Alan Rickman: The Barchester Chronicles (1982)

[@ak8990]

I just realized today he would have made an amazing Mr Rochester. The shame! The wasted opportunity! Why didn’t anyone cast him in this? Especially when he was in his 40s-early 50s. He would have been so perfect for that role!

[@TheLaurieJi]

Alan Rickman is a brilliant actor. The intense subjectivity of his gestures is as charming as they are so smooth and delicate. The way he moves his eyes, his eyebrows, his hands, his face, his body, his lips ; everything is so controlled but so gracious and light that it seems done without thinking but I'm truly sure that he is doing it on purpose. When he is on the screen he's so magnetic you have to look at him, he gets your attention with his subtle gestures, He is captivating. What a pity I'm not a native english speaker I don't get everything he is saying with his british accent and watch his movies without his unique voice is just a great waste. His face at 0:46 ; 1:58 ; 2:30 -2:34 ; 3:06 ; 4:02 - 4:10 is priceless XD

[@Miss-cg4fr]

Alan was classically theatre trained. It would seem his intricacy in his dialogue, movement and body language was indicative of that. Your description was perfection. Alan Rickman was indeed exquisite❤Xx

[@claredeniz6075]

@@Miss-cg4fr Sorry to be a pedant he was RADA trained where they took his voice and voice production and re built it. If you hear his brother speaking you will hear just how far Alan travelled and worked at his voice, from where he started for which we are so grateful,

[@claredeniz6075]

I agree with all you have said.When Alan talks about Fred Astaire whose dancing he must have admired Alan said Astaire practised til his feet bled so that it looked effortless. No doubt Alan subscribed to the same level of work . He even remarks often about the female actresses that were completely prepared and how it was the absolute right way to work. He was the Vice Chairman of RADA and prior to that was on a number of important committees at the drama school. Am I the only person that thinks Slope's behaviour when having tea with Mrs Bold and her sister in law was very prissy, stirring his cup and facial expressions are very deliberately mannered and not manly I am thinking, a little bit beyond best manners. Just a thought, it is deliberate of course. The meeting of the Bishop and his wife with Grantly and Mr Harding Slope glides around the room quietly and so slinky

[@Snowkitten707]

Alan Rickman stalking! He can stalk me anytime...as long as he speaks at the same time...:)

[@Kasanatsu1645]

He was soooo made for the role of Snape...look at how he holds himself and talks...just like one would've thought of Snape :D

[@Laura-wd4ph]

I am so late - but this comment articulates exactly how I think. Thank you lol. I am reading the books and I hate how much older all the marauders and snape were compared in the movies. I’ve been searching for Alan Rickman young just to get an idea of how he would be and this role is exactly how I see snape in my head when I’m reading 🥰🥰🥰

[@willoghby03]

"beautiful woman you can not pretend to ignore that I love you!" O.o

[@claredeniz6075]

Go better ' adore' I believe he says I say yay to that.

[@juliepaull1565]

Obadiah Slope, what a glorious name, and played so gloriously by Alan Rickman , oh how I miss him! I fell in love with him during this series, his velvet voice, his manly stature, and his grovelling, conniving ways , what more could a woman wish? 😂 I am 72 and he still curls my toes whenever I see him!! ❤

[@YouGandered101]

That baby met Alan Rickman and probably doesn't know it

[@draxlerchronicles5851]

As he'll be nearing 40 I seriously doubt he's unaware of his thespian past.

[@priscillaroberts7945]

@@draxlerchronicles5851 if it was my baby i'd be crowing from the rooftops and never let him/ her forget it. I don't think the baby was on the cast list so may have been a girl.

[@riel1869]

He was a such devil in this serious-those eyes and that conniving false smile.

[@DavidSmith-lu7xv]

Rickman is hilarious in this, Mr Slope has something of the ' humbleness' of URIAH HEEP from David Cooper field, indeed HEEP and SLOPE even sound conjoined

[@rebeccasweenz]

Alan Rickman is Sooo Attractive in this!

[@frankkemble2103]

I loved this version of the Barchester Chronicles and every actor perfect for their roles. Nigel Hawthorne and Donald Pleasance were also incredibly good.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

The smarmy Obadiah Slope. I have this on DVD ,a marvellous BBC production, from the days when their period plays were outstanding. Nigel Hawthorn ,Donald Pleasance and a cast of fabulous actors and actresses.

[@heatherjones6647]

Me too. Start with episode 3!

[@theshoeminator]

I was born in 1982. Is it weird to have a crush on a man who's older than my father?

[@loisvandenoever745]

I was born in 2000 so I wouldn't say you're that weird. :)

[@221bbleeckerstreet8]

I was born in 2002, we aren't weird, are we?

[@shaminisekar9212]

1992 same feeling

[@laviniusseverin1742]

I was born in 2005 and I can't get enough of him, so no, you aren't weird.

[@missnj8070]

@@221bbleeckerstreet8 omaigod. I am 18 too and Malaysian, 😭😭 r u Indonesian?

[@unnatural6edq]

Notice how his outfit is very much like his outfit in Harry Potter? Huh...I think I found the original Severus Snape at his actual age. Imagine if he had been this age when he was cast for the role of Snape!! *swoon*

[@syndrome792]

When your name is "Eleanor" and you hear Alan Rickman profess his love to "Eleanor"...

[@rcammarere]

Even as a prim and proper minister, that sexiness still comes through.

[@TieDef]

He's such a snake. I love it!

[@TheGreatVictorNewman]

TieDef The Slytherin Prince incarnate....Alan Rickman.

[@nafuregal1288]

Glad to see he moved up the ranks over the years :)

[@g.chatterjee2296]

@@TheGreatVictorNewman Sorry there's only one Slytherin prince. That's Draco. Snape is however *the bravest man I have known*

[@TheGreatVictorNewman]

@@g.chatterjee2296 Snape was the Prince before Draco was born it's only fitting he pass the title to his godson.

[@merkules6]

Man, I love snakes

[@fukyu7207]

0:48, what a cute smile

[@DivineMadne55]

omg, he's so young and gorgeous!! Still is ofcourse

[@sevAlways]

this young man... is severus snape.. !

[@solpat1977]

Who would have thought sexy went with slimy? - I had the chance to see Alan Rickman with Lindsey Duncan in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses ” at the Ambassadors theatre in London in the eighties, after seeing him in this series. If rich, smooth dark chocolate had a voice, it would sound like Alan Rickman.🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

[@kangadillo]

The first time I saw Alan Rickman was in this series. I thought he was superb. That Obadiah Slope was such a sleazeball. It was not too long after that I also discovered how overwhelmingly sexy he can be.

[@marnistone6153]

He looks a bit like Benedict Cumberbatch here. Also, did anyone think the way he spoke to the baby was really creepy? Brilliant performance from Mr. Rickman, nevertheless!

[@purplefuzzypenguin2]

I think it was kinda the point for the sake of the character

[@GerdaSchwaiger]

Thought the same

[@claredeniz6075]

His left hand becomes a claw when he says 'of your mother ' to the baby, Ooh a bit scarey. Brilliant brilliant acting.

[@scoiattolo_coccoloso]

I love how the baby is ignoring him :D Goes great with sleazy Slope. :D Great acting by Alan, never the less.

[@laviniusseverin1742]

That's why I don't like babies... they don't understand what really matters.

[@liamath1]

@smile673 Well dear, I love him too since I saw "Die Hard" (1988)... I remember myself saying "Oh!, that evil Hans is too much hot...and what a voice!***

[@GrissomLovesSara]

this is great! I guess all those years of work are what allowed him to give Snape such depth and breath! Funny that Dan said Snape was the role of Rickman's lifetime and Rickman was probably thinking you have no idea how much work I've done but I still think Dan was right !

[@LoveThatPhantom]

I would enjoy church a heck of a lot more if Alan was my minister :)

[@mavisemberson8737]

No he would disapprove of you wasting your time on the internet. He would disapprove of everything about you. he ended up marrying a rich widow and forming a very restrictive Chapel

[@litanja8307]

Have seen Alan Rickman only in Die hard and,sure,in HP movies. Havent been his fan till the last autumn. Weather was awful,mood was awful and i ,suddenly,decided to watch all HP movies again.It was time,when i rediscovered Alan Rickman,It was time,when i found that he passed away. So...now i try to find his old films,watch them and try to understand this wonderful actor a bit better. It seems,he preferred roles in romantic movies. Do i right? For me,he is as a villain much better. It looks like he didn't like to play villains. What a pity!

[@MsAppassionata]

li Tanja It’s not that he didn’t like to play them. It’s that he didn’t only want to be recognized for only those type of roles. His approach to playing those characters was that he didn’t really think of them as simply cardboard cutout villains. He was more interested in what motivated them to do the things they did, no matter how evil.

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Have you seen Truly madly deeply? Wonderful.

[@sanjamatsuri]

As an English, he preferred theatre roles and Victorian era tv series...

[@mindakahn9964]

Slope, Snape, interesting isn’t it. This was his first teleplay. Brilliant.

[@KamuiJJang]

Can't believe I wasn't even born then in this moment when he is walking around wearing his sweet words on his sleeves seducing women... Rickman sir if the sad reality is not that your consumed years of living in this life is not much more extended even in comparison with my father, I'd love to walk this sweet path with you to heaven...

[@BathildaBagshot]

LOOL that first scene was great xD

[@beatutzky]

how,........ how can anyone drive alan rickman away?

[@Ladyofthestacks]

I faint XD Alan Rickman X Severus Snape forever!

[@SnowbunyinIL]

He's so convincing 🤔

[@lcs4237]

This is voice... 👏❤

[@sarahannwhite]

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

[@darcimkire07]

alan rickman looks like ralph fiennes (esp when ralph plays as amon goeth in schindler's list) at times here

[@WithADashOfPazazz]

That damn hat...

[@WithADashOfPazazz]

i cant take that friggin plucking in the beginning lol

[@hobibobbi8577]

5:04 "beautiful woman you can not pretend to ignore that I love you!

[@ThePompylove]

thanx very much 4 dis. i searchd d whole net 4 dis nd atlast found 1, here! othrs were widout dialogues. thnx 1ce agn!

[@TheNeverposts]

These guys really knew how to do a number on each other...

[@MsAppassionata]

Obadiah, you naughty boy! Lol.

[@kamisatori]

When he walk, looks like Jack Skellintong jajajaja XD

[@motorgirl85]

OMG (0).(0) I'd watch this man even after he turned 100!!! please please let him live this long... ^.^

[@rowdyyeets4532]

😢

[@hunkydory22]

ouch

[@rowdyyeets4532]

@ 5:49 💥😲 "What part of "NO" did you not understand?!? The "N" or the SMACK!!! "O"?!?"

[@evamuhlbauer4575]

"uh" I laughed so hard when she smacked him. He wouldn't have understood otherwise. And the look on his face when on the ground LOL

[@rowdyyeets4532]

@@evamuhlbauer4575 SMACK!!! BOOM!!! On dat ass 🤣🤣🤣 I love how he slithers onto the grass, LOL at the beginning of the scene, too 😈🐍

[@Disneynurse2024]

He looks so yong in this clip

[@annisaramadhannia5557]

being imagine young severus snape :)

[@smile673]

hE IS SO...Young!!!

[@liamath1]

Well, I see obadiah slope as a prelude for being severus snape...did j.k.rowling think about this thing??!

[@Jorgereflexivo]

Slope - Snape ... what do you think?

[@Thresch]

0:46, my friend dies of love

[@sandrasinclair5383]

Perfect depiction of a totally creepy individual.

[@alexrcs8386]

Well, Snape was actually made for him, since it was written with him in mind. So........

[@g.chatterjee2296]

Yet the role was first offered to Tim Roth.

[@MsAppassionata]

G. Chatterjee Well, JK Rowling supposedly thought of Rickman while writing the book. I don’t know who decided that Roth should play the part but thank goodness they were overruled.

[@stellaormes1844]

Tim Roth was the right age for the character. Snape was meant to be in his thirties. Alan was in his fifties when he started playing Snape.

[@celine5548]

Hes so hot omfg

[@lamprinila]

LIKE HIM...happy to follow you

[@SantaiHappyBanyakHobby]

ooooooooooooh......ooooooooooohhhhhh.....oooooohhhh alaaaaannnn

[@liamath1]

@smile673 Yes he is, or better say he was...He was 36 in 1982***

[@karolinadoskempirova450]

WHAT

[@paulinecastro9723]

When the complete series??

[@mariaw.4780]

You deepest hopes next to Heaven? Dude, you ain't gettin no Heaven with dat 'tude...

[@smile673]

@liamath1 Ahaha!The first film I have seen was An awfull big adventure,and I liked it very much!I was in love with him in that movie!Now I am crazy about him!!xD

[@smile673]

@liamath1 I love him,but in this video he is too young!ISince 1990 he is very handsome and sexy!I like his blond hair,his voice,his face! He's amazing!

[@smile673]

hE IS SO...Young!!!When he was a child he had that voice??!!xD

[@stellaormes1844]

He was 36 years old

[@rowdyyeets4532]

@@stellaormes1844 I think she's asking if he had that voice as a kid. She knows he's in his 30s in this.

[@robnewman6101]

R.I.P Alan Rickman. He died of Cancer.

[@ThePompylove]

bt i wud hav lovd if it had eng subtitles. since i cud nt follow it clearly, as it is nt my native language.

[@isabelar_dasilva]

😍😊❤️

[@xrisa20gr]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@hannahpavletich683]

Did Alan just say the name Helena???

[@OrKatz-pp9cg]

Alan just need the long black cloak and black wig and walla professor snape this series show for the first time how he make to be snape. the second one is on his walking from room at mesmer movie,

[@CharlotteFairchild]

Hiram's hospital?

[@YouGandered101]

Are all your comments how '!' he is!

[@sammyseductive]

any reason why on 4 minutes he farts you ?into this these guys really knew how to do a fucking number on each other

[@rowdyyeets4532]

HA! HA! HA! I think the creaky bench could use some oil!

[@WillieSjaban-fz8ny]

Million.dollar get this life. Any time cool million dollar. Sell.a home California city.