Jul 24, 2019 08:02 PM
Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutge...203278050/
INTRO: Rutger Hauer, the versatile Dutch leading man of the ’70s who went on star in the 1982 “Blade Runner” [film set in future 2019] as Roy Batty, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness. He was 75. Hauer’s agent, Steve Kenis, confirmed the news and said that Hauer’s funeral was held Wednesday.
His most cherished performance came in a film that was a resounding flop on its original release. In 1982, he portrayed the murderous yet soulful Roy Batty, leader of a gang of outlaw replicants, opposite Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi noir opus “Blade Runner.” The picture became a widely influential cult favorite, and Batty proved to be Hauer’s most indelible role.
More recently, he appeared in a pair of 2005 films: as Cardinal Roark in “Sin City,” and as the corporate villain who Bruce Wayne discovers is running the Wayne Corp. in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins.” (MORE)
Tears in rain monologue: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. __ Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. __ I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. __ All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. __ Time to die."
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutge...203278050/
INTRO: Rutger Hauer, the versatile Dutch leading man of the ’70s who went on star in the 1982 “Blade Runner” [film set in future 2019] as Roy Batty, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness. He was 75. Hauer’s agent, Steve Kenis, confirmed the news and said that Hauer’s funeral was held Wednesday.
His most cherished performance came in a film that was a resounding flop on its original release. In 1982, he portrayed the murderous yet soulful Roy Batty, leader of a gang of outlaw replicants, opposite Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi noir opus “Blade Runner.” The picture became a widely influential cult favorite, and Batty proved to be Hauer’s most indelible role.
More recently, he appeared in a pair of 2005 films: as Cardinal Roark in “Sin City,” and as the corporate villain who Bruce Wayne discovers is running the Wayne Corp. in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins.” (MORE)
Tears in rain monologue: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. __ Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. __ I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. __ All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. __ Time to die."