Blade Runner considered several Hollywood legends before casting Harrison Ford

Blade Runner is one of the most influential sci-fi masterpieces, but Harrison Ford would not have been chosen for the leading role without Ridley Scott's help.
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‘Blade Runner,’ ‘The Thing,’ ‘E.T.’ and the legacy of 1982’s summer sci-fi movies

When John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was released in 1982, it bombed. Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” by contrast soared, becoming a national phenomenon. Still, the two share a bond in Chris Nashawaty’s new ...
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43 Years Later, Ridley Scott’s Genre-Defining Sci-Fi Scores Big on Digital

Ridley Scott is responsible for some of the most influential sci-fi blockbusters of all time, but 43 years ago, he debuted a legendary epic that’s still talked about to this day. In 1982, Scott teamed ...