Alan Rickman

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q106481: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Die Hard (1988); Galaxy Quest (1999); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Detective: 1 line

  1. lineage (legal sequel) · through Die Hard (1988), which they acted in: The Detective ⇒ Die Hard (the host's read). Sinatra's rights deal on The Detective gave him first refusal on follow-ups, so Die Hard had to be offered to him.
    “something in the deal for when Sinatra had bought the rights to the detective, gave him right of 1st refusal on any of the follow-ups”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:14:30 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Resident Evil (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Die Hard (1988), which they acted in: Die Hard ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). The shoes-melting beat is called a Die Hard nod (walking on broken glass).
    “You have that wonderful diehard nod where his shoes are starting to melt and he has to take his shoes off.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:00:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Galaxy Quest (1999), which they acted in: Galaxy Quest ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Phantom Zone security system gets the Galaxy Quest joke: who would ever build this?
    “It's like the Galaxy Quest joke of like, why would this ever be your security system?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:49:34 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (6) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Alan Rickman → Galaxy Quest. Rickman's never give up never surrender moment is a highlight, and a sequel or series was reportedly close before he died.
    “Do you know that they were apparently really close to making a 2nd one before Rickman died?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:34:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (villain comparison): Cliffhanger → Alan Rickman. Lithgow's villain in Cliffhanger is as good as Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber-style bad guy.
    “Lithgow does the Alan Rickman really as good as Alan Rickman in that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Alan Rickman → Die Hard. Bill's recast pick for Rooney; Hans Gruber as Shermer High assistant principal.
    “Hans Gruber, as the Shermer High assistant principal, whatever, I also would have voted for Alan Richmond.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:10:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Alan Rickman: Rickman's diaries trash Harry Potter premiere music and praise Azkaban and Alfonso, who really wanted to make a movie.
    “Bad film, John Williams scored dog shit flagging on my ears.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:48:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)