Ridley Scott Says Blade Runner 2049 Will Tell Us If Dekkard is A Replicant
Despite suggesting that we might never get a definitive answer regarding the true nature of Rick Dekkard, Ridley Scott has told IGN that Blade Runner 2049 will, once and for all, say whether Dekkard is a replicant.
Asked whether Denis Villeneuve’s film will answer the question, Scott said: “Oh, it was always my thesis theory. It was one or two people who were relevant were… I can’t remember if (screenwriter) Hampton (Fancher) agreed with me or not. But I remember someone had said, ‘Well, isn’t it corny?’ I said, ‘Listen, I’ll be the best fucking judge of that. I’m the director, okay?’ So, and that, you learn — you know, by then I’m 44, so I’m no fucking chicken. I’m a very experienced director from commercials and The Duellists and Alien. So, I’m able to, you know, answer that with confidence at the time, and say, ‘You know, back off, it’s what it’s gonna be.’ Harrison (Ford), he was never — I don’t remember, actually. I think Harrison was going, ‘Uh, I don’t know about that.’ I said, ‘But you have to be, because Gaff, who leaves a trail of origami everywhere, will leave you a little piece of origami at the end of the movie to say, ‘I’ve been here, I left her alive, and I can’t resist letting you know what’s in your most private thoughts when you get drunk is a fucking unicorn!’ ‘ Right? So, I love Beavis and Butthead, so what should follow that is ‘Duh.’ So now it will be revealed (in the sequel), one way or the other.”
So that sounds like Scott always had Dekkard pegged as a Replicant and met some resistance – Harrison Ford has always said that he didn’t consider Dekkard to be a model Nexus 6 – but now, despite Villeneuve saying the sequel might ‘not necessarily’ answer the question – which is not a denial – it seems like we may finally have an answer.
Blade Runner 2049 is in cinemas on Oct 5th.
