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"
Versions of Blade Runner Versions of Blade Runner Seven different versions of Ridley Scott's 1982 American science fiction film "Blade Runner" have been shown, either to test audiences or theatrically. The best known are the "Workprint", the "U.S. Theatrical Cut", the "International Cut", the "Director's Cut" and the "Final Cut". These five versions are included in both the 2007 five-disc Ultimate Collectors Edition and 2012 30th-Anniversary Collector's Edition releases. There also exists the "San Diego Sneak Preview Cut", which was only shown once at a preview screening and the "U.S. Broadcast Cut", which was edited for television broadcast. In the 2007 documentary "Dangerous Days: