Blade Runner Tommy Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Pacino, and Burt Reynolds. One role that was not difficult to cast was Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty, the violent yet thoughtful leader of the replicants. Scott cast Hauer without having met him, based solely on Hauer's performances in Paul Verhoeven's movies Scott had seen ("Katie Tippel", "Soldier of Orange", and "Turkish Delight"). Hauer's portrayal of Batty was regarded by Philip K. Dick as "the perfect Batty – cold, Aryan, flawless". Of the many films Hauer has made, "Blade Runner" is his favorite. As he explained in a live chat in 2001, ""Blade Runner"
Blade Runner (franchise) opposed to 'creature features'. The tone of "Alien: Covenant" in particular has been noted as having a much more "Blade Runner" than "Alien" feel to it. A joint universe has not been publicly endorsed by Ridley Scott though he has indicated future "Alien" films will lean further towards the use of A.I. On December 12, 2012, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of "Blade Runner", Joanna Cassidy, who portrayed the replicant Zhora Salome in the film, released a short film on her YouTube channel entitled "What Might Have Been: Snake Dance". Directed by Paul Sammon, based on