Rutger Hauer's 'Tears in the Rain' Speech From Blade Runner Is an Iconic, Improvised Moment in Film History

Rutger Hauer's 'Tears in the Rain' Speech From Blade Runner Is an Iconic, Improvised Moment in Film History

Esquire-Entertainment·2019-07-25 01:39

Blade Runner is widely considered one of the most influential films of all time. Ridley Scott's 1982 vision of Earth in 2019 remains one of the most groundbreaking visual depictions of a near future—one that today's films still attempt to recreate. But, that film's finest moment comes near the end, when dying replicant Roy Batty, played by Rutger Hauer, delivers what is known as the "Tears in the Rain Monologue."

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