In 2014 15 years on from Galaxy Quest  a New York film critic tried to prise a nugget out of Alan Rickman. Had he disliked his co star Tim Allen? Rickman was much too discreet to let on  but now we have the answer.  Tim Allen has this perverse need to needle antagonise provoke  demoralise he wrote after a day on set in 1999. Takes every opportunity to belittle.





Anyone who knew Rickman will be dashing to the index to see how they fare in Madly  Deeply The Alan Rickman Diaries. Some win the fluffiest praise. Ian McKellen  has the biggest heart Helen Mirren is the freest soul. Fortunately he does not dispense only hugs and high fives. When Rickman died of pancreatic cancer in 2016 tributes lauded both the charisma of his acting and the unusual extent of his kindnesses. But who can be quite so uncomplicated a paragon even when no one is looking?


So here he is bristling when Stephen Frears would not chip in for a meal You are in a hit film are not you? . Ewan McGregor is taxonomised as self involved to a jaw dropping degree while David Hare is  more self involved than any actor I have ever met.  Alan Rusbridger is  as ever it seems devoid of questions or curiosity or life really.