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) "Dust to Dust", an 8-issue comic book limited series serving as a prequel to the events of both "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968), "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (2010). The series was written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler. detailing the days after World War Terminus. The series was marketed with a sneak peek of an eight-page digital preview which was released on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. A replicant is a fictional bioengineered or biorobotic android in the "Blade Runner" franchise. Virtually identical to adult humans, replicants typically have superior