1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,400 Everybody wants to be like Rutger. 4 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,280 I always looked up to him. He had this body that could do anything. 5 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,520 I have directed some fifteen movies... 6 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,000 but he appeared in ten times as many. 7 00:01:55,120 --> 00:02:00,200 He was and will always be the most important actor in the Netherlands. 8 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,640 We had just travelled the world. 9 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,280 Since we no longer needed our RV, we decided to put it up for sale. 10 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,680 I kept it on my brother's country estate. 11 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,360 It was the perfect place to show it. 12 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,400 My sister-in-law cried out: 'Do you know who that is?' 13 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,160 'Dunno', I said. Never seen the man. 14 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,320 'It's Rutger Hauer from Turkish Delight.' 15 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,320 We had been away, travelling, so we had no idea. 16 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,800 The film was released that same year. 17 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:33,600 But we were halfway across the world, so we never heard about it. 18 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,480 So we bought the RV. 19 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,440 And in the back seat, there was this adorable little thing, sleeping... 20 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,240 in a little Oshkosh and with a head full of curls. 21 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,440 She was grumpy, because she just woke up. And that was Sanna. 22 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:54,800 For a good ten years, we saw Sanna and Pleun as our own kids. 23 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,960 I think it's very special... 24 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,840 for a mom to share her kids with us, since we didn't have any. 25 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,240 And that has never changed. 26 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,000 He loved kids and worshipped Sanna and Pleun. 27 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,520 Growing up, Rutger was my second dad. 28 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,720 We spent so much time together. 29 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,880 Sharing meals, having fun. 30 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:29,240 I mostly remember our adventures and silly holiday escapades. 31 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,120 Oh, you are filming? 32 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,560 You so are. 33 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,160 Tell us about a cute guy you know. 34 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,280 - Are you being filmed often? - Me? No. 35 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,560 Actually never. 36 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:15,440 This is all behind-the-scenes footage. 37 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,960 This is really old stuff. 38 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:24,160 But this shows how it really is in the industry. 39 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,400 What it's really like, not what it's supposed to be like. 40 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,640 I met Rutger through my brother Marius. 41 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:24,320 Rutger attended some poetry seminar at the theater in Heerenveen. 42 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:29,840 My younger brother was really into poetry, theater, authors and so on. 43 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,160 Then Marius called my parents... 44 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,160 asking if this stranded actor could spend the night. 45 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,440 'Of course he can. Sure.' 46 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:44,280 So, he came over to the house. And my mother had no idea who he was. 47 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,040 When she opened the guestroom... 48 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,520 there was this godly man lying in that bed. 49 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,440 And she yelled: 'There is a god in our bed.' 50 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,600 When Rutger woke up, we all had a great time. He felt at home. 51 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:02,480 In the end, he stayed for three days. That was how it all started. 52 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,280 My brother and Rutger instantly became very close friends. 53 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,400 So he spent a lot of time with Marius. 54 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,640 I was very much into textiles at the time. 55 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,080 One day, I told him I was off to Harlingen... 56 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,920 and search for items washed up on the shore... 57 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,920 to incorporate in my work. 58 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,240 'I'll join you', he said. 59 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,720 So off we went to Harlingen to scour the beach... 60 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:47,040 for materials I could use. It was a freezing cold February day. 61 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,440 And we went to Zeezicht café and had a hot chocolate together. 62 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,760 There he told me his entire life story... 63 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,600 even though I didn't know him at all. 64 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:01,880 But that was when I realized: This is the one. He's the one for me. 65 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,000 This is my man. 66 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:11,360 Then I went to visit him at his home in Siegerswoude. 67 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,440 And I was completely shocked, how can you live like that? 68 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,800 But I was touched by the alcove bed with its custom-made bed curtains. 69 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,040 They were blue with large, yellow sunflowers. 70 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,680 There was a kitchen, and he had a cat. 71 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,520 The stove was covered in clutter... 72 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,000 and there was trash piled up in the corner. 73 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,880 Eggshells, you name it. Such an awful and lonely place. 74 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,960 But he left something in his car, these giant theater shoes. 75 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,520 What are those, I thought. 76 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:50,160 They looked like they were size seven hundred. 77 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:55,240 But I guess he needed them for a play or something. 78 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,360 Young thespians Bernie Avery and Rutger Hauer... 79 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,880 graduated from the Amsterdam Academy of Theater and Dance... 80 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,840 and are now with the theater group Noorder Compagnie. 81 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,600 Why move so far up north? 82 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:20,680 Because I was very glad to even get an offer. 83 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:26,640 Once you graduate, you become part of the masses. 84 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,520 School is different from actual practice. Practice will prove... 85 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:35,480 whether you're any good. So that was part of the reason. 86 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:40,040 I mean, your private life is important too... 87 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:45,600 when you're involved in the arts. Theater isn't the be-all and end-all. 88 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,520 It's just one of the possibilities. I also like to write. 89 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:52,920 I want to expand my horizons. Do different things. 90 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,000 Time goes by much slower here. 91 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,560 Once you're here, you'll never want to leave. 92 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,800 I was 21 when I met Rutger, and 22 when we moved in together. 93 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,400 Looking back at it now, I was pretty young. 94 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:15,280 I wasn't even that interested in men. I was very career-oriented. 95 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,120 But the moment he came into my life, everything changed. 96 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,160 That was the start of 50 years together. 97 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,920 We never left each other's side. 98 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:34,000 happy birthday to you happy birthday to you 99 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,080 happy birthday dear Rutger 100 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,200 happy birthday to you 101 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,640 - Hip hip... - Hooray. 102 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,600 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 103 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,760 Thanks, Pleun. 104 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,840 - Congratulations. - Very funny, Hans. 105 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,160 Oddly enough, he never took any photos. 106 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,280 I always take pictures of everything. 107 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,400 But he never did. He just filmed everything... 108 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,760 with these mini video cameras. 109 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,200 Rutger was the person he was. He would jump off the bridge... 110 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,200 straight into the canals and in the Amstel river... 111 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,680 which were like an open sewer. 112 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:38,160 I was always swimming among the turds in the Amstel. I loved it. 113 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:46,760 I feel like, the second he came out of the womb... 114 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,080 he knew exactly who he was. He just knew as a little boy. 115 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,400 He was different than other kids. He always ran away. 116 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:57,720 He even walked to Schiphol Airport with his little sister... 117 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,760 while he was still in diapers. And that was quite a long walk. 118 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:08,680 Both of his parents were actors, so they would usually sleep in... 119 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,840 and let the kids fend for themselves. 120 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:17,320 He was always looking beyond the horizon. 121 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,200 I guess I was rather a wild child. 122 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,680 My first words were: Do you love me? 123 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,160 With a thick Amsterdam accent. 124 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,840 I remember my parents came back from an acting trip in Indonesia. 125 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,720 I was late with everything. I was late walking. 126 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:41,240 I was late talking. But the first thing I said when they came back: 127 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,400 Do you love me? 128 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,120 Rutger didn't really talk about his family. 129 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,200 You had to ask him specifically. 130 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,400 But Els says that I am very sweet. 131 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,360 She was our babysitter. 132 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,400 As a child, Rutger dreamed of fancy cars and amazing toys. 133 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:12,320 But all he got was a wooden toy car. He thought it was crap, of course. 134 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,160 So Pleun got spoilt rotten by him. He would always get the finest cars. 135 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:23,160 Awesome trucks and jeeps. He gave me a jeep when I was 5 or 6. 136 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,320 But he only gave it to me after he played with it first. 137 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,560 But soon after I played with it, it already broke down. 138 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,400 After his parents took him out of school... 139 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,280 he somehow ended up on a ship... 140 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:41,960 that sailed from Amsterdam all the way to the US and Singapore. 141 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,080 He was only 15, and working on this ship... 142 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,720 as a jack-of-all-trades, scrubbing the deck and whatnot. 143 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,640 Rut was a true sailor. The sea just called out to him. 144 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,200 If there was water in sight, he just had to get in. 145 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,480 Rutger may have been a world citizen... 146 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,000 but his true home was in Friesland. 147 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:28,000 That's where he spent all his summers growing up. 148 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,000 It's where he met me, Marius and my parents. 149 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,560 That's how he ended up in Friesland. 150 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,840 He was with the theater group Noorder Compagnie... 151 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,560 and toured the whole country. 152 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,240 But at the same time the TV series Floris was aired. 153 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:56,720 It was a total coincidence that I started to work with Rutger. 154 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,640 Two weeks before we started filming our show... 155 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,240 our lead actor Carol van Herwijnen... 156 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,760 didn't get permission from The Rotterdam Theater group... 157 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,040 so at the last moment we were left without a lead. 158 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,600 Action. 159 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,720 Take them away. 160 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,720 We were all so young. I was fresh out of theater school... 161 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,280 where I had learned nothing about acting. 162 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,720 But I remembered a close-up shot... 163 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:34,480 of Rutger that we filmed for his audition... 164 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:40,360 And we had said: 'What a handsome guy. Shame he can't act.' 165 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,760 That's what we thought back then. 166 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,520 Want some? 167 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,840 He often yelled: 'Close your mouth, Rutger.' 168 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,440 Because I would always look like this... 169 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:03,280 The first day on set I remember thinking: Well, here I am. 170 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,400 Then suddenly something clicked. 171 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,960 It was like being struck by lightning. 172 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:13,480 And I thought to myself: This is my friend. 173 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,760 - The camera. - Yes, this thing right over here. 174 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,840 I don't know why, but I knew it was my friend. 175 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,840 And I told myself to keep remembering. 176 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,600 Rutger had this restlessness about him. 177 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,080 He was always looking for something else. 178 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:02,520 Not necessarily something bigger or better. But other possibilities. 179 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,800 It was in his nature to say: 'If you want something, go for it.' 180 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:15,040 He was like that with everything: his cars, his motorcycles and boats. 181 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:19,640 Right up until the bailiff came knocking on the door... 182 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,360 because he had run out of money. 183 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,400 When things got better... 184 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,120 it was always a surprise to see what they would pull up in. 185 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:38,200 The object of his interest changed repeatedly. But it was his passion. 186 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:42,840 He loved everything that moved, everything with an engine. 187 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,920 Marius and Rutger took a welding course... 188 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:54,440 and welded entire cars together to go racing with the local boys. 189 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,800 And not just for the heck of it. They would often win. 190 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,360 Marius owned this very old BMW motorcycle. 191 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:10,120 So they bought leather biker jackets at the Waterlooplein flea market... 192 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,480 and sped through Amsterdam. 193 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,640 We were poor but blissfully happy. The world was our oyster. 194 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,720 Everything was new. Theater was at its absolute height. 195 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,880 Dutch cinema was about to break through. 196 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,600 It was an extraordinary time. 197 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,960 And we didn't have a care in the world. 198 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,760 Why don't we start? Yes, go ahead. 199 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,200 I didn't even want Rutger to audition. 200 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:23,240 To me, he was just a peasant fighter with a sword. 201 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,720 There was no way. 202 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:29,840 So I refused to let him come in and play the part. 203 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,640 Back to your positions right away. 204 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,280 I know him too well. No way. 205 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,840 But the producer said: 'Why don't you give it a try?' 206 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,480 Halt. Hold it right there. 207 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,480 Fifteen minutes later it was a done deal. 208 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:51,120 I was completely wrong about him. He was so perfect for that role. 209 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,760 All the other candidates we had in mind simply paled in comparison. 210 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,680 It was as clear as day: Rutger is the one. 211 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:04,680 Sure, but it's just a book. It's not all true. It's only a story. 212 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:11,440 The story is leading. It's a given. I'm not trying to be Jan Wolkers. 213 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,440 I'm not nervous about the sex scenes. They're part of it. 214 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,880 If you leave that out, you miss a huge part of their lives. 215 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,640 Turkish Delight worried me a little bit. We just started dating. 216 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,480 And he had to be very physical with Monique, who was so adorable. 217 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,000 But I figured it was just a job. 218 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,160 Who wants to repeat an intimate scene ten times? 219 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,800 I'm sure some wouldn't even be able to do so. 220 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:40,760 Some men would be affected. But Rutger wasn't one of them. 221 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,960 At the time Rutger was head over heels in love with Sien. 222 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,400 They would visit the set sometimes. 223 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,240 And then they would snuggle up in my bed. 224 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,360 She didn't really appreciate Ineke doing that. 225 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,600 It was part of the artistic process. That was her character's bed. 226 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,800 She didn't want another woman to sit on it. 227 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,440 I was very shy back then, almost afraid to set foot on the set. 228 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,920 The medium of film was sacred to me at the time. 229 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,800 Perhaps because I'm an artist myself. You're creating something together. 230 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,640 So, what is that woman doing there? 231 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,920 I never noticed any sexual attraction. 232 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,560 They just got along really well. 233 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,760 But we weren't in love. 234 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,880 That's what made our relationship so special. 235 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:44,680 We were like brother and sister. And we spent a lot of time together. 236 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:49,840 One day Rutger goes: 'There's a motorcycle for sale in Rotterdam. 237 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,560 Do you want to check it out?' 238 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,880 So we drove to Rotterdam in the jeep we used for Turkish Delight. 239 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:03,120 Our hair was blowing in the wind. I just thought it was amazing. 240 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,280 He bought the motorcycle for quite a lot of money. 241 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,920 He must have spent about half his paycheck on it. 242 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,520 So we arrive back in Amsterdam at the Rokin... 243 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,040 where our production office was located... 244 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,400 and he was absolutely exhilarated. 245 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,480 He parks his bike... 246 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:29,120 and walks in all excited. 'Come see my motorcycle.' 247 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,560 Everyone was like: 'Hold on. I'll be there in a minute.' 248 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,440 Motorcycle GONE. It was just awful. 249 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,120 Unlocked, uninsured. 250 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,160 He looked at us and said: 'Oh well, I HAD a motorcycle.' 251 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,400 Back to business. Unbelievable. 252 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:01,560 Freedom was very important to him. It was his lifeline. 253 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,080 He just did what he felt he needed to do. 254 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,200 So, he was always off on his motorcycle... 255 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:11,040 not wanting to be tied down, not even on set. 256 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,960 You wouldn't find him having breakfast with other Dutch actors. 257 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,520 No way. 258 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,760 He was probably daydreaming by some lake in the morning. 259 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:30,280 He was always looking for adventure. That's how we travelled the world. 260 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,720 We would go hiking in the Canadian mountains... 261 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,200 or tour across New Zealand during his time off. 262 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:43,520 We never stayed in hotels. Never. 263 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,880 We would park our RV anywhere... 264 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,560 and in the evening the stars would light up. 265 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,680 And it would almost make you believe God exists. 266 00:24:56,120 --> 00:25:00,520 I was always a bit apprehensive. I was different in that respect. 267 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,120 He was adventurous... 268 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,520 and always found a way to make it happen. But only just. 269 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:10,920 He only just managed to pass under that bridge. Or not. 270 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,280 He was absolutely fearless. 271 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,840 We didn't wear helmets in California. Our hair was thick with dust. 272 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,800 We would go out and have fun and suddenly he mentioned... 273 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,560 we have a premiere to attend. 274 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,480 But I need to wear something nice. 'Just wear a black T-shirt.' 275 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:38,640 But I am not like that at all. I wanted to dress up for a premiere. 276 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:46,720 That's what I loved most about us. Our super strong sense of adventure. 277 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,520 And some sort of urgency. It's funny looking back... 278 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,840 I feel the same way as him. 279 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,160 You only have one life to live after all. 280 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:00,960 Slimmie. 281 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,680 Slimmie. 282 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,960 We would always open our doors to ailing seagulls... 283 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:23,040 a three-legged goat, or stray dogs. We were surrounded by animals. 284 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,440 He attracted animals and kids like bees to honey. 285 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,960 They always preferred Rutger over me. He didn't have to do anything. 286 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,400 What do you want? 287 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,840 So this is our new barn. We set it up here... 288 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:45,480 to block that other building from our view. 289 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,760 And it works like a charm, as you can see. 290 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,160 The bunny tried everything to get in. 291 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:58,600 - Poor thing. - Look. It dug its way through. 292 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:06,880 I'm afraid to grab them. 293 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,920 Red means it's on, right? 294 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:29,600 - Gosh - See? Its eyes are still closed. 295 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,920 It's looking for the nipple. 296 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,360 How can it survive that long without milk? 297 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,040 Isn't it precious? 298 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,920 Let's return it to its brothers. 299 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,760 There. See you! 300 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,760 World War II fighter planes skim Valkenburg Naval Air Base... 301 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:01,840 to promote a period movie starring Rutger Hauer. 302 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,320 It was the spectacular presentation of the film Soldier of Orange. 303 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,400 I had cast Rutger as an SS officer... 304 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,920 later to be portrayed by Derek de Lint. 305 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,880 But when he auditioned for the role... 306 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,600 I asked him to also read for the main character. 307 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,920 And once again, he proved us... 308 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,680 we had been wrong for weeks. and Rutger should play the lead. 309 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:24,040 He never went out of his way for people. He wasn't a suck-up... 310 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,440 asking people how they were doing. Never. No. Never. 311 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,080 Which made people feel very insecure. 312 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,040 He didn't judge people either, and hated it when I did. 313 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,960 But that's just human, I think. He never did though. 314 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:02,160 If I did, he would say 'No need for that, Sien'. 315 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,880 In those days, Marius was always around. 316 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,800 He was studying in Amsterdam. 317 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:57,560 But he came over every weekend and stayed with them often. 318 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,960 Rutger and Marius were joined at the hip. 319 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,200 But he was also very close to his sister. 320 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,400 They would do fun stuff together... 321 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:15,120 working on odd jobs and small renovations. 322 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:42,520 Coming. That is excellent. 323 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,120 That wasn't so bad, was it? Yeah, not bad at all. 324 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:56,800 Marius and Ien, siblings, had a very close relationship. 325 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,600 And we would love to be around them. 326 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,800 We would have dinner together nearly every week. 327 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,640 Of course we would prepare the most exquisite meals. 328 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,200 Those were wonderful times. 329 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:18,840 - Here's to the Iron Heinrich. - Bon voyage. Bravo. 330 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,520 We were all just starting our lives. 331 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,240 And all of us lived life to the fullest. 332 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:32,120 One day Rutger and Hans decided to buy an old barge. 333 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:38,160 It was a giant, bulky ship That we named the Iron Heinrich. 334 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:42,720 They renovated it together and installed two campervans. 335 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:47,800 One for Rut and me, the other one for Hans, Ien and the children. 336 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,080 Don't move. 337 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,600 We also had to navigate that beast through the locks. 338 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,080 It was so much fun, running around the mudflats... 339 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:04,920 the children barging through the mud, playing around and having fun. 340 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:10,960 It was just a wonderful, carefree and amazing time. 341 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:18,720 Of course, we had deep conversations all through the night. 342 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,160 That's what made our friendship so special. 343 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,480 How we complemented each other... 344 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,720 in the safe context of our intimate friendship. 345 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:41,400 Marius had a law degree and wanted to go to the Film Academy... 346 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,880 to become a cameraman. 347 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:49,000 And do all sorts of silly things with Rutger in America. 348 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,760 The Netherlands is a small country. 349 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:58,120 And I want to work with other directors. 350 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,360 I want to continue my career in film. 351 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,400 I might not have the opportunity here. 352 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:09,000 I could hang around and wait what happens... 353 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,720 but it's best to go abroad. 354 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,520 He came up with this idea of buying a truck, a semi-trailer. 355 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:20,680 He would load a container onto it and modify it into a trailer. 356 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:25,760 And so he set to work, with a lot of help from Marius. 357 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,520 This trailer was basically a large box. 358 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,840 A container pulled by a tractor unit. 359 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,920 Marius did all the wiring, and installed heaters and a shower. 360 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:44,240 With Sien decorating it to her taste it turned into an amazing trailer. 361 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,280 At some point, we bought and renovated an additional smaller RV. 362 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,000 Rutger and Ien still had that RV I once sold them. 363 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,760 And so we regularly hit the road in our RV's. 364 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,920 We took out a map of France... 365 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,320 and just pointed blindly to our next destination. 366 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,920 It was Paladru. We agreed to meet at Paladru's church square... 367 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,920 not knowing if Paladru had a church to begin with. 368 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,800 While trying to locate the church... 369 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:28,760 we suddenly noticed a cabinet door from their RV hanging from a tree... 370 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,360 that showed a large arrow and said: 'Church, this way.' 371 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,120 And so we found each other. 372 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:51,400 Marius celebrated his birthday in the RV. That was great. 373 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,400 We wore party hats and decorated the RV with garlands. 374 00:36:55,560 --> 00:37:01,080 But we noticed a lump on his neck and we wondered what that could be. 375 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:08,120 Ien asked him: 'What's that bump over there, Marius?' 376 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:20,200 'I saw my physician', he said. 'It's a bit of a strange story.' 377 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,760 'We descended from fish, so this is a gill of sorts.' 378 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,200 Some rubbish about gills. 379 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,400 Total nonsense, of course. 380 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,240 It later turned out to be Hodgkin's Disease. 381 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,880 That was... That was quite intense. 382 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:47,480 My brother had chemotherapy, which was absolutely horrible. 383 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,920 This was over 40 years ago. 384 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,400 Treatment was very different back then. 385 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,760 Radiotherapy would make you terribly sick... 386 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,240 and chemo would cause severe fever. 387 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:08,520 All of a sudden the hospital decided to downsize the oncology ward... 388 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,680 and no longer accept patients. 389 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,880 - How long have you been ill? - Since April 1978. 390 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,560 A 14-year-old boy from Oude Pekela wrote a letter to the mayor... 391 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:22,600 saying wards were shut down, and asking for a solution. 392 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:28,800 Marius and Rutger started a protest that grew into a huge event. 393 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,240 Cancer patients, disabled people, and leukemia patients... 394 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,520 call for attention. 395 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:39,040 The weakest are offered a ride in the RV of actor Rutger Hauer. 396 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:46,360 He decided to lend his name to it, something he had never done before. 397 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:50,640 He even recorded a song and performed it in a trembling voice. 398 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,800 It was the scariest thing he had ever done. 399 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:59,680 he had so many plans for the future 400 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:04,960 and perhaps it was perhaps it was 401 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,800 Those able to walk... 402 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,400 with tubes up their noses and with crutches... 403 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,800 marched to The Hague and put together a mass demonstration. 404 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,080 Ready? 405 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,720 But his condition deteriorated rapidly. 406 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,920 It was more or less a hopeless situation. 407 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,480 This was during the time that Rutger was planning to leave for the US. 408 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,760 In 1980, Rutger landed a part in Nighthawks... 409 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,680 starring Sylvester Stallone. He initially refused. 410 00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,200 But Marius insisted that he took the part. 'Get out of here.' 411 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,480 'Go for it. I'll be fine. I'll see you later.' 412 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,920 It was really hard for Rutger to say goodbye to his best friend. 413 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,360 We knew he was dying, just not exactly when. 414 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,960 He tried to come home as often as he could. 415 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,880 But he had signed contracts. 416 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,240 He had no choice but to return to the US. 417 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,560 So that was very hard on him. 418 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:35,640 He had barely been a week in the US when my brother passed away. 419 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:48,800 Rutger came back to help us arrange a beautiful funeral service... 420 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,400 before heading back to New York. 421 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:59,320 He was completely heartbroken and upset 422 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,040 and had to join Sly Stallone on set again. 423 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,120 So his first US feature film... 424 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:08,200 was a very difficult ordeal with him being unbelievably sad. 425 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:12,400 I couldn't be there. And I couldn't get to him sooner. 426 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,800 Because my mother had lost her only son and was all by herself. 427 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:23,280 That was when he decided to get a beautiful tattoo of Marius' name. 428 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,960 So he got his at New York Harbor. 429 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:34,200 Two years later he got a tattoo of my name with a bumblebee next to it. 430 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,840 I always such a busy bee... 431 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,720 and on top of that, I was also his little bumblebee. 432 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:50,000 Marius. Her son, her brother, my friend. 433 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:54,920 With death wandering behind your eyes and your breath gone... 434 00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,080 I now slightly tighten the sails and push the mainsail into the wind. 435 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,240 As you ride the tide and head for the open sea... 436 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,320 I hold your hand one last time. And that hurts. 437 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,720 Nothing will ever be the same again. 438 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,480 I loved you just the way you were. 439 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,640 Marius was very important to him. Very important. 440 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,280 One glance was all they needed to understand each other. 441 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,440 That was a very close friendship. 442 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,080 Gosh, I still remember it so well... 443 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:38,120 It was all very impressive and beautiful. 444 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,240 I still miss my brother tremendously. 445 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:48,440 But after that, Rutger was determined to choose his own path. 446 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:54,320 I believe Marius was 29 at the time. So he was like: 447 00:42:54,480 --> 00:43:00,040 'Screw you all. From now on, I do things the way I want to.' 448 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:01,280 You are also featured in De Telegraaf newspaper. 449 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:06,200 In Monday's edition. Something about Nighthawks. 450 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,280 They printed a rather curious picture... 451 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,920 of you in the gondola with that baby. 452 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,720 No, it didn't say that. 453 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,920 It only mentioned your work on Nighthawks... 454 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:22,080 together with Sylvester Stallone. 455 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,480 They mention something about it in here. 456 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,040 I think Ineke was the most important person in his life. 457 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,360 She was the center of his universe. 458 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:34,200 I have always believed his whole life revolved around Ineke. 459 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:39,600 Everyone else was but a mere shadow to him. 460 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,600 Rutger did everything for me. 461 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:51,880 I remember he was in Africa once. Somewhere far away. 462 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:58,880 Then he called me and said: 'Could you make some coffee?' 463 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:01,200 Make coffee? What do you mean? 464 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,520 'I'm passing Urk right now.' 465 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,280 'I'll be home in an hour.' 466 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:12,600 During his two days off he would fly from Cape Town to Amsterdam... 467 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,160 and drive another two hours to Friesland... 468 00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:19,880 to be at home for just two nights. He did that all the time. 469 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:27,160 That feeling when you realize he's on his way home. 470 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:31,360 The world would light up with happiness. 471 00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:05,600 Instead of the stereotypical villain in American films... 472 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:10,280 he was used to playing before, he was now cast as a hero. 473 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,520 I think Rutger was on his way... 474 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,040 to I wouldn't call it heroism, but stardom. 475 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:37,320 And I simply didn't realize that the film I wanted to make... 476 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:42,440 Flesh and Blood, cancelled out his upward trajectory. 477 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,040 He even said he wanted out. 478 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,880 But we just reminded him of our agreement. 479 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:52,600 'We have to start shooting. The film was written with you in mind. 480 00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,080 You can't walk out on us like that.' 481 00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:58,560 It made the situation with Rutger... 482 00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:01,520 who now begrudgingly worked on the film... 483 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,720 turn sour on set. He simply didn't want to do it. 484 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,640 I guess he was unhappy. 485 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,000 April 16th. 486 00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:26,240 7.00 a.m. We just finished three weeks night shoots. 487 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:31,080 Finally the sun is out. And the moon. 488 00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:36,000 When we were shooting in Spain, the crew often had drinks together. 489 00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:39,720 Rutger never joined us. He immediately went back to his trailer. 490 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,800 This is El Cid's castle, he is from the good side. 491 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:52,760 And this is Ruttie's castle. Also from the good side. 492 00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:56,840 Olive trees everywhere. 493 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:08,240 I've lost 16 pounds... 494 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,920 since production started. 495 00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:33,000 I don't think I've ever seen Rutger angry. Not once. Never. 496 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:37,600 He didn't always agree with things and sometimes he would fall silent. 497 00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,280 Perhaps to think things over. 498 00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:42,720 But he was never angry. With anyone. 499 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:49,040 I only realize now why he was so hurt by us. 500 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:52,520 How we kept on pushing and waving his signature in his face. 501 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:58,520 That was a terrible mistake on our part. 502 00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:03,200 He took it very personally and felt very alone. 503 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,520 I caught a small bat lying on the stairs in the castle. 504 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:13,440 It's somewhere in the trailer now. I don't know where. 505 00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:18,520 Tomorrow, when the sun comes up... 506 00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:25,520 ...I will crawl my way up the stairs. 507 00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:42,080 And I will enter my tiny home... 508 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:47,120 walk all the way to the back with an orange... 509 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,000 ...and crawl into bed. 510 00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,760 In a way, I considered Rutger my alter ego. 511 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,800 I could always express myself through Rutger. 512 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:08,040 Perhaps Rutger was the person I wanted to be or could have been. 513 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:14,480 Looking back on it today, we had a similar relationship... 514 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:17,040 to that of Fellini and Mastroianni. 515 00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:21,680 Certain work relationships are just intrinsically successful. 516 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:27,080 I didn't realize that the moral aspects of Flesh and Blood... 517 00:52:27,240 --> 00:52:30,200 were unbearable to the Americans. 518 00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:40,240 I didn't do him any good, I'm afraid. 519 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:44,520 I would almost say this film worked against him. 520 00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:49,680 He shouldn't have done it. I really believe that. 521 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,160 no one can bring me down 522 00:52:55,040 --> 00:53:01,040 But he loved Paul very much. He has so much to thank Paul for. 523 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,720 He thought of Paul as an amazing director. 524 00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,160 Pity they haven't been able to work together more. 525 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:11,080 But things just turned out differently. 526 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,120 We did make amends. We got over it, so to speak. 527 00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,560 But we never worked together on a film again. 528 00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:34,800 I've never been more celebrated... 529 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:38,440 and humiliated than I have been in the US. 530 00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:41,200 Two extremes, I've experienced them both. 531 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:46,920 It's such bullshit. So irrelevant. Utter nonsense. Nothing but hype. 532 00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:48,400 Nothing but hype. 533 00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:53,400 That's why it's so important to keep your dignity. 534 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:58,600 Absolutely. It's some sort of dance, trying to keep your dignity. 535 00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:04,440 In a way, it's a gift. To acknowledge that you can't please everyone. 536 00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:09,600 And there are plenty of people who do understand. 537 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:14,560 You shouldn't underestimate your audience... 538 00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,120 ...in understanding your message. 539 00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:21,400 And Rutger's fans really understood him. 540 00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:31,240 Sientje. Sien. 541 00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:35,000 No barking allowed. 542 00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:46,120 Over here, Slim. Here, boy. No, over here. 543 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:54,000 That's it, boy. They're nothing but big dogs to him. 544 00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:00,560 What was all that? 545 00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:05,560 It was a bit frightening as well, wasn't it? 546 00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:08,880 Stay, Slim. 547 00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:17,240 You have to put someone else's happiness before your own. 548 00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:21,200 You have to let go and accept each other completely... 549 00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:23,520 accept their work or anything they do... 550 00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:27,760 whatever they may be. Whatever they're passionate about. 551 00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:34,360 And sometimes these passions meet. But I always let Rutger roam free. 552 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:36,640 Which may be why he was always there. 553 00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,160 He really couldn't be without me. 554 01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:07,840 Gifted people usually have more than one talent. 555 01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:12,240 Rutger had a knack for writing. A gift for languages. 556 01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:16,680 Whether it was Dutch, English, Italian... A gift for languages. 557 01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,760 I'm now taking the opportunity... 558 01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:27,480 to discuss my views with the director. 559 01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:30,080 Sometimes not even about the film. 560 01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:33,720 I starred in The Legend of the Holy Drinker. 561 01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:38,080 A film that relies completely on cinematography... 562 01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:40,880 instead of dialogue. 563 01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:44,920 I found myself breaking barriers once more. 564 01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:47,600 I have Ermanno Olmi to thank for that. 565 01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:52,560 He said to me: 'Rutger, it's an action movie. 566 01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:56,480 But here. Here.' 567 01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:03,880 That was his mentor. He thought the world of him. 568 01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:08,120 I'm certain that Rutger knew it was going to be very special. 569 01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:15,960 He's so unbelievably sexy in that film. So handsome. 570 01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:34,400 I never dreamed of being an actor. I've been one for 25 years now. 571 01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:37,800 There's nothing to it. So I'm starting a school... 572 01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:40,600 to show how easy acting really is. 573 01:07:55,640 --> 01:08:00,160 One of my most famous colleagues once told me... 574 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:01,960 that you only need one week... 575 01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:05,320 to learn everything you need to know about making a film. 576 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:12,480 Today all we need is ten minutes. You can set the timer. 577 01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:19,320 Rutger wanted us to make as many movies as possible in ten days... 578 01:08:19,480 --> 01:08:25,080 forcing everyone to trust their intuition and follow their gut. 579 01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:40,720 These are the camera and the camera operator. 580 01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:43,600 All you have to do is drag them... 581 01:08:46,400 --> 01:08:48,200 Keep it simple. 582 01:08:49,360 --> 01:08:52,080 Something Hollywood is not capable of. 583 01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:55,240 But you are. 584 01:09:07,640 --> 01:09:12,040 He was a master of gestures and simple physical contact. 585 01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:17,280 But he also loved goofing around. 586 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:23,960 Well, his role in Blade Runner was certainly one of his best. 587 01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:27,440 He played a scary and menacing character. 588 01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:32,880 But that rooftop scene makes you forget all about that. 589 01:12:33,800 --> 01:12:38,040 It almost makes you sympathize... 590 01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:41,120 with this sad character... 591 01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:45,120 who knows his time is up and the clockwork comes to a halt. 592 01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:48,080 But the way he plays this scene... 593 01:12:48,240 --> 01:12:52,160 makes you contemplate your own mortality. 594 01:15:12,600 --> 01:15:17,120 We've had beautiful conversations just before his passing. 595 01:15:17,280 --> 01:15:18,640 Such... 596 01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:22,120 Gosh... 597 01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:30,040 As I sat beside him in the garden. I saw our history and love. 598 01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:34,200 As if nothing had ever changed. 599 01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:31,280 There is someone you love and this person loves you back. 600 01:16:33,120 --> 01:16:36,480 That's the most beautiful thing in life. 601 01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:39,680 And I'm so grateful for our 50 years together. 602 01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:46,480 Having loved someone so dearly makes it such a great loss. 603 01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:50,400 The crazy life we've had. It's all over. 604 01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:52,160 Everything's different now. 605 01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:57,640 I have to reinvent myself, so to speak. 606 01:16:57,800 --> 01:17:02,360 Rutger has always been my backbone and never left my side. 607 01:17:03,200 --> 01:17:09,840 Who berated me at times, but always saw me for who I am. 608 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:16,440 But that's all over now. And everything has changed. Yeah...