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AIBU?

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Original poster

to think that Alan Rickman is a NORMAL crush

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BrahmsThirdRacket · 03/01/2010 22:25

Loads of people fancy Alan Rickman, don't they? Was talking about celebrity crushes with some friends, mentioned AR and they all went 'Err, no! He's weird.' I pointed out that lots of people fancied him, and they all said that wasn't true, I was mad etc.

AIBU?

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Buddleja · 04/01/2010 10:27

YA(most certainly)NBU

I insist that you immediately disconnect yourself from these so called friends. They are obviously very twisted and completely bonkers

Can't see him being gay really - I mean why the hell wouldn't he have just been gay - it's not like he's in a profession where being gay has been a dreadful crime for a while is it? He's not a rugby player he's an actor!!

And by god I do fancy him - I can even manage rude thoughts about him when he's Snape.

signs - and takes a moment to herself

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 04/01/2010 10:31

totally normal. He is getting on a wee bit for a crush but still gorgeous. Snape yummmmm sheriff of nottingham double yummmmmmmmmmmmmm (bit wrong tho that one, but all that black leather phwoar)

CarmenTinselPalmTreesSanDiego · 04/01/2010 10:42

Oh god, the In Demand video is wonderful.

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BrahmsThirdRacket · 04/01/2010 11:09

He doesn't really look like he wants to hug her in that video...his expression is more that of someone who is on a train and the person next to them has fallen asleep and is dribbling on their shoulder..

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Undercovamutha · 04/01/2010 11:13

YANBU
The voice + Truly Madly Deeply = swoon!

TheShriekingHarpy · 04/01/2010 12:01

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wishingchair · 04/01/2010 12:15

Definitely YANBU.

Remember him as sheriff of nottingham years ago?

Didn't like him in Love Actually though. Although that may just have been the film in general.

caen · 04/01/2010 12:47

YANBU I have loved him forever.

Whoever drew my attention to the fact he might be gay if VVVVVVVU. Now I know how my sister felt when we broke the news about Ricky Martin.

loobylu3 · 04/01/2010 12:53

YANBU

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BrahmsThirdRacket · 04/01/2010 13:23

Pretty sure he's not gay, and even if he is a bit I don't care.

I don't think it's a good idea to ask him on for a webchat. I feel it would turn to filth quite quickly.

But here's an idea - Alan Rickman for PM! Doubt he'd be any worse than our choices for the next election and viewing figures for PMQs would go through the roof.

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Openbook · 04/01/2010 13:35

Sat in front of him at the theatre a few weeks ago. Strangely, he was with Andrew Marr! Looked a bit ropey tbh. Although he was a few rows behind so i couldn't hear his wonderful voice.

becklespeckle · 04/01/2010 13:41

YANBU!

(I knew I couldn't be the only one!)

hocuspontas · 04/01/2010 13:56

Doesn't he stink of fags?

I thought a MNer in the know said that.

Liked him best in Love Actually. Definitely not as Colonel Brandon - his hair was all wrong.

becklespeckle · 04/01/2010 13:59

He was FAB as the Sheriff of Nottingham Wishingchair! I love him best in Evil roles too (can't remember who said that further down the thread).

Oblomov · 04/01/2010 14:30

Op is right. I like him. But then i don't have 'standard' crushes. so guess that disproves that !!

nannynobnobs · 04/01/2010 15:33

First saw him as Sheriff of Nottingham when i was 11... Though Christian Slater stole my heart utterly for at least a year after that film, the seeds were set and I think why didn't Marian just go with the flow and have him instead of charmless Costner

Sassybeast · 04/01/2010 15:49

In Dogma 'drool'

I can't really drool over him in TMD because I am a bucket of snot within seconds of it starting

JaneiteIsTrite · 04/01/2010 17:14

I met him last year v briefly. He didn't smell. He smiled briefly. And his voice was divine.

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BrahmsThirdRacket · 04/01/2010 17:15

Janeite, how did you restrain yourself from throwing yourself at him?

I bet he smells nice, of outdoorsyness and rain

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JaneiteIsTrite · 04/01/2010 17:18

Oh I went all coy and twinkly and then walked away - and screamed and giggled stupidly! Twas not v sophisticated.

herladyshiplovesedward · 04/01/2010 17:24

alan rickman... sigh, swoon, sigh

especially dressed as severus snape

nannynobnobs · 04/01/2010 17:27

I completely forgot- a friend of mine (male, middle aged) was in London on business and sat getting pissed on pastis with him in a tiny bar! He mentioned he'd met somebody vaguely well known and his name was Alan something... Oh yes... Rickman. I nearly fell on the floor! Apparently he was very quiet but friendly.

HohohoBumperlicious · 04/01/2010 17:28

YANBU

and ROLF at Frasier's dad 'he's twinkly'!

My crushes are usually older men, I have a teeny crush on a work colleague, he wears chinos and shirts and is proper 'dad-like' but I think I love him! I blame it on not growing up with a father [freud emoticion]. My DH is 17 years old than me so it seems weird to fancy mere boys!

InThisSequinBraYesYouOlaJordan · 04/01/2010 17:45

He is Yum.

End.

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BrahmsThirdRacket · 04/01/2010 17:52

Yes I have Electra complex probably, which explains the Alan Rickman crush (and Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Paxman and..um.. Gordon Brown). It's the way forward. I may actually have a chance with some of my crushes (if I ever met them) - lol at those who fancy Johnny Depp, the odds are not in your favour.

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