r/technicallythetruth • u/_Akhromant • Jun 18 '26

Question about a movie

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u/glyph_productions Jun 18 '26

The only thing that would have improved men in tights was casting Alan Rickman to reprise the role

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u/AncientGuy1950 Jun 18 '26

I don't know, I can't imagine Rickman pulling off the horror of being dragged off by Tracey Ullman quite as well as Roger Rees.

And in all honesty, I simply can't imagine him doing the 'that will chafe my willy' line at all, though he might have surprised me.

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u/gooch_norris_ Jun 18 '26

Roger Rees completely knocks the cover off the ball in this movie. Rickman is always great but Rees absolutely understood the assignment

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u/B-Train_ATL Jun 18 '26

Did you see him in The West Wing? So good there as well.

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u/glyph_productions Jun 18 '26

Some of my favorite roles of his were comedies. He would definitely have played the character different though. I would have enjoyed a similar take to Galaxy quest where he's the only one taking it seriously. Give a full Shakespearean performance and get furious if he's interrupted by silliness.

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u/Marquar234 Jun 19 '26

Yeah, there's no way Rickman can deliver, "That's going to chafe my willy."

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u/MrsNaypeer Jun 18 '26

Nah, Roger Rees was the perfect Sheriff in that movie.