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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2017 6:39:06 GMT
I understand others were considered for Blade Runner actually.
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Post by shadylady21 on Mar 30, 2017 7:22:58 GMT
As much as I like Ford, at the time the character could have easily been played by someone else. Who I don't know, but the story, sets, and director are the real stars of Blade Runner. IMO
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2017 7:33:49 GMT
As much as I like Ford, at the time the character could have easily been played by someone else. Who I don't know, but the story, sets, and director are the real stars of Blade Runner. IMO Pacino, Falk, and Hackman pique interest as well. |
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2017 7:35:45 GMT
Perhaps Connery or Nolte.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2017 7:36:25 GMT
And mitchum was considered as well.
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Post by shadylady21 on Mar 30, 2017 7:40:23 GMT
As much as I like Ford, at the time the character could have easily been played by someone else. Who I don't know, but the story, sets, and director are the real stars of Blade Runner. IMO Pacino, Falk, and Hackman pique interest as well. Hard to say how these things turn out. I read that Bruce Willis was the eighth person asked to star in Die Hard. The first if you can believe it was Burt Reynolds. It's always an interesting topic of conversation to talk about. Who would have been better etc. |
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2017 7:41:23 GMT
Pacino, Falk, and Hackman pique interest as well. Hard to say how these things turn out. I read that Bruce Willis was the eighth person asked to star in Die Hard. The first if you can believe it was Burt Reynolds. It's always an interesting topic of conversation to talk about. Who would have been better etc. I apologize for the posts. |
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Post by Times Up on Apr 2, 2017 1:28:15 GMT
I doubt it, really. Ford really has that dead pan thing down. His brief role in Apocalypse Now he was perhaps more replicant than Dekkard. Pacino I could see, but he always has to have over the top moments. Curious if he could remain restrained the whole film.
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Post by conspirologist on Apr 2, 2017 2:49:26 GMT
Ford was a good choice. He was perfect as a decadent and charismatic Dekkard. Anyway I see Dekkard as somebody more macho, who is used to work alone and rely only on himself, like Selleck, Russel, Bridges, Nolte.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 2, 2017 2:59:15 GMT
Sure, somebody could have played him or played Indiana or Hans BUT they would not be the same and they are just so darned good as they are.
Thing is, it's nigh unto impossible to replace the image of a character once an actor has successfully become that character.
That's a large part of the problem with re-makes and sequels where a different character is cast in a very key role.
Amazing that Harrison Ford IS so many iconic characters and yet he is rarely cited for his acting skills.
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Post by hi224 on Apr 2, 2017 3:06:10 GMT
Sure, somebody could have played him or played Indiana or Hans BUT they would not be the same and they are just so darned good as they are. Thing is, it's nigh unto impossible to replace the image of a character once an actor has successfully become that character. That's a large part of the problem with re-makes and sequels where a different character is cast in a very key role. Amazing that Harrison Ford IS so many iconic characters and yet he is rarely cited for his acting skills. I am also suprised he never gets cited at all, physical acting can often be just as effective as emotional range and all of those characters are all so vastly different as well. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 2, 2017 3:09:42 GMT
hi224add John Booker to the list of incredibly good Ford guys. Witness is another of those great but rarely mentioned films in his filmography.
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Post by hi224 on Apr 2, 2017 3:11:43 GMT
hi224add John Booker to the list of incredibly good Ford guys. Witness is another of those great but rarely mentioned films in his filmography. Mosquito coast as well. |
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Post by hi224 on Apr 2, 2017 3:13:29 GMT
hi224add John Booker to the list of incredibly good Ford guys. Witness is another of those great but rarely mentioned films in his filmography. Mosquito coast as well. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 2, 2017 3:15:09 GMT
hi224I need to re-watch Mosquito Coast. That was a rather odd movie that begs for a re-visit. It's neglected partly because it's not a "blockbuster' action film.
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Post by hi224 on Apr 2, 2017 3:19:15 GMT
hi224I need to re-watch Mosquito Coast. That was a rather odd movie that begs for a re-visit. It's neglected partly because it's not a "blockbuster' action film. Yeah now mind you i give him a win regarding blade runner and i love his performance but always love pondering. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 2, 2017 3:25:21 GMT
No Problem with Pondering. It happens to the best of us.  |
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Post by cineastewest on Apr 2, 2017 5:37:57 GMT
The Deckard character isn't particularly interesting or exciting. You hear all this stuff about the hero of a thousand faces or character arcs or the active protagonist, well, in "Blade Runner," Deckard basically gets nudged around like a badminton cock. He's not particularly smart or intuitive. To me, he's more like a bored civil servant than some action hero cop. Robert Mitchum would have been good at that point in his life because he would be good as the bored civil servant. Honestly, I think almost anyone could have played the role. But actors like Gene Hackman would never have taken the role because the dialogue sucks and there's no real character to speak of in the Deckard character.
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Post by Dayodead on Apr 2, 2017 5:56:41 GMT
James Caan, Tommy Lee Jones, Christopher Walken or, oddly enough, Rutger Hauer might have worked as Deckard...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 2, 2017 6:15:04 GMT
hi224This from Blade Runner Trivia Page "Dustin Hoffman was the original choice to play Deckard, although he wondered why he was asked to play a "macho character". According to Ridley Scott, Hoffman was interested, but wanted to make it a whole different kind of character. According to Paul Sammon, other actors considered for the role included Tommy Lee Jones, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds, William Devane, Raul Julia, Scott Glenn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall, Judd Hirsch, Cliff Gorman, Peter Falk, Nick Nolte and Christopher Walken. Martin Sheen was offered the role, but he turned it down, as he was exhausted, having come off Apocalypse Now (1979). "
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