All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Patreon)

Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982) outtakes.

Rutger Hauer described the original monologue [by screenwriter David Peoples] as "opera talk" and "hi-tech speech" with no bearing on the rest of the film, so he "put a knife in it" the night before filming, without Ridley Scott's knowledge.

Rutger Hauer reduced the text to 42 (!) words and added the famous line "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain".

Who was the true protagonist of Blade Runner? Without a doubt, Roy!