Alan Rickman offsets that even though he was reputed not to like girls. Apparently his whole bedroom was red, red walls red ceiling red furnishings...strange chap.
He was lovely Rowan, and had been with Rima most of his adult life and was devoted to her, he just didn't philander, which is nice.
Great film by the way, I love Juliet Stevenson's performance in it, she is totally unaware of herself as an actress and doesn't care what a mess she looks on film, with snot running down her face. superb performance. x