Rutger Hauer

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q213574: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Blade Runner (1982); Flesh and Blood (1985); The Hitcher (1986); Batman Begins (2005); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Keetje Tippel; Ladyhawke; Soldier of Orange; Turkish Delight.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

RoboCop (1987): 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Flesh and Blood (1985), which they acted in: Flesh and Blood ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). Flesh+Blood is the failure that led Verhoeven to Hollywood and RoboCop, where he built entertainment around his interests.
    “from this film on, he figures out how to take everything he's interested in and put it into the body of a conventionally entertaining Hollywood movie”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:49:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Batman Begins (2005), which they acted in: Batman Begins ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The remake is part of the grounded-and-serious wave that followed Nolan; the speakers say this film marks the end of it.
    “The Batman begins effect.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:47:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (9) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Rutger Hauer → The Hitcher. After the Verhoeven split Hauer leaned into villain roles like The Hitcher and Ladyhawke.
    “He makes like the hitcher and Lady Hawk”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:37:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Rutger Hauer → Blade Runner. Hauer's Blade Runner villain made him fear typecasting.
    “I love him in Blade Runner so much.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:39:09 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power → Rutger Hauer. Hauer later played a king in Scorpion King 4.
    “Because Rucker Howard is also placing playing a king.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:40:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Paul Verhoeven → Rutger Hauer. Hauer was his constant leading man in Dutch films and has not worked with him since.
    “who is his constant collaborator in the Dutch movies, and not since.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:23:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Rutger Hauer → Paul Verhoeven. Hauer and Verhoeven fought on Flesh+Blood because Hauer wanted to play a hero after Blade Runner and they never worked together again.
    “Howard was so pissed off that Verhoeven wouldn't let him be like a fucking matinee idol hero because he was afraid of being typecast after Blade Runner”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:36:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Paul Verhoeven → Rutger Hauer. Hauer wanted to play a hero but Verhoeven wanted a morally ambiguous villain.
    “He also wanted Rucker Hower's character to be very morally ambiguous and villainous.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:31:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

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