Posted on 07/24/2019 10:30:15 AM PDT by DFG
Rutger Hauer, star of "Blade Runner," has died at age 75, Fox News has learned.
The Dutch actor was best known for his role as Harrison Ford's nemesis Roy Batty in the 1982 movie, "Blade Runner." While Hauer's role in the Ridley Scott cult favorite is perhaps his most notable performance, he was also known for "Batman Begins" and "Sin City."
He also won a Golden Globe award for his role in the 1987 TV film "Escape from Sobibor."
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Sad news. I always enjoyed him, no matter what role he played. He was to play the Ghost of Christmas Future in a new British mini-series of “A Christmas Carol.” He was born in Holland. Utrecht is only 125 miles from Schoondijke where my Dad was born. RIP Rutger. You were only 3 years older than me. Way too young to pass.
vampire Lothos in the movie “ Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Convincing your girlfriend that she’s crazy or paranoid is called gaslighting , and it’s a dick move.
Convincing her that she’s a robot with artificially implanted human emotions is called bladerunning, and it’s a Philip K. Dick move.
You just described my mom...or my dad...
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One of my favorite movies.
At least he will live on in the movies. Says he died after a short illness. I guess that means whatever it was; he didn’t suffer long. That’s something I guess.
Oh yeah that was a good movie.
Hauer was good psycho in The Hitcher. I always remember that one.
You’ve got the first line of a novel there...
Poignant
A friend of mine in Venice, circa 1998, took a yoga class that he also attended. She said he was modest and friendly.
She was an aspiring actress, and had encountered quite a few, so I was struck by her favorable impression of him.
Flesh and Blood: with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tom Burlinson. I enjoyed it, as I liked all three.
(Burlinson: The Man from Snowy River; Phar Lap; Piece of Cake [BBC series about the RAF/Luftwaffe Phony War]).
Yes! The Osterman Weekend. That was a great movie!
The studio ruined Buffy, which is why Whedon did the series, but I liked Swanson in the role.
Rutger Hauer and Pee-Wee Herman in the same movie...incredible....
Shared Blind Fury with a lot of Soviet friends when it came out on tape. It was filmed in Reno, where I was from, and was a comfort movie to me at the time. Also funny as hell.
“Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave”.
Glad you enjoyed it. We had a lot of fun making it.
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