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 film’s initial release.
The iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi movie, set in 2019 Los Angeles and starring Harrison Ford as a former police officer tasked with hunting down synthetic humans, turns 40 on Saturday.
In Blade Runner, Hauer’s Roy Batty is a bio-engineered 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).
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.
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.
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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 film’s initial release.
The iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi movie, set in 2019 Los Angeles and starring Harrison Ford as a former police officer tasked with hunting down synthetic humans, turns 40 on Saturday.
In Blade Runner, Hauer’s Roy Batty is a bio-engineered 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).
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.
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.
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