Found this interview with Alan Rickman [Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast with... Alan Rickman, Pittsburg post Gazette -December 8, 2008] via a Russian fandom site and translated this excerpt back into English (so yes — translation of a translation, with possible small inaccuracies).
But this… this felt very on brand.
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Q: You’ve had a remarkable long-term relationship — I believe you and Rima Horton have been together for around 40 years. Why didn’t you get married, and how have you managed to maintain your relationship?
AR: You know, those are very personal questions… and perhaps the answer is that I don’t answer them. [laughs]
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Rickman really said: boundary set. politely. permanently.
And I do find it interesting how, even now, people still build entire narratives around something he consistently chose to keep private — in every direction.
Some things were simply never meant to be public canon.
All credit goes to the original photographers and respective sources. Shared for archival and appreciation purposes.
🔗 Source (Russian version): alanrickman.ru
photo: Michael Birt, London, 12 July 2006
source: via Instagram @alan__rickman__
