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  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    Dammit. My favorite Felix. RIP. Great actor.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    With all due respects to David Hedison, there is an extra thread for deaths within the "Bond Family".
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Gutted about David Hedison passing away. Brilliant as Felix Leiter and many other roles. Had the VERY good fortune to meet a few years back, a complete gentleman and very happy to chat with the fans.

    RIP David Hedison, thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,848
    This has really been a bad day. First David Hedison, and now Christopher Kraft has passed away at age 95. Chris Kraft virtually invented the concept of mission control in the early 1960s and served as NASA’s first lead flight director for the one-man Mercury and two-man Gemini missions. During the Apollo era, he served as the Director of Flight Operations and later as the deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center. Since 2011, the building that houses NASA’s mission control bares his name. A legend.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/christiopher-columbus-kraft-nasas-legendary-flight-director-has-died/
  • TracyTracy
    edited July 2019 Posts: 1,708
    I met him like 10 yrs ago at a con , dont remember if Lon or Bham , he seemed grumpy.....sad he died though
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,718
    @DarthDimi @MajorDSmythe

    Rutger Hauer has died. :(

    https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,187
    Ow... :( RIP, Rutger.

    Vaarwel, beste bovenbuur! Je was een geweldig acteur.
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    edited July 2019 Posts: 654
    RIP to a fine and intense actor. When I think of Rutger 2 films immediately come to mind - THE HITCHER and BLIND FURY!!

    He was also excellent as the terrorist in the underrated Stallone vehicle NIGHTHAWKS (1981).
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,475
    Another tough loss. RIP Rutger Hauer.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    Oh, no! Rutger!

    What crappy year.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    @DarthDimi @MajorDSmythe

    Rutger Hauer has died. :(

    https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/

    Oh damn. :( I can't think of Hauer, and not think of his performance in The Hitcher.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    A very distinct and memorable actor.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,638
    Rutger Hauer was almost Max Zorin in AVTAK. RIP to an underrated actor.
  • LawrenceVulcan__1976LawrenceVulcan__1976 motherwell
    Posts: 40
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Rutger Hauer was almost Max Zorin in AVTAK. RIP to an underrated actor.

    Roger and Rutger both played bad guys in Alias.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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  • SharkBaitSharkBait
    Posts: 2,107
    Honestly, in a long time this comes as a surprice. Ffff####
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    Rutger Hauer RIP
    Lost for words.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited July 2019 Posts: 25,203
    No way I can't believe Rutger Hauer has passed, he will be forever immortalised by his own improvised line in Blade Runner

    Roy Batty... '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.'
    One of my favourite lines from one of my favourite films, I will watch Blade Runner tonight.

    I remember Rutger steal the show in Stallones cop drama Nighthawks 1981, that's the film that introduced me to Rutger, a good often forgotten film.
    R. I. P.

    Edited: Looking through his work I completely forgot about The Osterman Weekend 1983 directed by Sam Sam Peckinpah. A film I have not seen for thirty years, due a rewatch.
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  • TracyTracy
    Posts: 1,708
    I've even heard Jagger was to be Zorin ?

    Hauer no showed Bham con last month , not so surprising now if he was very ill
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited July 2019 Posts: 19,339
    That's a shame,i've always liked Rutger,another great actor gone.
    RIP Hitcher.

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  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,507
    Another shock.
    RIP Rutger Hauer
    He will be forever remembered for his stunning role in BLADE RUNNER.
    Gosh, almost forgot about him being in Peckinpahs final film,
    The Osterman Weekend, saw that in the cinema on its initial release. Has quite a cast!
  • boldfingerboldfinger
    Posts: 5,767
    75 is much too early!

    RIP Rutger Hauer

    He stays unforgettable in Blade Runner, but every film he was in was lifted to another Level through his participation.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,282
    Something that I didn't know until yesterday was that Rutger Hauer was actually offered the role of a Bond villain in the 1980s.

    From our own @jamesbondlive on Twitter:

    RIP Rutger Hauer. An iconic actor who will forever be remembered for his role as Roy Batty in Blade Runner. In 1984, he was offered the part of Max Zorin in A VIEW TO A KILL but turned it down. He wanted to play 007 instead.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,997
    My favourtie movies of his is still LadyHawke, with Matthew Broderick and the gorgeous (but when has she not been ?) Michelle Pfeiffer.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    RIP Rutger Hauer

    It's a shame Hauer wasn't cast in a Bond opus. Hauer starred in "Hobo with a Shotgun", a deliciously shoclky, ultra violence film, and is one of my favourites.
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    Posts: 654
    He was also in WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE (1986), an actioner that is “very” loosely based on the Steve McQueen TV western. Gene Simmons played the middle eastern terrorist in that one!
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited July 2019 Posts: 25,203
    Hauer made some memorable films, Blind Fury 1989 I had on VHS a decent film.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited July 2019 Posts: 25,203
    Rutger Hauer dissects his iconic “tears in rain” Blade Runner monologue
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2019-07-25/blade-runner-tears-in-rain-speech/amp/
    Interesting read, I like and agree with Hauer's logic
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    RIP Rutger Hauer, iconic actor in many great roles. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    Rest in peace, Rutger Hauer.

    It's time to watch The Hitcher.
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