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Rutger Hauer has died - age 75.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098435
He was in some right turkeys at times, but was brilliant in the original Blade Runner and a lot of the early Paul Verhoeven films (Soldier Of Orange, Flesh And Blood...etc).
In some ways he was getting better as he got older - and the film budgets got smaller. Sad loss.
The Hitcher is good, he was very menacing in that and I enjoyed Flesh and Blood. He did appear in a few dodgy productions over the years mind
https://youtu.be/HU7Ga7qTLDU
Is this how you first took up hunting replicants ?
Ah... but that is the point: Roy Batty, Rachael, Leon Kowalski and Pris were 'replicants'.Quote:
Originally Posted by RonnieBird
They weren't 'multis'.
Equally obsessive I grant you.
Well, if you want to split hairs, they were just fictional really. I don't know whether I should tell you that because it might spoil it for you, but it's important to understand what's real and what's just in your imagination.
He was really good as the Russian soldier Sasha in Escape from Sobibor.
Philip K Dick's imagination if we're splitting hairs. But one of those rare examples of the film surpassing the book.Quote:
Originally Posted by RonnieBird
Menacing is the right word - I've always tended to watch even films I like and then they go to the back of my mind pretty quickly, but that film, and his performance in particular, was one where that process took quite a lot longer than normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Corleone
Great actor. Bladerunner is in my top 10 and a lot of that is down to Roy. His death scene is one of the great movie moments.
Was he gay ?
Don't think so. He was married and had kids
Just to explain this to Jon 1959, we're talking about the actor here, not the replicant. He was only pretending to be a replicant you see Jon....... this is only going to confuse you isn't it ?
I have no idea what you are trying to say. But it seems you have decided to turn a thread about a dead actor with an interesting career into a discussion about your own identity on this board. Most of your recent posts have done the same. I'm more interested in other people's views about Rutger Hauer and his films. That is why I started the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by RonnieBird
Oh alright then. He seemed to me to be a competent actor. I think I saw him in some knights in Armour thing in German some years back and I assumed that he was German, but it turns out that he was Dutch.