Rutger Hauer, the actor who brought Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic Blade Runner to life with an unforgettable monologue, has died. He became a multi-millionaire doing several years of Guinness ads and worked constantly in Europe and the US on film and in television in LadyHawke, Buffy the Vampire Slayer amongst many others and more recently in True Blood, and The Sisters Brothers.
He was born 23 January 1944 at 6.18pm Breukelen, Netherlands into an acting family. He had a fascinating chart with a hard-working 6th house Aquarius Sun in an Air Grand Trine to a volatile and ambitious Mars Uranus in Gemini in his 10th trine Neptune, formed into a Kite by Sun opposition Pluto North Node in Leo – which last became the drivers of his chart. Influential certainly and quite hidden, drawn to horror movies with Mars Uranus Pluto Neptune as well as sci-fi. He had a lighter side from a flamboyant Venus in Sagittarius in his entertaining 5th house trine an enthusiastic Jupiter in Leo in his 1st.
He didn’t have a superstar career but he made quite an impact.
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Starred in arguably the best Dutch film ever, Soldier of Orange
Rutger was incredibly frightening, as John Ryder in “The Hitcher”. The film was based on the serial killer of The
Doors’ “Riders On The Storm”.
“Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shores, burning with the fires of Orc.”
One of my favorite lines. The fear on Chew’s face is unmistakable.