There’s an interview with Alan Rickman from 1991; you can find it on YouTube. At the time, he was best known for his roles as criminal mastermind Hans Gruber in Die Hard and the tyrannous Sheriff of ...

Alan Rickman was a great actor, a statement which is undeniably true. He excelled in the characters he played, and more often than not he elevated the material simply by appearing in the film. And if ...

Alan Rickman’s iconic role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard ultimately catapulted him into Hollywood stardom. Believe it or not, Sam Neill played an unintentional but pivotal part in this chapter of ...

Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69. To Americans of a certain generation, he’ll always be Hans Gruber from Die Hard; to those of a slightly fresher vintage, he’ll never not be Severus Snape. But ...

Alan Rickman has revealed that he nearly turned down the role of Hans Gruber in Die Hard. Speaking to BAFTA (via The Guardian), Rickman said when he first read the script for the Bruce Willis film, he ...