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Actor maintained ignorance about autism for Snow Cake
Rickman chose not to research disorder before filming
Actor Alan Rickman stars in the movie Snow Cake, now in theatres.
Ask a group of people what they know about autism and you’ll likely be greeted with a round of shrugs and blank stares, or a wealth of incorrect information.
The causes and effects of the neurological condition —which can take many forms, but typically affects social interaction — are widely misunderstood among the general public and the few that think they know a great deal about it, save those with autistic family members, probably don’t.
Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Rickman (Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Love Actually) placed himself in the autism-ignorant category prior to taking on the role of Alex Hughes in the new film Snow Cake, then purposely chose not to learn about the disorder.
The film follows Hughes after a tragic accident makes him the bearer of bad news which he’s forced to deliver to Linda Freeman (Sigourney Weaver), a middle-aged, functional autistic woman living in Wawa, Ont.
"I stayed as ignorant as possible, but that matched my own ignorance," Rickman explains of his lack of research during a recent interview in Toronto. "I suppose the biggest thing that will hit most people is autism, oh yeah, that (affects) children. But those children grow up and what happens to them?"
In the film, a guilt-ridden Hughes decides to stay with Freeman for a time to help her overcome the loss of a loved one, but he extends his stay after entering into a relationship with her next door neighbour Maggie (Canadian star of the Matrix series Carrie-Anne Moss) and begins seeing the world differently with the help of his new autistic acquaintance.
As director Marc Evans explains, Snow Cake writer Angela Pell, who has an autistic son, set out to demonstrate in her sсriрt that valuable lessons can be learned from those with developmental disorders.
"There’s positive things to say about the way autistic people live in the world," Evans says. "They’re not hypocritical in the way they deal with people. There’s this degree of honesty that neuro-typical people kind of envy. These are the things (Pell) was really concerned about portraying."
Rickman began to understand that brand of brutal honesty as he took to the set and began learning more about the condition.
"The sense of other people’s feelings or taking offence themselves, it just doesn’t mean anything to them," he explains. "You can’t get upset."
Snow Cake in now playing in theatres.
CHRIS ATCHISON/Metro Toronto
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