Perhaps not my favorite actor, but still a very good one, and an iconic one... and one who has left an indelible mark on cinema as Roy Batty in Blade Runner.
"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."
I don't think anyone familiar with that movie can think of it without immediately thinking of his character, and the speech he gives at the end. Many people also do not know that he is responsible for it. The speech, as it was written for him initially, was quite different, and he stayed up the night before it was shot and completely rewrote it himself. The speech he gives in the movie is FAR better than what they initially gave him.
Rest in peace, Mr. Hauer.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/
"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."
I don't think anyone familiar with that movie can think of it without immediately thinking of his character, and the speech he gives at the end. Many people also do not know that he is responsible for it. The speech, as it was written for him initially, was quite different, and he stayed up the night before it was shot and completely rewrote it himself. The speech he gives in the movie is FAR better than what they initially gave him.
Rest in peace, Mr. Hauer.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/
