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‘Blade Runner’ Star Rutger Hauer Took Exception to His Character Roy Batty Being Labeled a Villain (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

The very best villains don't see themselves as villains. :)

In Batty's case, he was born into slavery. Sanctioned slavery. Bryant tells us that they hijacked a shuttle to escape and killed the entire crew, but is that even true? Or just another manipulation by Bryant?

Certainly Batty and the others would see killing a shuttle crew to escape slavery as necessary, even if it DID happen...