Rutger Hauer Chimes In on 'Blade Runner' Sequel & Why Movies Today “Lack Balls” | THR News - video Dailymotion

The veteran Dutch actor spoke to THR at the Berlin Film Festival, where he is promoting his new film, the biblical action drama 'Samson.'

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00:00I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

00:06Dutch actor Rutger Hauer cemented his presence in cinematic history with his

00:10self-written Tears in the Rain speech in Ridley Scott's original Blade Runner.

00:13In Berlin, to promote Pure Flix's biblical action drama Sampson, the actor spoke to

00:18THR about his favorite roles, what he thought of the Blade Runner sequel, and why

00:21films today lack balls. When asked by Scott Roxburgh if he had seen Blade Runner 2049,

00:27Hauer replied, I sniff and scratch at it. Though he admitted that the new movie looks great,

00:31he couldn't quite reconcile why it was necessary. He elaborated by saying,

00:35I just think if something is so beautiful you should leave it alone and make another film.

00:39Don't lean with one elbow on the success of what was earned over 30 years in the underground.

00:44Hauer went on to explain why he felt the movie would not work. In many ways,

00:48Blade Runner wasn't about the replicants, it was about what does it mean to be human.

00:52It's like E.T., he said, but I'm not certain what the question was in the second Blade Runner.

00:56It's not a character-driven movie and there's no humor, there's no love, there's no soul.

01:01You can see the homage to the original, but that's not enough to me.

01:04The actor also shared some opinions on how the film industry has changed since he started his

01:08career in the 1970s. The big movies now are such an industry where the money has to come back

01:13as soon as possible, he mused. With a little movie, you have a little more room to move.

01:17The eye of the director and the point of view of the filmmaker has suffered in big films

01:21in the past decades. I look for hard balls, and I don't see much balls in most films today.

01:26Hauer may be in his 70s, but he is still taking on challenging roles. For example,

01:31Samson's father in Samson, which was just released stateside. Of the experience of shooting

01:35the biblical action drama, Hauer revealed,

01:38It was 40 degrees on a hill with fake hair put all over my body. That was what it was like.

01:43But the story is great. We all know it, but it's been told in a really adventurous action way.

01:47It keeps moving. And like many actors, Hauer still has a very specific career goal he'd like to achieve.

01:53I really want to direct, he confessed. Actually, that's what I originally wanted to be. A director,

01:58not an actor. I've had about 12 projects that all went south for some reason. I've got a script

02:02now. It's called Rain Dogs. It's a killer story. A killer father looking for his daughter. And it

02:07ends with a smile. I think it's a good script. I just need a producer to take it on.

02:12To read Scott Roxburgh's full interview with Rutger Hauer, head to THR.com. And tell us,

02:16do you agree with his thoughts on Blade Runner 2049 and the films of today? Let us know in the comments.

02:21For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.