Blade Runner
Jun 24, 2022 12:47:24 GMT -6
Post by kylor on Jun 24, 2022 12:47:24 GMT -6
โBlade Runnerโ Star Rutger Hauer Took Exception to His Character Roy Batty Being Labeled a Villain
The iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi film starring Harrison Ford as a former police officer tasked with hunting down synthetic humans turns 40 on Saturday.
Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer did not see his character as a villain, and the actor took some exception to that notion while doing press for the filmโs initial release.
The iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi movie set in 2019 Los Angeles starring Harrison Ford as a former police officer tasked with hunting down synthetic humans turns 40 on Saturday.
In an interview for the filmโs 1982 release, the Netherlands-born Hauer, while being flattered by a journalist about his good looks, was asked why he would want to play a โvillainโ in the film when he was handsome enough to be the hero. A polite Hauer responded that he did not see his character, Roy Batty, in the same light.
โI donโt think this is a villain,โ he began. โWhat is wrong with a man โ from the point where they start chasing him, he just wants to live a little longer. He hasnโt done so much harm. You donโt see him do any harm, and then they start chasing him down. He has to fight once in a while because thatโs survival.โ
In Blade Runner, Hauerโs Roy Batty is a bioengineered humanoid, who, along with fellow Nexus-6 replicants Leon Kowalski (Brion James), Zhora Salome (Joanna Cassidy) and Pris (Daryl Hannah) is being pursued by Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford). The former LAPD officer is tasked with dispatching or โretiringโ the replicants.
โI donโt think of it in those terms,โ Hauer said in that same interview about hero and villain roles. โA good part is a good part. It doesnโt matter what it is. Itโs more or less the American market that uses me, letโs say, in cold-blooded villain [roles].โ
Largely misunderstood by the studio when it was made and then by audiences when it was initially released, Blade Runner underperformed at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics. However, it went on to become a sci-fi motion picture staple. The film is also notable for having seven different versions, a result of cuts and alterations demanded by the studio when it was released and restored over time for fans.
A sequel, Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve, was released in October 2017.
Hauer died in July 2019 at the age of 75. Watch the 1982 interview below.
Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer did not see his character as a villain, and the actor took some exception to that notion while doing press for the filmโs initial release.
The iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi movie set in 2019 Los Angeles starring Harrison Ford as a former police officer tasked with hunting down synthetic humans turns 40 on Saturday.
In an interview for the filmโs 1982 release, the Netherlands-born Hauer, while being flattered by a journalist about his good looks, was asked why he would want to play a โvillainโ in the film when he was handsome enough to be the hero. A polite Hauer responded that he did not see his character, Roy Batty, in the same light.
โI donโt think this is a villain,โ he began. โWhat is wrong with a man โ from the point where they start chasing him, he just wants to live a little longer. He hasnโt done so much harm. You donโt see him do any harm, and then they start chasing him down. He has to fight once in a while because thatโs survival.โ
In Blade Runner, Hauerโs Roy Batty is a bioengineered humanoid, who, along with fellow Nexus-6 replicants Leon Kowalski (Brion James), Zhora Salome (Joanna Cassidy) and Pris (Daryl Hannah) is being pursued by Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford). The former LAPD officer is tasked with dispatching or โretiringโ the replicants.
โI donโt think of it in those terms,โ Hauer said in that same interview about hero and villain roles. โA good part is a good part. It doesnโt matter what it is. Itโs more or less the American market that uses me, letโs say, in cold-blooded villain [roles].โ
Largely misunderstood by the studio when it was made and then by audiences when it was initially released, Blade Runner underperformed at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics. However, it went on to become a sci-fi motion picture staple. The film is also notable for having seven different versions, a result of cuts and alterations demanded by the studio when it was released and restored over time for fans.
A sequel, Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve, was released in October 2017.
Hauer died in July 2019 at the age of 75. Watch the 1982 interview below.