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) his true nature, as his body is about to shut down. Eleven minutes and eleven seconds in length, the film has won multiple awards. "Slice of Life" is an upcoming short film set in the fictional universe established by "Blade Runner" (1982), set in 2019, the same year as the events of "Blade Runner". Made without the use of computer-generated imagery, the film was developed over the course of three years, directed by Luka Hrgović and written by Anton Svetić, with a budget of $30,000 to be raised of Kickstarter. When completed, the film is due to be approximately 25–30