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Post by giggin on Oct 8, 2005 8:34:56 GMT -5
OMG ! This one is going to be tough! We really need to vote every 15 minutes for this one! At least we are getting warmed up with our monthly vote ;D O.k. we need to come up with a clicking finger exercise plan! Is there an exercise instructor around?
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Post by elsa on Oct 10, 2005 17:38:43 GMT -5
Oooh look, new Perfume pic from a German Mag. I'm starting to like this new Alan bewigged look.
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 11, 2005 11:50:06 GMT -5
Thats a fantastic picture, Elsa! Do you have the website address where you found it?
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Post by elsa on Oct 12, 2005 12:09:34 GMT -5
I don't have a website address for this, Michelle. Someone scanned the pic I believe. It is from a German Magazine called "Focus". Apparently there is a 6 page spread about Perfume with hardly any mention of Alan.
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 13, 2005 12:08:37 GMT -5
Another Perfume piccie. Alan in boots! Another great find elsa! ;D
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Post by ringo on Oct 13, 2005 13:33:37 GMT -5
Oh,bless him,always a smile for the ladies.... I bet he gets harrased for his photo all the time,and he always has that nice smile.... Gotta love this man...
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 15, 2005 8:48:56 GMT -5
Mugglenet have a giantinormous (a wonderful new word I have just invented for this occasion!) picture of Alan laughing in his Snape costume! He's with director Mike Newell, Dan and Rupert, who are also sniggering (ok, i actually wrote s n i g g e r i n g but the darn 'swear alert' changed it!). Alan looks like he's having the biggest laugh. Its so giantinormous, I've only posted a link but I shall reduce the picture size and post it later, plus a crop of just teh man ;D www.mugglenet.com/viewer/?image_location=gof/set/harryronnewellsnape.jpgBTW RINGO Welcome to Moderator-land ;D
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 15, 2005 9:22:04 GMT -5
I forgot... Alan's also back in London as Rachel Corrie opened earlier this week. He was spotted at the theatre one evening and having lunch with Megan Dodds, the lucky lady who plays Rachel Corrie and gets to be directed by him. This weekend's papers should have some reviews of the play. Rachel Corrie Info
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Post by actingangie on Oct 15, 2005 11:03:27 GMT -5
Mugglenet have a giantinormous (a wonderful new word I have just invented for this occasion!) picture of Alan laughing in his Snape costume! He's with director Mike Newell, Dan and Rupert, who are also snice personing (ok, i actually wrote s n i g g e r i n g but the darn 'swear alert' changed it!). Alan looks like he's having the biggest laugh. Its so giantinormous, I've only posted a link but I shall reduce the picture size and post it later, plus a crop of just teh man ;D www.mugglenet.com/viewer/?image_location=gof/set/harryronnewellsnape.jpgBTW RINGO Welcome to Moderator-land ;D It's a super picture! I'm still giggling about "snice personing" -in fact, I'm sni...... that is, ;D giggling aloud, myself ;D. Back to Alan - I always like to see him smile and laugh, he plays such un-laughing characters sometimes. And, an "atta-girl" to Ringo!
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 15, 2005 12:23:04 GMT -5
Here's the pics I promised!
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Post by ringo on Oct 15, 2005 12:24:42 GMT -5
:DHow nice is that picture!!!They all look like they are having a ball in that one,oh,I only wish that there was more of our snape in the dvd outtakes.... BTW,many thanks for the congrates,hope I do a good job,but then again,you guys are all so professional on this site now,that I dont think that I will have too much to do....
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Post by squirrelywrath on Oct 17, 2005 1:19:01 GMT -5
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Post by hermione13snape on Oct 17, 2005 6:16:53 GMT -5
Here's the pics I promised! I REALLY want to know what they are sniggering at! (Hey isn't that a line from RH:PoT after RH got away with the Sheriff's horse. He turns around after he punched the guard to the people who are laughing?) or is that my imagination. Alan in calf-length black leather boots
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Post by cissy on Oct 20, 2005 23:16:18 GMT -5
The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that Himself is on the judge's panel on best short films for the London Film Festival which runs thru Nov 3.
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Post by squirrelywrath on Oct 21, 2005 0:56:16 GMT -5
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 26, 2005 12:50:38 GMT -5
Many thanks to Ambereyes for this fantastic report of the Andrew Marr interview last night!also folks, if we wanna discuss this event, can we take it to the discuss the news thread? I know we're 'appreciating' about Alan but me finks it might be better there (Don't worry, removing moderator hat now... ) Wednesday morning Oct 26th...feeling at the moment totally wrecked, physically and emotionally. Arrived in London with my friend Chris and met up with Karin the Swiss girl at her hotel. It was about 4.30pm so we found a pub nearby and had a coffee and a sandwich. Left there around 5.45pm and walked to the Chelsea Art School which was about a 10 min walk. It is quite a big place and we had to ask where the lecture theatre was. There was a cafe there where lots of people were waiting to go in to the same talk as us. Noticed a man with his wife that resembled Alan, only older. A lady at a desk was checking our tickets and crossing off our names. She said the doors open at 6.10pm and you can sit where you want. So we went up to the first floor where the theater was to get in line. About 8 people were there already. You could spot the Alan fans easily, girls about our age, flushed and giggerling, holding envelopes with photo's in. We went in, and somehow, unintentionally, got in front of the others. I went right to the front where I saw the front row had reserved tickets on, all accept 3, I grabbed them! There was no stage, just level floor, and 3 ft from us a sofa and single armchair, with a small coffee table with two bottles of water and two glasses. My friend Chris almost freaked out, "do we have to sit THIS CLOSE" she cried. You bet! although at that point I was having hot flushes! he was going to be SO near! There was about 100 of us in this small theatre and the temperature was rising. A man told some girls nearby to put away their cameras, no photography was allowed. I put mine away. That man like Alan I had seen earlier was sitting in the front row in one of the reserved seats. I could have been David his older brother. Then at 6.40 the side door opened and in they all came, all meaning the presenter, the Arts director, two blond women, one possible his agent, Alan and........oh god! RIMA! She had dyed her hair light ginger, but there was no mistaking her. Alan shuffled in and winked at "that man" while trying to hide behind the rest, he looked at the floor and looked scared to death! He sat on the sofa and the presenter on the armchair. Rima sat 2 seats from us with the other women. God! he was soooo close I could not believe it. He wore a black shirt which gapped at the second button revealing his bare chest from my angle, a black jacket that looked like he had slept in it! light blue jeans and brown boots. While the presenter was introducing him he fiddled nervously with his boots, and took a drink. His hair is nice and natural, collar length, mostly grey. Then the presenter spoke while Alan still fiddled around, very nervously. I felt for him. Rima sat there looking smug. Then Alan spoke......that deep soothing tone we know so well. The first thing he said was not to take photographs as it puts him off what he is saying and he won't remember where he was. Then he told anyone who was recording this interview to turn it off NOW. He was nice about it. The presenter then spoke a bit about his early life, while he was speaking Alan glanced over in my direction, looked back and then discreetly looked back right at me for a few seconds. He then looked away at the floor and seemed to get even more nervous. For the next hour Alan talked about his rise to fame, he made us laugh several times and began to relax more and smile. He doen't have a very high opinion of himself and seems to have drifted from one thing to the next, not really knowing what he wanted to do. He did not want to do DIE HARD but his agent talked him into it. He doesn't think he is good at anything. It was then question time, the presented chose the people who had their hands up, surprisely few. I was thinking hard of a good question, not too silly, not too complex, not too long. One girl asked him a really complex question, I had no idea what she meant, Alan was completley lost. She kept repeating it but Alan could not understand at all. In the end the girl said it in very simple language and he finally got it. The girl a few rows back behind me asked something, he turned towards me, gave me one of those quick smiles that he does and then back to a serious face as he looked up at the girl. I melted.......I wonder if he knew who I was from the photos I had sent him, he knew I was going to be there that night. All too soon the questions ended, just as I thought of one, but it was too late. We all clapped. Interview over. The presenter showed Alan the door and he got up, soon surrounded by his protection team (Rima etc) Alan seemed reluctant to go and said goodnight to everyone as he was almost pushed out of the door and disappeared. No photos, no signing autographs, no chance to say hello. I feel if he had been there on his own he would have had time for his fans. He is very much minipulated by others, they take change over him. He is not a strong character at all, hard to believe from some of his film characters, but in real life you just feel you want to hug him and protect him, he is very much a little shy boy in need of love. He even admitted it himself that he still felt like a child. We left to go home, arriving at 10.45pm. I could not sleep last night at all, and for some reason cried my eyes out most of the night. I still feel close to tears this morning. Why? I just don't know, maybe the anti-climax, being so near to him, hating the way they run his life, wanting to hold him close...he really has an impact on you. It will take me days to recover. Wish you had been there with me and then you would have understood what I'm trying to say.
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 26, 2005 12:55:29 GMT -5
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Post by giggin on Oct 26, 2005 13:07:55 GMT -5
I bought that cd just a moment ago ! Yeah! Oh and Mugglemichelle, you can always put Ambereyes' story in...*clears throat*..."I was thinking of Alan today..." ;D We are always in need of stories in there... heehee...fades away (as I duck down, crawl under the table and go into hiding) With love, Giggin
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Post by ringo on Oct 26, 2005 13:32:05 GMT -5
Hey michelle,sorry to hear that our man is not going to be at the premiere of GofF....Gutted for you,I am sure that is what I have read anyhow.....
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Post by mugglemichelle on Oct 29, 2005 10:33:10 GMT -5
Here is Sheena's report from the Andrew Marr interview! Many thanks to Sheena for sharing this her very long, accurate and detailed account! ;D
Sorry this is a long transcript and may be a little disjointed as I have written things down as I have rememberedwhat was said. So not a verbatim account and I know there are things I have missed etc...
Before the event began, after people had filtered into thelecture theatre and taken their seats, a security guard went around telling people there were to be NO photographs, NO videos and NO audio recordings of the event.
The evening started with Alan Rickman and Andrew Marr being introduced, by a man who was a head of somethingat the College. My apologies, as I can't remember either his name or his title, but his introduction was amusing.
The first thing Alan did after Andrew Marr had begunspeaking was state that there were to be no photographs taken and request that nobody make any audio recordings or video of the event. As he did not want it ending up on internet sites and if people did things like that then gradually he would stop feeling that he could speak openly at such events and would start self-censoring what he says. Alan Rickman also joked that if he found out anyone had recorded the event he would have to kill them. So therefore those of us who respect his wishes only have our memories to rely on. I was already in a lot of pain so please forgive me if I forget details.
The talk was very interesting and Andrew Marr asked some really interesting questions about Alan's career choices, what made him decide against art and head for the theatre that sort of thing.
Alan spoke about his days at Latymer and how he had"crazy" teachers who worked to inspire their students, he laughed and elaborated explaining that they did everything they could to help their students develop their strengths etc. He spoke about the plays at Latymer and the Christmas Revue shows they did, saying some of the teachers would possibly be questioned now about their methods especially given some of them took every opportunity to get dressed in drag... more laughter.
He spoke about how lucky he was to get the scholarship to Latymer and also about how he was not good at academic subjects, stating that getting 4% for physics was not unusual for him. And that he once had a note on his work from the teacher saying simply "Hysterical", which he took to be the hair tearing type hysterical rather than the hilarious type. He also said the only experiment he remembered from physics was the imploding can and it was simply because to him that was very visual and therefore a bit like theatre. He said one of his teachers was eccentric enough that he allowed them to have their books out for an 'A' level exam simply because he knew they had learnt the subject because of their coursework and he stated that exams should not be tests of a student's memory.
Despite his claims to not be academic he had a love of English at Latymer, which led to him actually being accepted at University to study English. Instead he made the choice to go to Chelsea and study art. He said his two loves at school were English and Art.
Alan also spoke about how he got into Chelsea College of Art, he said that his art teacher at Latymer told him to onlytake the two pieces of abstract art he had done as his summer project to the entrance interview. He told Alan to lie about what had happened to his other work and claim there had been a flood at home orsomething and only those two pieces had survived. Chelsea were very impressed with those two pieces but he also had to draw either a still life or a live model for them... He laughed and said his bowl of fruit must have been good. He spoke a little about the classes and how he had to draw his first nude model there etc. He also said that at that point in his life he really had no clear idea what he wanted to do, how during his foundation year he literally just ricocheted from one class to the next. He also felt that a year was not long enough for him to really choose what he wanted to specialise in while he was there.
Touched briefly on his year at the Royal College, and said that he didn't feel it was what he wanted to do and that was when he left and with a group of friends he started "Grafitti". He said how they had a couple of illustrators and a couple of designers and how he basically acted as the 'salesman' taking the portfolio of work around to places that may be interested in graphic design work, trying to bring the work in for the others.
Alan spoke about what it was like in Chelsea etc. during the 60's and he mentioned that he had taken part in (I think it was) the Grosvenor Square demo in 1968. Although he stated for the most part during that time he was not really very politically active.
He had a small chuckle and said he was very definitely a Mod during that time. For those who don't know basically in the 60's in the UK young people were either Mods or Rockers.
Andrew Marr asked Alan about art and if he still paints or draws. The answer was that he draws sometimes when he can. He also said that it is a part of him that allows him to communicate with set designersetc as part of his tool set for acting and directing. He also said that perhaps when he has had enough of acting he will go back to painting, but it would only be on a private personal level, not a career.
He said about as an actor having a little voice inside himself that needed to be protected, his instinct. He said about learning the Alexander technique at RADA and realising that it was something he needed, that it helped him. He mentioned that when he arrived at RADA it felt as though his whole body sighed because finally he was where he should be.
Andrew Marr mentioned a lot of his scenes being cut out of RH:PoT and asked him how he felt about Costner doing that to him. Alan was very gracious about that and wouldn't be drawn on it, he simply said he didn't know if it was a decision by Kevin Costner or if it was a decision of the film company etc. and that people should remember the film was about Robin Hood and he wasn't playing Robin Hood. Alan said that he had onlybeen in the USA for 2 days when he was handed the script for Die Hard and he told his agent that he didn't want to do it... His agent told him that he should do it because people do not normally get handedsuch a script, especially when they had only been in the USA for 2 days. So he took it, he also said how at the first costume fitting they were trying to kit him out as a terrorist. He asked why and said he would look wrong because hewas going to be surrounded by all these guys that were 6'6" etc... so he suggested that Hans be wearing a suit and that way he could meet Bruce Willis' character and pretend to be an American. He explained some of the big scenes the film is remembered for came from him asking questions and using the logical training he got at RADA. He spoke about Galaxy Quest and how all of the main cast members apart from Tim Allen had come from a theatrical background, and how that, made it almost like working in Rep as they would all huddle together every morning to discuss the scenes. They had no rehearsals for Galaxy Quest they just had to get on and shoot it, he said the people directing it etc. didn't understand why you would want a rehearsal.
He spoke about the two times he worked at the RSC and how the first time he was too young and it was wrong for him, but the second time he was more prepared and he knew what he wanted as well as getting the right roles for him there that time round. He said the first time round he knew it was not the right thing when just a couple of days after arriving there he was already fighting with someone over how he portrayed Ferdinand in "The Tempest", the director said to him that if he played Ferdinand that way he would get a laugh and Alan was reaction was "so?" because that was how he saw Ferdinand and wanted to play him. The second time he worked for the RSC was better for him because he knew what he wanted and had more experience. He said one of the plays he considered his best was "As you like it" which he said he had awful reviews for but he would still stand by it as one of his best.
Andrew Marr threw it open to the audience to ask questions and surprisingly no one asked him about Harry Potter, perhaps people are learning that he doesn't like being drawn into conversations about that in case he accidentally spoils it. There were some good questions but I am afraid I can't remember them all, hopefully one of the others who attended can. I do remember that a young American lady did ask about "My Name is Rachel Corrie" and would he take the play to New York, he said that they were thinking about it and trying to sort it out. The sticking point for him though was Megan Dodds' safety, he did not want to put her life at risk. He said he was aware of the threats on the Internet from certain sections and how he has been described as a self-hating Jew, he laughed and said that came as a surprise to his Welsh Methodist side. He also said he had been branded as being Anti-Semitic etc., which, he stated isn't true, and that the people who wrote such things had obviously not seen the play nor read the book. He also said that people were wrong when they described Rachel Corrie as hating America and being a traitor to her Country etc. He said she was very patriotic, she just did not agree with what her Government was doing in Israel. He also pointed out (very sensibly I thought) that you can disagree with a government without being against a whole race of people.
There was a woman there who asked some really pretentious question about how films and theatre are affected or affect social housing... Alan asked her to clarify as he had no idea what she was driving at so she tried again and he sort of said you mean council housing? Then he said I grew up in a council house... but he (along with the rest of us) was still unsure what she was trying to get at, she seemed unable (or unwilling) to put her question into simpler terms and both Alan and Andrew had a stab at it but then Andrew turned the subject and went off at a tangent.
He said he found the current schools system depressing as he felt that now teachers were more concerned with filling out forms and league tables than actually teaching and he had a few little digs at the government here over that. He said how ridiculous it was, even at RADA they have to fill out forms about how they teach etc... and he stated that when he had been a student at RADA some of his best lessons had been given to him in passing by a teacher in the corridor. He added that one had taught him how Vanya cried in a corridor between classes and he said how would someone like that put it down in a form etc... He had a few little digs at the current government.
He also spoke briefly about how he feels that British films are being forced to cover up our culture or to package it in a way that makes it more acceptable to other Countries. How he felt that was a shame and how he felt that one of the drives behind this was the need film producers feel to succeed in Hollywood. He joked about how in the film Notting Hill there were no black people. Although he did point out that he still liked Richard Curtis, it was just a shame that he felt that for a film to succeed he could not show what the area was actually like.
Asked if he had ever dreamt of making films in Hollywood he had simply replied that he had never actually thought about it and still doesn't. He said he just gets on with acting and does what he wants to do.
That is all I can remember really for now, perhaps more will come to me later. I hope what I have written is understandable.
Oh for those that are interested in how he looked etc... He was dressed in faded jeans (the ones with the patch on the left knee) a dark grey shirt which had a slight shimmer to it and a darker grey jacket and the shoes he wore were dark with a stripe across them. His hair is grey, darker at the back, slightly, and very pale grey in the front. Yes Rima was with him at the event, she sat in a reserved seat in the second row (I think it was second row). He didn't stay after the talk he left quickly not signing autographs for anyone who tried to approach him as he made his way to the exit, but he did accept some gifts that fans had taken for him. I didn't approach him as I was sat right up at the back and the wheelchair doesn't do stairs well.
As an aside I did have a letter from Melanie Parker Tuesday morning and she said that Mr Rickman flies out to LA Wednesday (26th October). We know he is meant to be judging the short films for the London Film Festival, so I assume he has either had to pull out of that or he will be leaving straight from that. She didn't confirm if it was for "Nobel Son", just that he flies out on the 26th October.
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