RIP Gene Hackman

[Wor-Gar]

Anna Nicole Smith as the baby sitter!

Wait -- she's dead too.

 

[Felinx]

I had no idea either....

Hackman as Indy... just don't see it.

Hackman would make a great Quint... maybe not Brody. He also would have been a good Mayor Vaughn.

Ironically Hackman shot a week as Mr. Robinson before being fired and replaced by... Murray Hamilton, who played Vaughn.

Though I do think that Vaughn's slimy and political simpleton vibe might have clashed a bit with Hackman's savvy intellectual (if slightly sinister) persona. Hamilton played those roles sooo well like in Capricorn One a couple fo years later.

How weird Hackman was Dustin Hoffman's friend and longtime roommate and had to see Hoffman explode to prominence in the same movie he got fired from, though the supporting role (and Oscar nom) in Bonnie and Clyde in same year would have softened the blow.

He would have been a great Quint and he did Lex L so wasn't against a really strong supporting role but they said "lead roles" in Jaws and Raiders, so I assume they meant Brody and Indy.

I don't see him as Indy at all as we know the character, Hackman was too contemporary in vibe for starters, but it would have tapped into Dobbs from Treasure of Sierra Madre (which Spielberg has mentioned as an influence) - a more scheming untrustworthy Indy, more like Belloq which might have been cool and more period 1930s.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Hamilton played those roles sooo well like in Capricorn One a couple fo years later.

Hamilton in Capricorn One? One of my favorite B-movies.... you're not remembering Hal Holbrook...?

 

[jsgord58]

I am taking this one hard. For such a great actor to die in such an undignified way, it breaks my heart.

 

[jsgord58]

My effing brother really made me angry right now when he joked that Gene's final role was as the Mummy because a portion of his remains were already mummified. "Hackman didn't do much with that role," my brother said. I canceled our breakfast which was to be this Saturday.

 

[screamingmetal]

Whatever happened it sounds like a tragic situation. Hackman was a legend. over the past couple of years I've been on a thriller movie kick, a genre that Gene appeared in a lot. So man great performances. RIP

 

[Felinx]

Hamilton in Capricorn One? One of my favorite B-movies.... you're not remembering Hal Holbrook...?

OMG brainfart - I clearly need to re-watch the terrific Capricorn One but not alone in this apparently.... Next it's going to be the mayor of Amity cameo-ing as Deep Throat in All the Presidents Men... oh wait...

Definitely a Joe Lo Truglio/Thomas Lennon situation (still convinced those two are the same person.)

 

[ebor]

So many memorable role for Mr. Hackman. RIP sir.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Next... Murray Hamilton replaces Hal Holbrook as Lt. Briggs in "Dirty Harry".


I'm surprised Hackman never did the cliche "angry Chief" role... he'd be perfect for it.