Dustin Hoffman was reputedly the original choice to play Deckard.
Philip K. Dick claimed that footage of the film was exactly what he had
envisioned when he wrote the book. However, Ridley Scott, who was notorious
for having gotten exactly the visual look he wanted, claimed to have never
read Dick's source novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
A female gymnast was hired as a stunt double for Daryl Hannah in the scene
where Pris attacks Deckard, but director Ridley Scott rehearsed the scene so
many times that when they were ready to shoot the scene she was too exhausted
to do anything. The scene was filmed with a male gymnast that they had been
able to track down during the lunch break.
Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty) improvised the "Tears in the rain" bit of his final
speech.
The moves that Roy plays to checkmate Tyrell are from a famous game played in
1851 by the German chess master Adolf Anderssen. It is known to chess
enthusiasts as "The Immortal Game" where Anderssen does actually sacrifice
his Queen in order to force checkmate the very next move as in the movie.
SPOILER: At some point of the movie, each replicant has a red brightness in
their eyes (Rachael in Deckard's home, Pris in Sebastian's). Deckard also has
the shining in his eyes while talking to Rachael in his house.
SPOILER: All the replicants are called by their forenames and the humans are
called by their surnames. Rick Deckard is called by both his forename and
surname.
|
