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Rutger Hauer passes away at 75 (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=324111)

Rutger Hauer passes away at 75

Guy played some amazing/memorable villains....

Blade Runner and The Hitcher both come to mind....

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-75-1226629

EDIT: MODS FEEL FREE TO DELETE (didnt see thread in media section)!

all those moments...lost...like....tears in the rain

Goddamit one reply and you beat me to it!

RIP... there will never be a better shotgun-wielding hobo.

Loved him in the Hitcher. My kind of movie.

Nighthawks had to be one of my favorites.
Sad to hear of his passing

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 14363201)

I actually meant to put mine in the main forum.

It seems that he adlibbed Most of "Tears in the Rain".

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He really made a name for himself with his turn as Batty and the character's "Tears in the Rain" speech — which he improvised — in the original Blade Runner.

"Rutger read that speech and then went on with a couple of lines about memories in the rain," co-screenwriter David Webb Peoples told THR in 2017. "And then he looked at me like a naughty little boy, like he was checking to see if the writer was going to be upset. I didn't let on that I was upset, but at the time, I was a little upset and threatened by it.

"Later, seeing the movie, that was a brilliant contribution of Rutger's, that line about tears in the rain. It is absolutely beautiful."

Talk about getting into character!

I watched The Hitcher this year - he was so damned good. RIP

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Originally Posted by Holladay (Post 14363673)

It seems that he adlibbed Most of "Tears in the Rain".

Talk about getting into character!

That's incredible. It's one of the most memorable lines in movie history imo. I had no idea he improvised it.

Not sure if anyone else remembers the sci-fi series Lexx. There was an episode where they went to this planet of junkies, led by Rutger Hauer.

They were all addicted to this drug called "pattern" - which you made by dumping human beings into a machine and drinking the essence that came out. But it was only good with clean humans. Other junkies produced a super poor product.

At one point a sound went out and everyone starting moaning about "the drain". Rutger got his typical evil grin and said "the drain is the best part". Everyone went over to a giant hole in the ground, where a snake came out of their back and puked up a bunch of their essence (assuming) down to a giant mother snake waiting at the bottom of the hole.

It's the best metaphor I've ever seen for drugs and addiction - and Rutger Hauer made it perfect.

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Found it.

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Originally Posted by suzzer99 (Post 14364007)

I'll check it out. Surprised this thread isn't getting more play. The 80's and 90's produced some good quality for it's time.

I posted in the other thread:

Life imitating art: Blade Runner took place in the year 2019.

Uncanny timing!