Breathe out, so I can breathe you in

Sev as a spy

When we show him the love he deserves

Sev preparing to take points from Griffindor

When he said “No idea” to Umbitch, I mean, Umbridge

When I and Dumbledore prepared him for the Yule Ball

When Harry Potter breaths

When he pretended he died after the DH 2

When he checks his fandom (he secretly enjoys it)

Me:

*And also had a typo. Jeez*

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“Ten years … it seems so much longer. An eternity since we last heard Alan’s gorgeous laugh boom out. I first saw him in Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway; so convincing in his wickedness I assumed it was the real him … yes, and I’m an actor.

Years later we met for real on the film Galaxy Quest. Here was this sublimely playful man who surrendered utterly to portraying a washed up TV hack, seething with petty jealousy and clawing at his giant shell-cap. His character grounded us all. Tim Allen made us laugh so hard all day long, and no one more so than Alan. Our stomachs ached at the end of every day.

Shortly afterwards, Alan asked me to do Snow Cake with him: a romantic lead for him and for me the challenge of playing an autistic woman called Linda. I was so astonished that he could imagine me as Linda, I researched it for a full year so I wouldn’t let him down. We shot it way up in Wawa, Canada, gobbling blueberry pie and cheering each other on. When Linda would veer out of her lane, Alan would say firmly: “I do not improvise.”

I made the idiot mistake of thinking this brilliant friend would be with us for ever. At Mike Nichols’ memorial in November 2015, he came up to me with his wife, Rima. I threw my arms around him and said: “Hey, we’re going to do another Galaxy Quest!” He looked at me quietly and said: “We’ll see.” I said: “What do you mean? It’s gonna be so much fun.” He squeezed my shoulders, looked down and said very gently: “We’ll see.” He was gone two months later, for ever to be missed.”

Sigourney Weaver on Alan Rickman (The Guardian, 14 January 2026)

✧ Happy Birthday Alan! ✧

Legends never die✨

And although it has been 10 years now since he left this earth, he is still alive in our hearts. And he always will💛

I pray, that all the love we send to you today will reach the cloud you're sitting on🕯️🕊️