Blade Runner star Edward James Olmos says he ad-libbed the picture show's well-nigh iconic line and was surprised Ridley Scott didn't terminate up cutting it. Olmos starred in the cult classic 1982 sci-fi movie as Gaff, a fellow Blade Runner in the aforementioned department as Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard. A mysterious and shadowy figure who pops in and out of the movie, Gaff uttersBlade Runner'smost iconic line. In i of the movie'southward final scenes, he tells Deckard: "Too bad she won't live. But, then once again, who does?"

It is considered one of the most profound lines from a sci-fi movie as it sums upwardsBlade Runner's primal themes of identity, existentialism, and what it means to be human being in just a few words. Despite appearing on screen for just a fraction of the running time, Olmos' Gaff is i of the best-remembered characters, partly due to that line, and the actor even reprised the function in Denis Villeneuve'southward 2017 sequel,Blade Runner 2049, actualization in a unmarried scene opposite Ryan Gosling'southward replicant M. At present, Olmos has revealed that his famous line didn't originally appear in the script.

Speaking toThe AV Gild, Olmos reveals that he ad-libbed Gaff's iconic line. Calling information technology "wonderful," Olmos adds that he couldn't believe that manager Ridley Scott decided to continue his ad-lib in his terminal cut of the movie. Olmos goes on to explain why he advertizement-libbed the line, revealing he was the "only one" who knew that Deckard was a replicant, and felt it was a subtle hint at the character's true nature. You can read his full comments below:

AV Club: You also just have one of the all-time lines in a fantastic movie: "It'south likewise bad she won't alive, but then again, who does?"

Olmos: I wrote that. It was really fun. I but couldn't believe when he left information technology in.

AV Social club: Oh wow, I didn't know that!

Olmos: Yeah. Information technology's a wonderful line. "It'south too bad she won't alive, but then once again, who does?" And "You've done a man'due south job, sir." I think that was 1 of the lines that they wrote. "You've done a homo's job." And so I go walking away and I go, "Too bad she won't alive, but so again, who does?" I knew that [Deckard] was a replicant. See, I'm the simply i that did at that moment in time. The very terminal moment that Deckard'south on screen—they changed it when they got into editing, but they went back to the original. There are iv or v different cuts, but if you go to [Ridley Scott'due south] final cut, at the end when Deckard's leaving his house and Rachel goes into the elevator, he looks down and sees the origami unicorn. He realizes [Gaff] was in that location. Because that origami is something that I made; information technology was my signature. So he picks it upward, looks at it, and information technology's a unicorn, which was his dream. So he knows that I know his dreams at that moment. But no one ever pronounced it. And for many years, people said, "No, Deckard was non a replicant." People have argued about this and so much over the years. And Ridley finally came out and he said, "Yeah. Deckard was a replicant." That'south why Blade Runner 2049 was the awakening.

For audiences, information technology'south clear why Scott would have wanted to continue the line inBlade Runner, equally information technology really is a succinct and poetic encapsulation of the movie'south central themes. Clearly, though, as a young actor still about the beginning of his career, Olmos was worried that he might accept added in something that Scott wouldn't accept wanted. Now, though, Olmos clearly appreciates the poesy of the line, and is proud enough to take ownership of it equally one of the best quotes fromBlade Runner.

That line isn't all Olmos brought toBlade Runner, every bit he reportedly came upward with a lot of Gaff'southward backstory, and helped invent the futuristic Los Angeles street linguistic communication that he uses in the movie. But with this revelation, it could be argued that his greatest contribution to the movie was this advertising-libbed line, as information technology helped Bract Runner attain its place equally a sci-fi classic, one which audiences keep returning to almost xl years after information technology was start released to theaters.

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Source: AV Club

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