Q 01/05

Rutger Hauer was considered for the lead in which 1987 film but judged too large to move comfortably in its suit?

A) Predator

B) Spaceballs

C) RoboCop

D) Innerspace

Answer · why

C) RoboCop

RoboCop went to Peter Weller instead. Its director, Paul Verhoeven, was the man who had given Hauer his screen debut in the Netherlands.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the fugitive replicant leader Rutger Hauer played opposite Harrison Ford in Blade Runner?

A) Leon Kowalski

B) Roy Batty

C) Rick Deckard

D) Eldon Tyrell

Answer · why

B) Roy Batty

Roy Batty dies in the film's Los Angeles of 2019, which turned out to be the very year Hauer himself died.

Q 03/05

Which director cast Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner without meeting him, after seeing three of his Dutch films?

A) Ridley Scott

B) James Cameron

C) John Carpenter

D) George Lucas

Answer · why

A) Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott knew him only from Paul Verhoeven's Dutch dramas. One of the screenwriters later credited Hauer and Harrison Ford with offering ideas abo...

Q 04/05

Which author, whose novel became Blade Runner, called Rutger Hauer perfect as its lead replicant?

A) Isaac Asimov

B) Arthur C. Clarke

C) Ray Bradbury

D) Philip K. Dick

Answer · why

D) Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick called him cold, Aryan and flawless in the part. The novelist died shortly before the film's release, but was pleased by a 20-minute te...

Q 05/05

Which creature does Rutger Hauer's dying replicant hold during his rooftop farewell speech in Blade Runner?

A) A tawny owl

B) A white dove

C) A black snake

D) A grey rat

Answer · why

B) A white dove

A white dove flies up at the moment the character dies. Hauer had rewritten the speech himself and presented his words to the director on set before f...