Alan Rickman is famed for his versatility, playing romantic leads, comedy characters and arch villains in the course of his 40-year acting career. One Plus One's Jane Hutcheon interviewed him in 2015 when he visited Australia promoting his new film, A Little Chaos.

Set in 17th Century France, A Little Chaos tells the story of two artists who fall in love while working at Versailles on a project for King Louis XIV.

0:50 -- on working with Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts while directing and acting in A Little Chaos
10:05 -- on growing up in post-WWII London, and the loss of his father to cancer
12:23 -- on starring in King Grizzly Beard at school, which fired his love of performance
17:48 -- on how JK Rowling gave him a top-secret steer on how to play Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movies
20:05 -- on Truly Madly Deeply, and how his working relationship with co-star Juliet Stevenson allowed them to take risks
24:00 -- on his attitude to aging and if he is satisfied with his career

More of Jane Hutcheon's One Plus One faves: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/one-plu...

In a film career spanning 30 years, Alan Rickman has performed in close to 40 movies, playing a wide range of rolls including the Sherriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991), heist mastermind Hans Gruber (Die Hard, 1988), Love Actually's Harry (2003), and Colonel Brandon (Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, 1995). Not to mention Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. His stage career stretches back to 1976, when he played the title role in Sherlock Holmes.

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