William Hurt dead at 71
 

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That's too and, feels like out of nowhere, as far as we the public are concerned. I also didn't realize he was only 71, that seems young for such a long, full career.

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I’m not surprised. He’s been sick for years and hasn’t looked well. His cancer was terminal.

RIP. One of the greats.

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Wikipedia says:



I never heard anything about this.

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I didn't realize he was suffering from prostate cancer and his disease was terminal. The last project I saw him on was Black Widow and I couldn't tell if he was ill because he was de-aged.

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Wtf!? Rip

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I think they actually CG’d his looks in BW because of how sick he looked in real life. They wouldn’t really need to de-age him 5 years worth.

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That definitely looks artificial.


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Wow has face does look really fake. I haven't seen Black Widow since I saw it in the theater. A friend did give me the 4K disc for Christmas. Going to have to pay more attention to that.

Anyways, it's sad that another long-time great is gone.

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After the whole thing with Marlee Matlin, I kind of tuned him out.

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Sad. I always liked him. I didn’t know he was sick.

He was great in A History of Violence and The Big Chill.

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He was really the biggest movie star of the 80s, which is a trip thinking about it now. But he really was between Altered States, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Children of a Lesser God, The Accidental Tourist and Broadcast News he owned the decade like nobody has ever owned a decade, honestly.

God I love Broadcast News. What a great "elevated" rom-com that totally holds up. Broke my heart.

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RIP to one of the greats. My favorite role of his was in Mr. Brooks as the evil alter ego. Such an underappreciated thriller. Also had a small but powerful role in Into The Wild.

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Broadcast News is one of the all-time greats. RIP.

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I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to go with the star who was in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, Bladerunner, and Witness.

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Hurt was great, and definitely one of the great movie actors of the 1980s, but when I think “stars” I think of Ford, Schwarzenegger, Cruise, Murphy, Stallone, Murray, Reynolds etc

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William Hurt isn't a "movie star" by it's definition. He's not exactly popular for his leading roles - even in the 80s when he had his most success.
"Let's go see the new William Hurt movie" - isn't something you'd hear anywhere.

Personally, I don't get excited over a movie because of a "movie star".

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I thought William Hurt was a good actor and I liked most of his work. But he was never a draw for me.

Body Heat was a great movie with him as the lead because he had some dynamic on screen chemistry with Kathleen Turner.

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Damn that's too bad. Really great actor. One of the few believable at playing doctors or scientists. He definitely had a starring run in the 80s but continued to do interesting work no matter the size of the role. Prostate cancer can be a real sneaky bitch if its not caught early.

At first I thought he had been in that great miniseries Chernobyl but then realized that was Stellan Skarsgard.

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RIP he was a good actor and you welcomed his presence whenever you saw him on screen.

I remember him from Smoke a 90's movie nobody ever saw and the dad in Into the Wild.

I had Broadcast News on my dvr but erased it for space but will need to watch that.

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That's an unwelcome surprise for me. Been a fan since Altered States. RIP.

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He was also great in a dialogue-free performance as the hitman doing battle with a bunch of toy soldiers in the TV adaptation of Stephen King's Battleground.

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Rest In Peace, General “Thunderbolt” Ross. 🪦

My first memory of a film of his that stuck out to me was “The Doctor” (1991). Such a brilliant and memorable performance.

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Risky Business
Top Gun
The Color of Money
Cocktail
Rain Man
Born on the Fourth of July

I really enjoyed William Hurt. Sad that he’s gone.

Nobody went to the movies to see Hurt. He was a good actor who chose good projects to work on.

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i forgot about this. I watched the series when it originally aired and definitely enjoyed William Hurt’s episode the best. It was a little silly and doesn’t really feel like a Stephen King story but it was fun to watch regardless.