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Harry Bryant is the captain of the Rep-Detect department of the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) . His job in the film is to deal with a group of escaped [[Nexus-6]] replicants (who he refers to as "skinjobs") that have landed on Earth. Bryant considers civilians to be of little importance in his job, and his philosophy is "you're either a cop or little people".
  
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|image = Bryant-0.png
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|status = Alive|nationality = American
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|race = Human
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|gender = Male
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|hair color = Brown
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|eye color = Blue
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|occupation = Captain of Blade Runner Unit
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|affiliation = [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]
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|portrayed = [[M. Emmet Walsh]]
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{{Quote|You're either a cop or little people.||Blade Runner}}
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'''Harry Bryant''' was the captain of the [[Blade Runner (police)|Blade Runner Unit]] of the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] who assigned ex-[[Blade Runner (police)|Blade Runner]] [[Rick Deckard]] to return to his job and retire [[Six renegade replicants|six]] escaped [[Nexus-6]] [[replicant]]s.
   
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==Biography==
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At the film's start, his top Blade Runner,[[ Dave Holden]], has been put in hospital, barely able to breathe. He needs to get [[Rick Deckard]] - his best ever Blade Runner, now retired. It seems little persuasion is required to make Deckard get back on the job, and Bryant sends [[Gaff]] out to "arrest" Deckard and bring him to Bryant. While Bryant at first makes attempts to be friendly, their meeting soon boils down to pure business as he briefs Deckard on the replicants that he needs to take down: [[Leon]], [[Zhora]], [[Pris]], and [[Roy Batty]].
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After Bryant's top [[Blade Runner (police)|Blade Runner]], [[Dave Holden]], was shot and critically wounded by the replicant [[Leon Kowalski|Leon]], Bryant sent [[Gaff]] out to "arrest" Deckard and bring him to Bryant. While Bryant at first made attempts to be friendly, their meeting soon boiled down to pure business as he briefed Deckard on the replicants that he needed to take down: Leon, [[Zhora]], [[Pris]] and [[Roy Batty]].{{ref|br}}
   
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Bryant and Gaff later meet Deckard near a streetside bar after he retires Zhora. Bryant is more friendly to Deckard, boasting to Gaff that he could learn from him. However, his lack of humanity in regard to Zhora's death and the effect it has Deckard is noticeable, as he jokes about it despite noticing the effect it has on Deckard. He also informs Deckard that he now needs to retire [[Rachel]], who has gone rogue after learning her true replicant identity. He then wishes Deckard good luck and leaves the bar.
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Bryant and Gaff later met Deckard near a streetside bar after he retired Zhora. Bryant was more friendly to Deckard, boasting to Gaff that he could learn from him. However, his lack of humanity in regard to Zhora's death and the effect it had Deckard was noticeable. He also informed Deckard that he now needed to retire the experimental replicant [[Rachael]], who had gone rogue after learning her true replicant identity. He then wished Deckard good luck and left the bar.{{ref|br}}
   
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==Behind the scenes==
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Bryant was played by [[M. Emmet Walsh]]. In [[Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human]], Bryant dies from health problems shortly after attending Gaff's funeral. It is revealed that he also removed files on the sixth replicant (a discrepancy fixed in the Master Cut) in a conspiracy between the UN and the LAPD to take down [[Eldon Tyrell]]/Rosen's business. Deckard meets Bryant in his office, and Bryant is a video image of himself, claiming to be in the hospital with an infection. Deckard realizes that the image is a persynth (an image simulation of Bryant based off of his personality and behavoir) and later learns that Eldon's niece, Sarah Tyrell, killed Bryant because she was the real one behind the conspiracy, and Bryant was innocent.
  
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[[Ridley Scott]] cast [[M. Emmet Walsh]] as Bryant based on his performance in ''[[wikipedia:Straight Time|Straight Time]]''. Walsh was inspired by his father and grandfather when playing the role.{{ref|fn}}
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Walsh stated that Bryant's stomach was "shot all to hell" and that he liked to see other people drink because he could not. These are the reasons why Bryant offers Deckard two glasses of whiskey and does not drink any himself.{{ref|fn}} Similarly, the [[A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner|comic book adaptation]] states that Bryant has a liver problem and enjoys having Deckard "have a drink for another man."
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Walsh also contends that Bryant's usage of the word "skinjob" was not intended to be bigoted until Deckard's narrations were written after Walsh filmed his scenes, during which the term was simply considered common slang for a replicant.{{ref|fn}}
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In a draft of the film, dated February 23, 1981, it is Bryant rather than Gaff who appears on the rooftop after Roy Batty dies.{{ref|fn}}
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==Appearances==
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*''[[Blade Runner]]''
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*''[[Blade Runner 2019]]''
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**Issue #3 (mentioned only)
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"You're either a cop or little people."[src]

Harry Bryant was the captain of the Blade Runner Unit of the LAPD who assigned ex-Blade Runner Rick Deckard to return to his job and retire six escaped Nexus-6 replicants.

Biography

After Bryant's top Blade Runner, Dave Holden, was shot and critically wounded by the replicant Leon, Bryant sent Gaff out to "arrest" Deckard and bring him to Bryant. While Bryant at first made attempts to be friendly, their meeting soon boiled down to pure business as he briefed Deckard on the replicants that he needed to take down: Leon, Zhora, Pris and Roy Batty.[1]

Bryant and Gaff later met Deckard near a streetside bar after he retired Zhora. Bryant was more friendly to Deckard, boasting to Gaff that he could learn from him. However, his lack of humanity in regard to Zhora's death and the effect it had Deckard was noticeable. He also informed Deckard that he now needed to retire the experimental replicant Rachael, who had gone rogue after learning her true replicant identity. He then wished Deckard good luck and left the bar.[1]

Behind the scenes

Ridley Scott cast M. Emmet Walsh as Bryant based on his performance in Straight Time. Walsh was inspired by his father and grandfather when playing the role.[2]

Walsh stated that Bryant's stomach was "shot all to hell" and that he liked to see other people drink because he could not. These are the reasons why Bryant offers Deckard two glasses of whiskey and does not drink any himself.[2] Similarly, the comic book adaptation states that Bryant has a liver problem and enjoys having Deckard "have a drink for another man."

Walsh also contends that Bryant's usage of the word "skinjob" was not intended to be bigoted until Deckard's narrations were written after Walsh filmed his scenes, during which the term was simply considered common slang for a replicant.[2]

In a draft of the film, dated February 23, 1981, it is Bryant rather than Gaff who appears on the rooftop after Roy Batty dies.[2]

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blade Runner – all versions
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner – Revised & Updated Edition
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