Rutger Hauer- Interview (Bladerunner) 1982 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]

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[@DCHurlford1]

His " Tears In The Rain" speech at the end of Blade Runner has gone down in movie history.

[@educateme8455]

All those moments will be lost in rhyme..like Tearsinrane. I never got it tbh.

[@RearAdmiralTootToot]

@@educateme8455 "all those moments lost, like tears in the rain." means, we were more than the sum of our parts, and the water that came out of our eyes was more than just water, but a byproduct of consciousness and feelings.

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

And rightfully so. It’s one of my favorite monologues ever. To think he rewrote what it started as, into this brilliant monologue the night before the shoot of the scene.

[@chadwickwright2833]

It’s “Tears in Rain.” Cheers!

[@Cerph]

One of the most amazing/iconic death scenes in motion picture history.

[@juerv1]

Rutger Hauer - maybe the most interesting international actor of the Eighties. This talent and charisma is unmatched.

[@landline00]

He's so elegant and gentle.. a true gentlemen!

[@booishoois309]

Yea that would be Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@jenssonntag908]

International from your standpoint!

[@juerv1]

@@jenssonntag908What does this mean?

[@chenzenzo]

We miss you Rutger. ❤

[@domtwaites3436]

Interviewer: "Did I mention that you're handsome?"

[@desertrose1226]

I think she wanted to sit on his knee! I can't say I blame her lol...😊😊

[@enermaxstephens1051]

@Barry Lyndon But you weren't? What exactly are you saying?

[@enermaxstephens1051]

@Barry Lyndon Well you know... that's enough. hahaha

[@darianrose2195]

The meeting of Anthony Hopkins' and Anthony Head's faces is Rutger Hauer's. So good looking.

[@StudMacher96]

@@desertrose1226ayoooo

[@mogznwaz]

Such a legend, I can't believe he's gone ☹️

[@covmiss1]

i know the year he died my sister was saying he was due at a convention type thing , im 48 and was 13 when i first liked him. I didnt get the chance :( my dad passed the following year xx

[@desertrose1226]

@@covmiss1 That’s sad. It’s so hard losing a parent..my mother passed in 2020 too. A year after Rutger. Very sad years for me both ‘19 and ‘20.

[@desertrose1226]

Mysterious, scary, handsome (she's right, he's an extremely handsome man!)...intelligent and enigmatic, Rutger Hauer is a Dutch legend. He is so polite and sweet in this interview too...I've seen many interviews with him, he's quite cheeky at times! He's my fav actor. That face of his is like a work of art..expressionfull...

[@kidsundance9021]

Uneducated pig

[@desertrose1226]

@@kidsundance9021 ok then mr/miss clever pants tell me how educated you are! Fuck off, you woke pos!!

[@kidsundance9021]

@@desertrose1226 delete your disgusting immoral comments. Learn some decency

[@varalderfreyr8438]

@@kidsundance9021 It isn't decent to call someone a pig.

[@silverkitty2503]

i want him

[@desertrose1226]

This beautiful man is no longer with us. This is how I remember him now. Young beautiful and the world at his feet. RIP sweet handsome and charming Rutger x

[@fpformation4227]

Handsome, charming, polite! He was awesome! RIP

[@desertrose1226]

He was very polite and almost shy when he was young! As he got older he got more brazen and confident, and swore a lot more! Lol...he was amazing though at any stage.

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

A great actor. His performance in Blade runner and his epic monologue sealed it for me. I knew I had to follow his career after that.

[@isabellerajottecorpo]

I was an extra and had the joy to work next to him a full night doing an horror movie ,he was so gentle ,not pretentious ,very simple . So sad he is gone now .

[@desertrose1226]

Saw LadyHawke yesterday omg he takes my breath away in this film. No actor more handsome than him then and now. He was like an otherworldly being!

[@TheBerylknight]

That film is amazing. One of the most underrated movies out there.

[@judyabott6260]

I remember first time I have seen ladyhawk and it was a love from the first sight ❤he was the most handsome man I have ever seen.

[@Kernsp4lt]

"Tears in rain" most iconic monologue - great legacy!

[@Etendard1708]

As a man I admire him.. softspoken, humble and handsome. I always wanted to be like him. And women loved him. Just a fantastic actor

[@arckocsog253]

Fucking handsome. Rare blond with pale blue eyes and blond eyebrows. Beautiful lips. Tall, lean. Mesmerizing, mysterious. Jesus, he's 10/10.

[@desertrose1226]

It's nice to see so many people admiring Rutger's handsome features, I thought I was the only younger person who liked such features, not many of my millennial gen like Rutger's manly looks! I do think his look is rare. I've never saw nor met a man who looked anything similar. He was darling!

[@wangson]

Yup. That dude had looks to kill. He must've been an absolute Ladykiller in his day!

[@theartist124]

I remember seeing him in Nighthawks (1981) and he was terrifying, then when I saw him in Blade Runner I realized, that he was a true top level actor and like most I was blown away, I instantly started following his career, a true legend and amazingly talented! He had a blog a decade or so before he died, it was really cool, he traveled around America on a motorcycle with his dog, there was a really funny video he posted, where he was eating lunch outside at a restaurant in Big Sur (California) called Nepenthe, he's filming the surroundings and then pans down to show his dog on the ground with water, then pans up to his face and he gives that little wry sideways smile he was known for, it looked a mischievous, it was so funny and great!

[@rolandrothwell4840]

He always kept a home 🏡 in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 because he couldn't ever quiet cut the cord with the mother country.

[@robertjohnston8690]

@@rolandrothwell4840 When you have enough money you can keep a home in many places that you like.

[@robertjohnston8690]

In Blade Runner I really didn't see his character or the other protagonists of his group as villains, they were cold blooded but the were given a very raw deal from the start and were in Danger every second they spent on earth.

[@CannibalWHORE22]

One of my favorite actors. Even if the movie wasn’t good, he was always amazing. I miss him very much and upset I never got to meet him.

[@GJinc]

That shirt is GODLIKE.

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

I love his answer. From his point of view he is just trying to live. It’s why his performance was so good. He totally embraced his role. A great actor. I think the best villains are ones that believe what they are doing is right. Blade runner was such a great movie. I still enjoy watching it every couple years.

[@solangedavis866]

Rest in Peace Rutger.

[@michellerene951]

I just watched Nighthawks for like the 20th time. I've been a fan of Rutger's ever since I first watched Nighthawks when I was 14 in 1981. Miss him. So humbled he was. 🙏❤⚘️

[@rogier6039]

She was just one drink away from saying 'rip my clothes off now!'

[@desertrose1226]

Can't say I blame her! I wasn't even born then but I'd have fancied him rotten! Gorgeous man...just gorgeous!

[@elizesfrancea8361]

He's makes crazy look attractive Can imagine him in 50 shades of grey. But then I always imagined him in the german army.

[@desertrose1226]

@@elizesfrancea8361 oh my!! That is the stuff of my fantasies Rutger as Christian Gray wow ha ha!!

[@Overlorddz]

I figure she had seen him in Turkish Fruit.

[@schwaaitalia]

Binge watching his interviews in memorium. RIP

[@Cloudstrike_]

Rutger Howard was ahead of his time. Terrific actor and highly underrated. Rest in Peace.

[@ronaldbrands7318]

Rutger Hauer is his name and was for my generation in the sixties the first Dutch (Nederlands) actor that we all loved, playing a knight that faught for getting back his castle in a Dutch tv series called 'Floris' that stayed with most of us all of our lives. Still in black and white off course.

[@ronaldbrands7318]

Rutger Hauer as Floris his first television part as a knight with a castle on a Horse fighting with his sword together with his friend a middle east magician on a smaller Horse against the villans of that period of time. In black and white and about 20 years of age that he was then.

[@Cloudstrike_]

@@ronaldbrands7318thanks for sharing I want to see this.

[@dave6386]

Rest In Peace Rutger! Captain!

[@rampageclover9788]

A character actor in a leading man's body...

[@rolandrothwell4840]

I love this guy such a talented actor. He is greatly missed and the Dutch are so proud of him. He never left the Netherlands 🇳🇱 permanently because he loved his home 🏡 please was Soldier of Orange 🍊 which is a pacey spy film about a true story of a Dutch resistance fighter. Rutger Hauer play rhe lead hero!

[@Etendard1708]

Love Soldier of Orange. I always felt it was Paul Verhoeven's underrated gem. People always talk about the Black Book (his late work), but Soldier of Orange (his first work) is already interesting. Poor Guus.

[@rolandrothwell4840]

@@Etendard1708 yes i love the story because its one of heroism and facing down evil against a mighty aggressor. Its woven into legend of WW2.

[@loetzcollector466]

The Vampire Lestat as envisioned by Ann Rice.

[@gtboard]

Rutger Hauer in the Hitchhiker is great!

[@wiredwebmaster]

Believe it's called "The Hitcher"

[@desertrose1226]

The Hitcher. My fav movie of all time I love everything about it, it also doesn't hurt that I find John Ryder so damn hot.

[@timothysmith160]

and C.Thomas Howell, lest we forget..

[@jimnoxious5671]

He is so damn scary in that movie.

[@ansionnachbeagrioga5260]

Excellent thriller.

[@ExistentialNights]

I love the interviewers thirst!! 😂😂😂

[@desertrose1226]

Ha ha 😄

[@angelinajoanie]

The thirst is real with this one.😉 He was one fine piece of man meat and I am not usually attracted to blond men.

[@angelinajoanie]

Sarah I get you, I understand but this interview was many, many years ago. It was a different time, not our “#me too” era and yes I was objectifying him with my comment but from my point of view it is an appreciation of his beauty, may he RIP.

[@desertrose1226]

@@angelinajoanie tbh I’m a sucker for the good looking blond men but tbh not many are- especially nowadays. Rutger is the most handsome man though I’ve ever seen.

[@angelinajoanie]

@@desertrose1226 agreed🥰

[@tovolume]

20 years ago, Rutger’s co star from that same movie Briton James who played Leon another replicant passed away

[@Norrbottning]

He took every so called villain role and played them to the fullest

[@andrehb]

she doesn't really understand the movie, she still thinks in terms of bad guys vs good guys

[@dmhogan4239]

andré bruinsma I agree, she seemed to have a simplistic view of the movie. I know that my viewing of the movie was informed by the short story (I’m a fan of Philip K. Dick) but it seemed to me that anyone would realize that wanting not to die or be killed would not make someone a villain. The androids were a race of slaves whose 4 year life span was put on them to force them to be more concerned about survival than gathering political power.

[@robinsalario4372]

she did not see it yet. it is sayd in the beginning. i am dutch and i miss him. he was a great person.

[@ElectroIsMyReligion]

He was cool as hell

[@hillena]

" All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."...I can't believe it is 3 years already

[@jarmyvicious]

What a great clip!

[@giadalebani5881]

And he got the part in Ladyhawke! Such an amazing movie

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Rutger Hauer was a brilliant actor. My personal favorites were of course "The Hitcher" and "Wanted Dead or Alive."

[@aperturefilm]

The hitcher is classic

[@desertrose1226]

@@aperturefilm scary AF. Can’t watch it even tho I love it.

[@covmiss1]

mine too x

[@rolandrothwell4840]

I loved/love him best in Blade Runner as Roy Battey a replicant who is trying to survive being hunted by Harrison Ford. Its emotional and gripping. Please watch some of Rutger's Dutch films which are very good and depicts him so differently. He is often the hero or lover being so very handsome. Soldier of Orange he is magnificent as a Dutch resistance fighter (its a true story about a national hero) who fights the Nazis but pretends to be on their side. The film 🎥 was released 1977.

[@StudMacher96]

The hitcher is a masterpiece. Rutger was made for that role. So creepy without even trying to be

[@ninaneykova4879]

My god, he is sooo handsome!

[@robchrystal]

Every time l raise a glass of Guinness , there’s always a nod to Rutger :)

[@theartist124]

Guiness is Irish🤣

[@robchrystal]

@@theartist124 Think of the advert . Black kit bleached blond hair, he was the pint of Guinness . Brilliant marketing :)

[@theartist124]

@@robchrystal Ahhhh, never saw it, I'm in America, thank you!

[@robchrystal]

@@theartist124 No worries, It was Brilliant stuff. Will be on YT :)

[@covmiss1]

@@theartist124 rutger hauer did a very long campaign of Guinness adverts they were like mini episodes of PURE GENIUS :)

[@wendyjones6077]

She is completely preoccupied with his sex appeal and repeatedly say so, in so many words. I met him at a horror movie convention when he would have been in his late 60s and even then, in person, he WAS dead sexy. I suppose the poor woman was bowled over here. hahaha She should have tried to be a bit more personal. It is funny to see him realizing that he has "got her". He must have been used to it.

[@desertrose1226]

I have a feeling in those days Rutger wasn't into personal stuff I think he could be a little shy when he was younger. I know if I'd been in this girls shoes I'd have been trembling and very shy myself. He was dreamy and so striking ..intimidatingly so!

[@larvancioramos9748]

Those WET panties were enough

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks

[@hazor777]

Great Actor - when “acting” was still relevant. So many great, memorable roles: The Hitcher , Blade Runner, Night Hawks , Lady Hawke, which were the more commercially viable films. Seems like he didn’t get as much of a visible opportunity after the 80’s , though he was in a lot of films.

[@Mollysky1]

So talented he was, that his career even survived that shirt!

[@covmiss1]

i love that shirt lol x

[@williamr3840]

@@covmiss1 Yeah, so do I! Suits him completely -- looks like a big owl face. :0)

[@MrOctober44]

When you look like him you can pull it off.

[@desertrose1226]

@@MrOctober44 true… he was definitely the most handsome blond. Not many blond guys look like that that’s for sure…

[@CrepeSuzetteDance]

Just found my new music festival shirt

[@leomiles1]

Amazing... Such a deep understanding of played character... That reminds me of Daryl Hannah's blunder on one of Kill Bill interviews, where she told she played "creature from cosmos" in Blade Runner.

[@carromacumba]

Perfect!!💎

[@pokeybloke7237]

Way too much class for the motherly interviewer!

[@robinceuleers5595]

Today our Actor yesterday died... Rip Rutger 😭😭🥀

[@rosemarypetrilli582]

He was extremely Handsome!

[@zarmindrow5831]

like beers in rain

[@iamsovereign2612]

The interviewer missed the whole point of the movie. The replicants had more humanity than the humans. They just wanted to live free and not be slaves. Deckard guns down unarmed sentient beings in cold blood. Deckard is the villain.

[@ricky302v8]

Killing J F, a person who had been nothing but nice to you makes you the hero sure.

[@iamsovereign2612]

@@ricky302v8 jf sebastian was part of the process that limited the replicants life spans. Tyrell used Sebastian to control replicants. He had to die to stop others suffering the same fate.

[@desertrose1226]

Deckard is very unlikeable. He is definitely no hero.

[@MrOctober44]

Lol. You're talking about someone who probably saw the movie once. How many movies did you misinterpret or miss plot devices after one viewing? This is well before the internet, blogs, KZbin, audio commentaries, etc discussing and analyzing every single moment.

[@evanescapades2513]

Wow!!!

[@muskiwolf]

What an amazing baller shirt he's wearing

[@richardcollins6684]

Humble Actor!

[@TelevisionWarrior]

its interesting, he seems to have the same thought gesters, speed, and delivery of speeking...usually its totally different . . .seems like its Roy Batty in the interview I love it! and to see that he has a heart for batty

[@Kenji_Hirai]

RIP

[@donaldjtrump8379]

RIP Roy

[@TheRetroEngine]

He slipped up, "they find 6, er 5..." See, there were six replicants.

[@onvemywayli8718]

Rutger Hauer gives the best an actor can offer. I laughed when i saw the i feel flattered expression on his face when the interviewer said you are a extremely handsome man. BTW his official group on facebook deserves More Awareness. So just drop by the Rugter Hauer official on facebook and say hello, he needs his fans.

[@wcdrobbo4483]

onvemyway li very nice comment

[@Mossyz.]

That shirt tho !!!!

[@steverakes6182]

Years ago and before he had made an American film, I rented a foreign movie on VHS called Daisies with Rutger as the leading man. The movie was fairly lame, but Rutger must have left an impression on me because sometime later I saw him in a early role here in the US and was a huge fan thereafter. Fly with the angels my friend.

[@macrograms]

he's always been interesting? Wow - he has always been interesting! :)

[@williamr3840]

Great actor. :0)

[@mrXx9252]

That's the most alpha jumper ever Full stop!

[@thehoneyeffect]

The thirst was real lol, I cant blame her

[@davetaylor9075]

I've always been so impressed by what an awkward, unprepared interviewer she is.

[@twomindz79]

Bobby ? She's a legend. 50 years doing this .

[@radamesboscolo]

Grande e unico.come lo jugger.

[@fifimsp]

Beautiful Man.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

He resembles what I imagine a Norse god might look like. Also, that's the sort of shirt one wears to show off the broad shoulders.

[@pedrodaniel8897]

Meu como ele era bonito , digo dono de uma beleza rara e viril .

[@samsonmaximus2951]

The badder the actor, the handsomer he is.

[@yikes7607]

The watermark on top of *HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE* is a crime...lol

[@mtjanglefins781]

We have to root for the real human, don’t we? The look in his face says it all! “Real human, huh? We’ll see…”

[@faithcastillo9597]

Roy Batty was not a villain. He did some villainous things, but he was no villain. And even though Roy was a replicant, he possessed some very human traits, and his character grew. Ultimately, he wanted what we all want: to live, to live well, to be happy, to love and be loved. Anti-hero, perhaps, but no villain.

[@analog_ape]

Replicants were designed to live for four years, an early example of planned obsolescence if you ask me

[@vikingking1]

Rutger!!!!!!

[@petrajuarez6108]

He was so good looking ...and good manner actor you will be miss..🙋

[@davedogge2280]

He was a handsome man looking back. In Bladerunner he looked a little manic and intimidating instead. He's English is excellent and Dutchies speak excellent English usually.

[@StudMacher96]

Dudes eyes are terrifyingly intimidating 😂😂😂 he was the best at being a bad guy. Every German dude is like Rutger

[@kithu1231]

I am playing observer redux now...long live the legend 🙌

[@FingerBreakerWu]

The Dutch are the nicest people in the world...at least in Amsterdam.

[@arnaudgerard1971]

The times were simpler * but we don't hold it against them :)

[@Boycott_for_Occupied_Palestine]

Who's the woman interviewer doing the interviewing of Rutger Hauer? We did not seem much of her in this footage which is a great pity.

[@thelaborpeasant]

Really digging the Majora's Mask shirt A true man of taste

[@MatimoreAgain]

😍😍

[@anthonyleighton4754]

a dutch master even great voicing over the lurpak adverts - u k

[@veerchasm1]

Goldfrapp called, they want their moo moo back 😂

[@CatSamurai99]

Captain Navarre - Ladyhawke

[@medusa9984]

still the best movie😉and best soudntruck in ladyhawk🥰by the way only super cool peopel like that movie😜💪

[@gavinburns9516]

He was gonna play Max Zorin in a view to a kill but producers decided late on to give the part to Christopher Walken, shame he would've made a great Bond Villain

[@TheBerylknight]

He would have. Though Walken did a great job in the role as well.

[@gavinburns9516]

Jeremy Dale tbh Walken as Zorin is pone of my favourite bond

[@TheBerylknight]

@@gavinburns9516 He was a good one no doubt about it.

[@isengrim99]

What a pleasantly quaint interviewer

[@jjf609]

Was that a slip regarding the # of replicants?

[@the_zenclimber]

Nope, Harisson Ford was a replicant as well.

[@rickrolledtruth5834]

that new blade runner just keeps the older version goin... and not saying nothing but his owl shirt.... just saying

[@comadrejasarpias7632]

the owl ....right.......who knows........once you are into the mistery religions......it is mindblowing......like seeing the world for the first tme.......with new eyes........

[@desertrose1226]

comadrejas arpías mistery religions?? What?

[@Math-in4dd]

is too handsome

[@pedrovanius2025]

🤜🏻🤛🏻🇧🇷

[@kevinbell3700]

Is that the telephone or her knickers that are ringing? #MeTooTramp

[@partytor11]

A frustrating interview. Rutger seems to be interested in talking philosophical meanings and systemic critiques of Blade Runner yet the interviewer keeps derailing his thoughts towards an objectification of him and his character as merely an object or even villain with sexually gratifying characteristics.

[@desertrose1226]

Men have been doing this to women for years. Rutger was hot, and she thought so! Here, Rutger was intelligent and shy. Later on he toughened right up.

[@thomaskeane6495]

The presenter had a lovely speaking voice. What was her name, please?

[@edgarcia4794]

She really likes him...alot.

[@OMG_BeCkY]

Hubba Hubba!

[@Boycott_for_Occupied_Palestine]

I would have liked to see the interviewers face as well. My imagination is telling me she's good looking as well.

[@Raymond-ww3lz]

Nice shirt