Rima Horton/Alan Rickman
GR
and always has been, gay. Not bi, just gay.
I also thought he was at least sorta out, had
a lovely long-term lover and blah blah blah.
But what the hell do I know?
So what's up with the Rima Horton thing?
They've been doing the public-appearance
gig for a really long time now. She's a
beard, he's a merkin? She's a beard, he's
not a merkin, but he's her best pal? Neither
is bearding/merkining, and Rickman is *gasp*
actually straight? (oh, the humanity!)
Any and all dish would be greatly appreciated.
Wendy
Oh dear...here I've been all these years, thinking he was really hot. Oh well.
Bella LeGhostly
He is hot. Totally hot. I love his voice...but then who doesn't? :)
As for his preference, I think he's straight but obviously I don't
really know -- it's just an opinion. It's not like I stand a chance
with him either way...
They (Alan and Rima) just strike me as an eccentric, leftist pair who
chose not to do the marriage thing. It's weird, but I don't think
it's really any weirder than losers who keep marrying, divorcing,
marrying, divorcing, getting in and out and back in harmful
relationships, etc.
Wendy
I lived in England for a brief period and know that they do things a
little differently where the convention of marriage is concerned.
Europeans don't seem to get into this whole morality thing about
living together, having kids out of wedlock, etc. But if they're
happy, so what?
GR
arche...@yahoo.com (Wendy) writes:
<snip>
>Oh dear...here I've been all these years, thinking he was really hot. Oh
>well.
He *is* totally hot. Rickman's a truly scrumptious man.
I just always thought/heard that he is gay and at least
semi-out, so I wonder about the Horton thing. He could,
shockingly, be straight... ya nevah know.
Umm... I take that back, sometimes you really know.
Mary Campbell
>> On 23 Jan 2002 07:11:08 -0800, arche...@yahoo.com (Wendy) wrote:
>>
>> They (Alan and Rima) just strike me as an eccentric, leftist pair who
>> chose not to do the marriage thing. It's weird, but I don't think
>> it's really any weirder than losers who keep marrying, divorcing,
>> marrying, divorcing, getting in and out and back in harmful
>> relationships, etc.
I heard that they went through a rocky patch around the time he started
making more money in movies like DIE HARD and PRINCE OF THIEVES. He
wanted to move upmarket, buy a nicer house and so on, but at the time she
was a politician, on the London city council, and she was afraid she'd lose
her credibility as a Labour politician if she were seen living a more
affluent lifestyle. However, I believe she's no longer in politics so
perhaps that's not an issue any more.
PStaw57550
efeminant gay to me and from what I have been told he is a straight horn dog...
GR
(PStaw57550) writes:
Someone wrote:
>>>Oh dear...here I've been all these years, thinking he was really hot. Oh
>>>well.
I wrote:
>>He *is* totally hot. Rickman's a truly scrumptious man.
>>I just always thought/heard that he is gay and at least
>>semi-out, so I wonder about the Horton thing. He could,
>>shockingly, be straight... ya nevah know.
>>
>>Umm... I take that back, sometimes you really know.
>Yes but Rickman is efeminant gay the same way Jeremy Irons has always
>appeared
>efeminant gay to me and from what I have been told he is a straight horn
>dog...
I've never found Rickman effeminate in any way. I have found
Irons a bit fey at times, but still *very* attractive. I've also been told
the "straight horn-dog" bit, re Irons. Unhappily, I've never had the
pleasure of finding out about either of them for myself. (I'm quite
sure that they are okay with my unhappiness on this point.)
PStaw57550
does exenchuates the fact that he is all fem - Think January Man, Think Galaxy
Quest, Think Truly Madly Deeply (Awesome flick but he was so fem)
GR
(PStaw57550) writes:
>You have never found Rickman fey?
Nope.
>He is such a girl! And many of the roles he
>does exenchuates the fact that he is all fem - Think January Man, Think
>Galaxy
>Quest, Think Truly Madly Deeply (Awesome flick but he was so fem)
I have never found that his roles accentuate a
femininity I have never seen in him. He always
comes across as masculine to me, though I'd
hazard a guess that your idea of masculinity and
mine differ, quite sharply. The only reason I ever
thought he was gay was because people *told*
me he was gay. (I have unreliable-to-non-existent
gaydar.)
Evidently, they were wrong in their assessment
of his orientation and I'm sure we'll discuss this
over medium-to-large libations at some point in
the future. Snacks are optional.
okerry
> Nope.
>
Me neither!
> >He is such a girl! And many of the roles he
> >does exenchuates the fact that he is all fem - Think January Man, Think
> >Galaxy
> >Quest, Think Truly Madly Deeply (Awesome flick but he was so fem)
I think some folks may be confusing a very mannered, soft-spoken, British
persona with "gay." Not that you can't be all of the above, but like the
other posters my gaydar - such as it is - never went off when watching
Rickman.
He's one of my favorite actors no matter what. He was the only thing that
made K Costner's *Robin Hood* watchable.
okerry
Bunny
I don't find him 'fem' - just British. Don't know why that seems to get confused with being gay as often as it does. Maybe because in the U.S. we we've been conditioned to believe that being a real man means being loud and aggressive.
I think he's hot because he's neither of those things.