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| − | This article details the minor characters in the film ''[[Blade Runner]]''. |
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| + | |created by = [[Tyrell Corporation]] |
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| + | |hair color = Brown |
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| + | |age= |
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| + | |death= 2019 |
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| + | |status= Deceased, fried by an electro-field |
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| + | |gender=Female |
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| + | |race=[[Replicant]], model [[Nexus-6]] |
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| + | |featured=''[[Blade Runner]]'' |
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| + | |portrayed=[[Stacey Nelkin]] |
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| + | '''Mary''' is a character cut from ''[[Blade Runner]]''. She was renegade [[replicant]], among the [[Six renegade replicants|six]] led by [[Roy Batty]]. |
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| + | [[File:Mary_Replicant_-5.png|thumb|Stacey Nelkin in her screen test for Pris|267x267px]] |
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| − | <div class="notice metadata" id="spoiler">'''[[spoiler|Spoiler warning]]: ''Plot and/or ending details follow.'''''</div> |
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| + | Mary was to be portrayed by [[Stacey Nelkin]], who originally auditioned for [[Pris]]. However, she was written out of the script during an early stage of production due to a [[wikipedia:1981 Writers Guild of America strike|writers' strike]]. She was reportedly based upon the ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' character [[Irmgard Baty]] and was to be a mother-figure, nanny-type replicant, performing housework and childcare duties. She would have been present for the outer colony escape, but the sequence was scrapped in favour of an opening crawl. |
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| + | When Mary was excised from the script, this created a small problem: Bryant should be saying that there are three remaining replicants ([[Roy Batty]], [[Pris]] and [[Rachael]]), not four. Rather than re-shoot this scene, they rearranged the scenes during editing and put [[Rick Deckard|Deckard]]'s confrontation with [[Leon Kowalski|Leon]] after he bought his Tsing Tao, so that the four remaining Replicants would be Roy, Pris, Leon, and Rachael. However, this created its own errors: |
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| − | == Bryant ([[M. Emmet Walsh]]) == |
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| + | * In previous cuts of the film, when Deckard is buying his Tsing Tao and later talking to Bryant, he has a scrape on his face from his fight with Leon before it's even happened. This was fixed in ''The Final Cut''. |
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| − | Bryant is the captain of the Rep-Detect department of the Los Angeles police department. 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. His top Blade Runner, Holden, has landed up in hospital, barely able to breathe. These Nexus 6 Reps are good. He needs to get in Deckard - his best ever Blade Runner, now "retired." It seems little persuasion is required to make Deckard get back on the job. |
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| + | * Since he now buys his bottle before he fights Leon, it should be there while he's fighting Leon, but it is not. The bottle mysteriously reappears when he gets back to his apartment. Considered a "beloved flaw" by Scott. |
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| − | == Chew ([[James Hong]])== |
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| + | *[[Hodge]] |
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| − | Chew works for the Tyrell Corporation. His job is to create the eyes for the replicants. In the film, as he is creating his artificial eyes, he receives unwelcome guests. As an eye designer for Tyrell, Chew designed the eyes of Roy and Leon. They find out from him who can get them into Tyrell's inner sanctum. It is unlikely that Chew survives the encounter, (nor presumably whoever was tending the store out front.) |
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| − | == Gaff ([[Edward James Olmos]])== |
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| − | Gaff, a mysterious character in the film, presents his compulsory invitation to Deckard in a street lingo called Cityspeak, (much of it invented by actor [[Edward James Olmos]]) which Deckard pretends not to understand. |
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| − | We learn quickly that Gaff is very different from Deckard. He dresses quite differently and behaves quite differently. He makes subtle observations about Deckard, sometimes by making little origami figures, and sometimes through his unfriendly comments. |
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| − | == Holden ([[Morgan Paull]])== |
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| − | Our first introduction to both the [[Voight-Kampff machine|Voight-Kampff test]] and also what the Replicants will do to achieve their goal. The eye at the beginning is supposed to be Holden's (although it isn't actually Morgan's eye). |
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| − | Holden is the Blade Runner testing new employees at Tyrell's on the premise that the escaped Reps might try to infiltrate there. He underestimates the Nexus 6 Replicant. It seems that the new replicants are difficult to detect even with the Voight-Kamp machine. |
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| − | Holden gets shot. He gets his gun partially out, but is shot again. Leon leaves him for dead. |
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| − | There were two hospital scenes with Holden and Deckard in the film, but these were cut out due to not adding anything to the story, (and perhaps detracting from it even). This scene can be viewed in the documentary ''[[Blade Runner#Documentaries|On the Edge of Blade Runner]]'', which is expected be on the Blade Runner Special Edition DVD. It is expected one or perhaps even both scenes will appear in a "deleted scenes" section on the new DVD. |
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| − | == Taffy Lewis ([[Hy Pyke]])== |
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| − | Taffy Lewis is the owner of Taffy's Snake Pit Bar where much entertainment occurs. There is music, exotic dancing, something being smoked in pipes. But the place isn't downmarket - all the clientele seem to be well dressed. Taffey is obviously used to policemen and has little time for them. Deckard's threats don't wash with him and he dismisses Deckard with a free drink. |
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| − | Deckard invites Rachael to join him, but she says its not her kind of place. Deckard then sees Zhora and waits for her backstage, before gaining access to her (shared) dressing room through a quickly thought up deception. After she discovers Deckards intentions, she punches Deckard, and escapes. After a chase through the Los Angeles streets, Deckard shoots her three times, killing her. |
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| − | Leon turns up (presumably to meet his "girlfriend" after she finished her performance). Luckily for Deckard, Rachael decides to come down to see him after all, where she finds Leon attacking Deckard. Rachael shoots Leon in the head and kills him. |
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| − | == Dr. Eldon Tyrell ([[Joe Turkel]])== |
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| − | Dr. Eldon Tyrell is a genius who has built up the large [[Tyrell Corporation]]. His creations are Replicants. Some of them given away "free" to people accepting the offer to emigrate to the Off-World colonies. Others are used in combat to protect those settlers, (from what, we don't know). Roy Batty, along with J.F. Sebastian, finds Tyrell and kills him by crushing his skull. |
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Revision as of 03:13, 8 January 2020
Mary is a character cut from Blade Runner. She was renegade replicant, among the six led by Roy Batty.
Stacey Nelkin in her screen test for Pris
Mary was to be portrayed by Stacey Nelkin, who originally auditioned for Pris. However, she was written out of the script during an early stage of production due to a writers' strike. She was reportedly based upon the Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? character Irmgard Baty and was to be a mother-figure, nanny-type replicant, performing housework and childcare duties. She would have been present for the outer colony escape, but the sequence was scrapped in favour of an opening crawl.
When Mary was excised from the script, this created a small problem: Bryant should be saying that there are three remaining replicants (Roy Batty, Pris and Rachael), not four. Rather than re-shoot this scene, they rearranged the scenes during editing and put Deckard's confrontation with Leon after he bought his Tsing Tao, so that the four remaining Replicants would be Roy, Pris, Leon, and Rachael. However, this created its own errors:
- In previous cuts of the film, when Deckard is buying his Tsing Tao and later talking to Bryant, he has a scrape on his face from his fight with Leon before it's even happened. This was fixed in The Final Cut.
- Since he now buys his bottle before he fights Leon, it should be there while he's fighting Leon, but it is not. The bottle mysteriously reappears when he gets back to his apartment. Considered a "beloved flaw" by Scott.