 When they heard Alan Rickman (qv) was a _Chasing Amy (1997)_ (qv)  fan, Kevin Smith (I) (qv) and Scott Mosier (qv) felt confident  enough to ask him to play Metatron. He read the script and came back  with only two questions: 1) would we stay faithful to the script,  and 2) are the wings real or CGI?