'Blade Runner': Where Are They Now?

Twenty-five years ago, Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' roared into our lives and never left. In honor of the 25th anniversary, Warner Bros. plans to release 'The Final Cut,' presumably the final final word on what the director intended. We're celebrating our own way: We tracked down the film's stars to see what they've been up to since they made sci-fi history.

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Harrison Ford

Then: Ford plays Rick Deckard, the titular "blade runner," a retired L.A. cop circa 2019 who is forced back into active duty when four rogue "replicants" (human clones) escape from a space colony and terrorize Earth. His job: terminate them.

Harrison Ford

Now: After a recent trio of box-office and critical duds, Ford is once again back in the saddle ... literally. At age 64, he's reprising his role as everyone's favorite horse-
riding, Nazi-beating archaeologist in 'Indiana Jones 4.' Apparently, he isn't "getting too old for this s**t."

Edward James Olmos

Then: Deckard's partner Gaff indulges in quite a few oddball character quirks, among them colorful attire, a passion for origami and a language known as "Cityspeak," which Olmos himself made up largely out of Hungarian -- including a phrase translated as "Horse dick! No way, you are the Blade Runner."

Edward James Olmos

Now: He hasn't had a big film role since 1988's 'Stand and Deliver' (for which he earned an Oscar nomination), but Olmos isn't complaining. The former 'Miami Vice' and 'American Family' star can now be found in deep space -- for just one more season -- as Commander Adama on 'Battlestar Galactica.'

Sean Young

Then: Although author Philip K. Dick envisioned Victoria Principal (TV's 'Dallas') as Rachael, the role ultimately went to Young. Rachael is a good-hearted replicant who thinks she's human and falls in love with Deckard, who just so happens to be the No.1 decimator of replicants ever. Oh, the irony!

Sean Young

Now: Since packing "heat" as a male football player turned female cop in 1994's 'Ace Ventura,' she's remained mostly under the radar, popping up in the occasional TV movie or as a guest on 'CSI,' 'ER' and 'One Tree Hill.' Next up is the feature film 'The Man Who Came Back.' She doesn't play "the man."

Rutger Hauer

Then: As replicant leader Roy Batty, Hauer instantly became one of sci-fi's most complex and memorable antagonists. Sure, he may kill occasionally, but Batty just wants to live longer than his pre-
programmed four-year lifespan. Is that so wrong? He's like a creepier, blond version of Frankenstein.

Rutger Hauer

Now: Though he drew raves as Batty, the Dutch actor only scored a couple more successes ('Ladyhawke,' 'The Hitcher') in the '80s and '90s before settling for mostly second-rate action flicks. He's been seen a bit more lately, with small but effective roles in 'Batman Begins' and 'Sin City,' and will next star in 'Goal! 2.'

Joanna Cassidy

Then: Cassidy's first major film role came in 'Blade Runner' as the scantily clad "skin job" (that sexy synonym for replicant) Zhora, with whom Harrison Ford's Deckard shares an exhilarating chase scene. Her assassin is known to "take the pleasures of the snake," a hobby better off left to the imagination.

Joanna Cassidy

Now: Cinematical recently reported that Cassidy re-shot some scenes for the 'Blade Runner' 25th anniversary edition DVD -- and said she still fits into her character's threads. Otherwise she's been seen more on TV, earning her second Emmy nomination for 'Six Feet Under' (as Brenda's psycho mother) in 2006.

William Sanderson

Then: He plays J.F. Sebastian, a replicant designer with sympathies for their plight. He's not sympathetic enough to actually assist Roy and Pris, but he's certainly conflicted. "There's some of me in you," he tells the pair when they find him and demand his help.

William Sanderson

Now: Maybe you remember him as lovable redneck Larry on 'Newhart' (his famous line: "I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl. This is my other brother Darryl") or as deceptively simple mayor of 'Deadwood' E.B. Farnum (his lines from that show are unprintable). Either way, Sanderson is a memorable dude.

Daryl Hannah

Then: She's Pris, an acrobatic punk princess, one of the revenge-seeking replicants that Ford's Deckard is on a mission to track down. She and her similarly bleached-
blond boyfriend, fellow menacing humanoid Roy Batty, are a couple you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.

Daryl Hannah

Now: After making a, um, splash as Tom Hanks' mermaid dreamgirl in 'Splash,' Hannah had a nice career in the '80s in rom-coms ('Roxanne'), of-the-moment drama ('Wall Street') and weepies ('Steel Magnolias'). She made a recent comeback as evil Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' series.

James Hong

Then: Hong dons a parka for his brief scene as Hannibal Chew, designer of replicants' eyes for the Tyrell Corporation; but nothing can shield him from his chilly interrogation at the hands of Batty and Leon Kowalski (Brion James). It isn't shown, but does Chew get killed shortly after their encounter? The eyes have it.

James Hong

Now: You may not recognize the name, but surely you know him as "that Asian guy" who pops up nearly everywhere: as an evil sorcerer in 'Big Trouble in Little China,' the Chinese maître d' on 'Seinfeld,' Tia Carrere's dad in 'Wayne's World 2.' And he's still working, with recent guest spots on 'King of Queens' and 'Bones.'

Ridley Scott

Then: The up-and-coming director of 'Alien' was reportedly so demanding on the set that the crew had T-shirts made with the saying "Will Rogers Never Met Ridley Scott," a reference to Rogers' famous quote that he never met a man he didn't like.

Ridley Scott

Now: Apparently, Russell Crowe likes Ridley Scott. After collaborating on the Oscar-winning 'Gladiator' and the not-so-Oscar-winning 'A Good Year,' the two will team for this fall's 'American Gangster,' the 2008 spy thriller 'Body of Lies' (co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio) and 2009's 'Nottingham.'

Joe Turkel

Then: His Dr. Eldon Tyrell, god-like creator of the replicants, meets a gruesome fate when Batty gouges his eyes out.
Now: Turkel, who also played the bartender in 'The Shining,' hasn't done much since 'Blade Runner'; but he is not, as a 1996 book reported, dead. He lives in California, where he writes screenplays.

M. Emmet Walsh

Then: Lauded character actor Walsh plays Deckard's boozy boss, Captain Bryant.
Now: Walsh became part of cult-classic history with a pivotal role in the Coen brothers' 'Blood Simple.' And he keeps on ticking -- racking up more than 180 film and TV roles, with six projects in the works even as we speak.

Brion James

R.I.P. James was Leon Kowalski, the murderous escapee who prompts Deckard to get back into the replicant-hunting game and who utters the line "Wake up! Time to die!" The military vet played many a villain, plus Gen. Munro in 'The Fifth Element'; he died of a heart attack in 1999, at the age of 54.

The Brat Pack

In our hearts, Molly Ringwald is still clad all in pink, and Judd Nelson's still telling that joke about the naked blonde with the poodle under her arm. Whatever happened to the members of the Brat Pack? Hang out with that elite crew of '80s hotshots -- then and now.
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