“Douglas shared many of the same qualities as Kubrick’s iconic creation: precision, strength of steel, enigma and infinite intelligence, as well as a wicked sense of humour,” said Cimolino in the release. The director had already tried out an actor from the Bronx but found he sounded “a little bit too colloquially American,” according to the Times. Despite this, it is interesting,” the paper reported Kubrick wrote in a letter now in his archives. “The voice is neither patronizing, nor is it intimidating, nor is it pompous, overly dramatic or actorish. The New York Times reported in March 2018 that Kubrick had heard Rain in a 1960 documentary called Universe and thought he was “perfect” for the part. The fictional precursor to real-life AI assistants Alexa and Siri, HAL 9000’s, calm, detached presence unsettled generations of moviegoers. Although it was voicing the computer in 1968’s sci-fi 2001: A Space Odyssey that made the biggest impression on audiences. He even played a human Hal, prince Hal that is, in Henry IV, Part 1 in 1958. He was born in Winnipeg in 1928 and was a child actor on CBC radio, before attending the University of Manitoba and studying at London’s Old Vic theatre school.ĭuring the festival’s first season in 1953 Rain played Marquis of Dorset and Tyrrell in Richard III, and went on to play parts such as Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII (1961) and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (1966).
2001: A Space Odyssey gets a special salute at Cannes
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