Anglophenia, a BBC America blog, did a tournament of favorite British actors. The worst stage for me was when David Tennant went head-to-head with Colin Firth. Just mean. Anyway, the final was between Colin Firth and Alan Rickman. Alan Rickman won.
Look, I love Alan Rickman, but to me, Mr. Darcy > Colonel Brandon. And I can't help but feel that Rickman won with an assist from his turn as Severus Snape. There are a lot of women who are in love with Alan Rickman as Snape. Look, I love Rickman. I think Snape is a fascinating character. And Rickman does a FABULOUS job with Snape. But I just don't understand people who think he's sexy as Snape. Snape, the character, is not sexy. Rickman as Snape is not sexy. I guess the argument is that he's all tortured? Or something? I mean, we don't find out anything sympathetic about him until Prisoner of Azkaban, and that's only that the Marauders were mean to him.
Of course, there are some guys I find sexy that people probably don't. So I shouldn't judge. And he was EXCELLENT in Sense and Sensibility.
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I think you might be discounting Rickman's turn as Hans in "Die Hard" - I suspect that earned him a bunch of votes.
I'm sure that did as well. But I think his turn as Snape is what pushed him over the mountain of Mr. Darcy votes.
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