Alan Rickman had to sell his soul to the Devil and to Hell... He had to make a contract with the flames, the flamepits of Hell... He is the Scarecrow, the Batman character the Scarecrow.. He had to learn Geman, come Hell or high water, and it was Hell who came.. He had to learn German.. thru English-German dictionaries, thru German books by the easiest to read German authors like Heinwig Lang.. Alan Rickman is Johnathon Crane.. Alan Rickman is the Scarecrow.. He has thrown his soul into teh pits of Hell... FLAMESS!!!!....