William Hurt is Dead to Me!

So young.

It's sad, as 71 is not that old.

But frankly, for all the acclaim he received at his peak, he was always overrated, IMHO. He and many of his films are largely forgotten.

He was often quite wonderful.

Loved him in I Claudius. So camp!

Oh wow

He looked sickly in Black Widow and Mythic Quest. He looked so frail in Black Widow that I thought I missed some plot point of Thunderbolt Ross dying.

Has Marlee Matlin commented yet?

[quote] Has Marlee Matlin commented yet?

Louder than Susan Dey.

Glenn Close must be devestated

Predictions for the next two celeb deaths- Rita Moreno and Keith Richards.

Does William Hurt?

Not anymore...

[quote] Has Marlee Matlin commented yet?

Yes, she said...

Mwahhmenamanahthweeeeee

He had a nice ass but he couldn't live forever

Wow. This one is kind of shocking to me.

Did he make the cut off for the Oscars in memoriam?

When young, he was peak handsome to me. I even loved the sound of his voice.

Of course, I then found out he beat up Marlee Matlin, which seems like about the lowest thing you could do, so I cast him out of my fantasies.

Every time I watch Broadcast News, I think, he really is perfect in this—the devil.

[quote] Predictions for the next two celeb deaths- Rita Moreno and Keith Richards.

Rita is several years younger than Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury. Why not them?

At his most physically attractive: BODY HEAT and BROADCAST NEWS.

His most overrated performance: KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN. Shocking that of his Oscar noms, that is the winning performance.

William Hurt was great in film "Kiss of the Spider Woman".

*RIP* and may God have mercy upon his soul.

He outlived John Heard and John Hurt.

Natural causes? That isn't a legal cause of death. There has to be a medical reason to put on a death cert. Did he have a massive heart attack? Stroke? Cancer? Death at 71 is rather young these days.

William Hurt's well deserved Oscar bid and win for "Kiss of Spider Woman".

So handsome in Body Heat.

I loved Kiss of the spider woman ! I never thought much of him until that movie. I cried like a bitch at the end.

Thank God is not William Hung, now THAT would have been a great loss!

[quote] There has to be a medical reason to put on a death cert.

It may be a little early for that yet.

Maybe, he had a Bob Saget esque death.

According to wikipedia, he died of prostate cancer that spread to the bone.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he acted quite a bit here in Portland in local theater (which was quite a fall from being one of Hollywood's leading men just ten-fifteen years earlier), and got quite a reputation in the theater world here for being difficult and unpleasant. He was a monstrously insecure man who took his anxieties out on other people.

[quote]Rita is several years younger than Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury. Why not them?

Rita is a whiny cunt.

R4

John Hurt was in television series Caligula, he died back in 2017..

Loved both Body Heat and The Accidental Tourist.

[quote] John Hurt was in television series Caligula, he died back in 2017..

R30, R4 was playing of their names and the confusion that engendered in the 80s.

He was great in Body Heat, Broadcast News and Altered States.

[quote] he was always overrated, IMHO

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but these words will never Hurt me. Not anymore.

[quote]He was a monstrously insecure man who took his anxieties out on other people.

He was (allegedly) physically and psychologically abusive to Marlee Matlin during their offscreen relationship around "Children of a Lesser God."

A boozer. Did he ever stop drinking?

You stepped on your punchline, r34.

I remember that Oscar bait fail movie One True Thing he did with Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger.

R28 When prostate cancer spreads, it most commonly goes to the bones. He must have been on some heavy pain meds for it.

I always confused him with Jeff Daniels.

I liked One True Thing. But I’m a sucker for yuppie-family-goes-through-emotional-crisis films.

Streep was nominated for best actress for One True Thing. It’s actually a good movie.

He played Mr Ollivander in the Harry Potter movies.

I have enjoyed his work for years. Made me cry.

I would’ve ate his ass.

I thought Zellweger somehow looked like she could be Hurt's daughter in One True Thing. I laughed at Tom Everett Scott being the son the movie. He didn't fit in with Meryl, William, or Renee.

He was. An overrated. Actor. He had odd. Phrasinigs. When. He spoke. His. Lines.

He's the first cast member of The Big Chill to die, isn't he?

R47 Oh, maybe this is the beginning of "The Big Chill" curse and Glennie will be next.

[quote] He was. An overrated. Actor. He had odd. Phrasinigs. When. He spoke. His. Lines.

He sounded Authentic WASP in a way that doesn’t exist anymore. No clue if it was real or a put-on by him.

[quote] Glenn Close must be devestated

By your spelling, yes

The scene in Broadcast News when he defends what he did - and is so, so convincingly sincere in thinking he did nothing really wrong - has always chilled me to the bone. A great example of a person without character or any understanding of what character is.

Godspeed Mr. Hurt. Broadcast News is like comfort food to me - a smart, funny, entertaining romantic comedy and one of my favorite films from the eighties. What a great body of work to leave behind.

He once said he was a character actor in a leading man's body.

[quote] He played Mr Ollivander in the Harry Potter movies.

That was the British Hurt variant. But you had me shocked there for a second that William Hurt somehow dazzled enough to evade the rule that the actors had to be Brits.

Was looking to see what if his is available on streaming - Broadcast News is on HBO Max and Gorky Park is on Prime.

[quote] Predictions for the next two celeb deaths- Rita Moreno and Keith Richards.

Please. Richards will dance on all of our graves!

[quote] The scene in Broadcast News when he defends what he did - and is so, so convincingly sincere in thinking he did nothing really wrong - has always chilled me to the bone.

Maybe a bad choice of words considering how he died.

[quote] Predictions for the next two celeb deaths- Rita Moreno and Keith Richards.

People have been saying that Richards looked like death warmed over since the '70s or so.

[quote] He once said he was a character actor in a leading man's body.

🙄 Poor guy.

so, when will they play altered states or children of a lesser g-d?

[quote] He's the first cast member of The Big Chill to die, isn't he?

So far, no comment from Meg Tilly.

[quote] He once said he was a character actor in a leading man's body.

"I know I'm really hot, but I'm also an excellent actor with a wide range."

Now I can't get him mixed up John Hurt or John Heard. They're all dead.

Is "natural causes" any different from "complications of old age."

Cause of death? Sorry I didn't read the whole thread. Can someone just tell me? TIA

"Body Heat" certainly made my body heat...

His career really was on a hot streak from the late '70s through the '80s. He pretty much debuted as a leading man in Altered States after making such a huge impact on the NY stage in the late '70s. He must've been on top of the world. Things kind of cooled off for him after The Accidental Tourist though.

[quote] Rita is a whiny cunt.

So is Angela Lansbury.

R53 in other words - I’m brilliant AND devastatingly handsome. What a modest guy!

He was fucking beautiful in Altered States.

R67, In that respect, he was sort of the male version of Glenn Close. The 1980s were also a really hot decade for her filled with critical/commercial successes and numerous oscar nominations. Then the 90s came and hot streak cooled.

[quote] Cause of death? Sorry I didn't read the whole thread. Can someone just tell me? TIA

I cannot think of a more arrogant post on a message board. “What you pissants wrote before me isn’t important to me, but I want you to tell me what I missed, because I’m all that important!”

Oops. Thanks R54. I stand corrected. That was John Hurt who was in the Potter films - and John Hurt died a few years ago.

Can the person who mentioned Hurt doing theater work in Portland provide any anecdotes? I would love to hear any stories.

The ending of The Accidental Tourist makes me ugly cry every time I watch it. RIP, William Hurt 😢.

He wasn't too smart, was he? I like that in a man

Didn't he freak out in court years ago during the custody hearing for his son?

I remember watching The Doctor in 1991 and thought he did a great job depicting a man dying of cancer. It made me wonder when it was his turn in real life if he would remember that role. I can't believe how fast the time went.

[quote]Of course, I then found out he beat up Marlee Matlin, which seems like about the lowest thing you could do, so I cast him out of my fantasies.

He did more than just beat her up, R16, she says he raped her during the time he was filming Broadcast News.

[quote]At just 21, Matlin had achieved the seemingly impossible, breaking ground for an entire community as the first-ever deaf actress to win an Oscar. Furthering the fairytale, Matlin’s category was presented by her then-boyfriend and Lesser God co-star, William Hurt (who was also nominated for Best Actor that year). Hurt read out the nominees, opened the envelope, announced and then signed Matlin’s name. A visibly emotional Matlin ascended to the podium, where she and Hurt kissed to thunderous applause.

[quote]But according to Matlin, her relationship with Hurt, which began when she was 19 and he was 35, was far from picture perfect.

[quote]On what ought to have been one of the happiest nights of her life, Matlin recalls sitting next to Hurt in their limo with the Academy Award statuette by her side, only to be berated by the actor. According to Matlin, Hurt, who had been dreading the possibility of Matlin winning the prestigious award, turned to her and asked, “What makes you think you deserve it?” He continued, “There are hundreds of actors who have worked for years for the recognition you just got handed to you. Think about that.”

[...]

[quote]Matlin also recounted finally leaving Hurt after a brutal fight. “I don’t remember when or how the fight started; what I know is that I have never been so scared in my life before or after that day,” she writes. “The struggle turned violent. I was afraid I might not survive. I pulled myself free and ran to the phone… Before I could say anything, Bill yanked the phone out of my hand and slammed it down.” The actress quotes the doctor who examined her afterward as saying, “There were fresh bruises on her arms and her face.” “I knew I couldn’t let myself go back—ever,” Matlin continues. “I was terrified for two reasons: we would in all likelihood fight again, or just as bad, I might not have had the strength to leave.”

[quote] He was. An overrated. Actor. He had odd. Phrasinigs. When. He spoke. His. Lines.

True, but they used his creepy affect well in both Damages and Goliath. Especially Goliath, where he had that weird clicker and fucked the young lawyer.

He had a nice cleft chin but a sallow, sunken chest.

A friend saw him play the father in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'. It's a long, tedious, repetitious play but William Hurt continuously forgot his lines over and over which sent the other actors into a panic.

yes, I remember reading an about how he treated her in the limo. He was so jealous of her. what a cunt but I think he has a big dick. I remember watching a movie he was in and he got up to go to the bathroom etc and the shadow of his cock was visible.

R49- My favorite so called WASP was Charles Emerson Winchester.

[quote]Didn't he freak out in court years ago during the custody hearing for his son?

I don't know about a custody hearing but he beat Marlee Matlin up in front of his son.

From the same source as R79:

[quote]Matlin isn’t the only woman who’s accused Hurt of abuse over the course of his prolific career.

[quote]In 1989, the actor was engulfed in a minor scandal due to a palimony trial. According to reports at the time, Hurt’s ex Sandra Jennings alleged that she and the actor had lived together as common-law husband and wife, which therefore entitled her to half of his estimated $10 million in assets. The Chicago Tribune reported that Jennings, who met the actor in 1981, alleged that Hurt employed “violent physical and verbal” abuse against her. She also claimed that he “smashed her across the face” only five days after the birth of their child. She was allegedly holding their son at the time of the beating. Jennings also cited Hurt’s abuse of Marlee Matlin, which she reportedly learned about from her son. Jennings alleged that during visits, her son witnessed Hurt kicking his live-in girlfriend. Hurt denied ever hitting Jennings.

[quote]“He’d have one drink and he’d have a personality change,” said Jennings. “Then when he didn’t drink for a couple of days, he’d get violent. I started seeing it, and that’s why I started going to Al-Anon meetings. But he was absolutely refusing to talk about it at that time, or consider it.”

[quote]Jennings’ attorney alleged that she had two abortions over the course of her relationship with Hurt, the second because the actor “was beating her up so much.” Hurt was supported in the trial by some of his famous friends, who cited the actor’s heroic struggle to deal with his substance abuse. “The important thing,” said Glenn Close, “is that Bill is really doing something about it. He’s seeking support, and he’s passionate about it, and for that reason he has my deepest respect. He’s in great shape, the best he’s ever been in. I think he’s actually quite a different person.”

[quote]If Hurt was seen as a controversial figure during the Jennings trial, the accusations against him seem to have been largely forgotten. In 2005, he received his fourth Oscar nomination for A History of Violence. In the wake of Matlin’s allegations, he’s starred in Robin Hood and Captain America: Civil War. In total, his IMDb page boasts 100 acting credits.

[quote]And while Hurt denied Jennings’ accusations of abuse, he barely disputed Matlin’s scathing account. In response to the actress’ memoir, Hurt released a statement to Access Hollywood: “My own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives. Of course, I did and do apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we both have grown. I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good.”

Keith Richards got off heroin years ago. They stay so active and they never gain weight so he will probably live a long time. He has looked pretty rough since his 20s when he was a heavy drug user. I think my favorite movie of Hurts is the Big Chill followed by Broadcast News. People were talking about John Hurt. He was the one who played The Elephant Man Right?

Oh puh-leeze, anyone with an ounce of their DL worth knows that Angela Lansbury is next up at bat on the death watch list.

@r79, After reading that I'm sorry I said anything nice about him. Never say anything bad about the dead, only good...

William Hurt is dead, good

That palimony lawsuit was brought on because in North Carolina (IIRC), where the Big Chill was filmed, the common law marriage rule was extremely short, like 3 weeks of living together. Crazy. Apparently, Hurt was shacked up with a woman for the duration of the filming. Afterwards, she sued him.

Well, I'm not such a big Glenn Close fan anymore.

Well, at least I didn't beat up anyone.

Yeah, fuck Glenn! I hope she never wins an Oscar.

r91, I will NOT be IGNORED!...

Looking at his IMDB the only thing I have seen him in is "I Love You to Death" with Tracey Ullman and Kevin Kline.

William Hurt seemed to have come out of nowhere to star in his first film "Altered States"; he looked good, very WASPy and was nude, too, so he was memorable in that film about water tanks. OK, he was at Juilliard and did some stage work. But why did he try to make Marlee Matlin guilty about possibly winning an Oscar on their way to the Oscars? He himself had an "in" to get cast as a lead in his first film. But a very good actor, especially in "Broadcast News" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman". RIP

R93 That's the one where you can finally see Kevin Kline's tush. He was good in it too.

@r92, "[R91], I will NOT be IGNORED!...

—Glenn"

The Academy has been doing a pretty good job of it up until now

[quote] Now I can't get him mixed up John Hurt or John Heard. They're all dead.

John Heard was another actor who was accused of being abusive to partners/spouses. He lived together with Melissa Leo and had a son with her. He got arrested for assault because she said he slapped her and IIRC, they had a heated custody battle over the kid. Heard later married a woman and twins with her and then was estranged from the twins.

He always had that weird look on his face, like he knows you just farted but he's not going to tell anyone.

[quote] what a cunt but I think he has a big dick

And thus all is absolved on the DL.

[quote] But why did he try to make Marlee Matlin guilty about possibly winning an Oscar on their way to the Oscars?

Because he was a deeply insecure asshole. He resented that she won an Oscar for her first appearance in film when it took him a couple of years (although it honestly did not take him that long--only five years), and he was also nominated that year and did not win.

R96 = M.

John Hurt was in a common law marriage with Jazz Jennings?

R97 I always though Melissa Leo was a lezzie bird.

r82, it was Broadcast News with the dick shadow. I'm pretty sure his dick was also visible in Altered States.

Always thought he was so hot when I was a teenager; just my type. But yeah, he was well-established to be a terrible person.

Why would they say "died of Natural causes" when he had prostate cancer? Is that a natural cause now?

[quote] He always had that weird look on his face, like he knows you just farted but he's not going to tell anyone.

More like he knows *he* just farted, and it smells bad, but you better not dare accuse him of farting.

Sorry, here's the link to the Broadcast News caps. I don't know how I linked back to this thread.

I just posted Verna USO Girl earlier in another thread. First Sally, now William. Somebody check on Sissy!

William Hurt women.

He was trash. Good riddance.

People are barely talking about this. I'm shocked.

One of his sons is an actor and pretty cute. He was in a gay movie a couple years ago I hadn't heard of which sounds interesting.

Hurt beating up Matlin after the Oscar win reminds me of Tatum O’Neal’s accusations of her asshole father Ryan hitting her after her Paper Moon win.

The son Alex looks creepy.

Marlee Matlin said William Hurt raped her

r115, really? No one's mentioned that in the thread yet. No one at all. You're truly the first.

He was hot af in that zombie movie.

[quote] Marlee Matlin said William Hurt raped her

I was molested.

R35, I'm so glad Gary talked me out "Children of a Lesser God."

I wish I had never read that article posted by R79/R84. I love Glenn, but I had no idea she defended this violent, insecure cokehead in court. That makes me look at her differently.

Awww.

I really liked his work.

RIP.

The son at R112 looks just like him but with strikingly different colouring.

Some people are addressing the elephant in the room.

Marlee seems happy at the Critics Choice Awards. But, she might be a little pissed at the Oscars due to the dead people slideshow that feature Hurt.

This freaks me out.

I have never had a random, fleeting thought about William Hurt - EVER - until yesterday in the shower, when my mind was wandering and I mused over how hot Hurt had been in his early films. I wondered what he looked like these days.

And when I learned why his name was trending on Twitter today, my blood ran cold.

I meant to type "will feature Hurt."

Oh wait, William Hurt wasn't in the zombie movie I was thinking of in R117. Carry on.

At R79 (article posted), Joy Behar sounds horrible. Interviewing Marlee about her book. Marlee clearly alleges that Hurt raped her. Behar questions Marlee more as if it was just a "lust"-ful relationship.

Glenn Close probably got asked by Hurt to say something favorable about him at the palimony trial involving the mother of Hurt's child. Close said Hurt is getting "support" for his substance abuse problems. She (Close) didn't say he wasn't a woman-beater or that she didn't believe the woman's story.

I honestly didn’t think Marlee’s performance was THAT great.

He was an odd character and I did enjoy some of his work. I’m actually shocked by his death because it feels so unexpected.

Hollywood actors should understand that the Academy Awards are like electing prom king and prom queen. There are no metrics that the Academy puts out so that people can tally up points and see if it makes any sense. E.g., figure skating. Some of it is subjective, but some of it is quantitative & easily measurable. Did you attempt a ____ jump, how many rotations, did you land on one foot or fall, etc.

[quote] Marlee seems happy at the Critics Choice Awards.

She did say in an interview (few years ago) she last saw Hurt 3 years ago at some event - and even though he was across the room, it triggered her and suffered PTSD

So maybe she is happy, because now Hurt is truly gone from her life.

R131, that's mentioned in the article @ R79

[quote]In a telling passage from her memoir, Matlin described running into Hurt unexpectedly “about three years ago.”

[quote]“It had been so long since we’d had any contact,” she wrote, “but I realized my feelings about him remained so unresolved, I freaked out when I saw him across the room.” When asked by O’Dell if she discussed the book with her ex before it was published, Matlin countered, “I had no contact with him. Really, I had nothing to say to him. He knows what happened, I know what happened. We both were there.”

[quote] His career really was on a hot streak from the late '70s through the '80s.

He starred in FIVE films nominated for Oscar's Best Picture in the 1980s

Big Chill (1983)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

Broadcast News (1987)

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

He was sexy in BODY HEAT but seems like an asshole.

He was sexy in BODY HEAT but seems like an asshole.

[quote]That's the one where you can finally see Kevin Kline's tush. He was good in it too.

I had forgotten about that R95.

[quote]Our next encounter with Kevin’s rear end is when he visits a tenant in one of his apartment rentals. Seems she’s having some “plumbing problems.” And oopsie daisy, now they’re having sex. We glimpse Kevin’s naked rump nestled beneath his apron strings. This is the Call to Adventure in the anti-hero’s journey.

[quote]His ass knows it has responsibilities to his wife and their pizza business. But my oh my, how good it feels to let those buttocks loose. A little dangerous even.

Image at the link

Who wouldn't hit Matlin, with her endless chirpy dolphin talking.

He was TERRIBLE in Kiss of The Spider Woman. A complete joke and terribly miscast. He won that Oscar for playing gay which was sooo risque back then and "brave". 🙄

OOPS, I stand corrected. Thanks R54. Mr Ollivander was John Hurt (who died a few years ago), not William Hurt.

(Sorry if this posts twice.)

R138 I never saw the movie but who do you think should have won instead? I just watched that clip and that was a pretty random ass lineup.

R78 That is an excellent movie.

R141 I remember that came out the same summer as Regarding Henry as the same type of redemption movie - but was much better (and better acted).

He career had definitely cooled by then though I remember that - it really was over kind of sudden and fast for him (his prime).

Somebody here was right, if a bit premature

Altered States is well worth seeing. If not just for all the Hurt body on display, for the insane Ken Russell direction and the hallucination trippy scenes.

r140, James Garner was wonderful in Murphy's Romance, but it's the kind of natural-seeming performance that tends to not be showy enough for awards attention (you can't "see" him ACTING). He would have been deserving.

[quote] Altered States is well worth seeing. If not just for all the Hurt body on display, for the insane Ken Russell direction and the hallucination trippy scenes.

It's interesting how Paddy Chayefsky hated Ken Russell's direction of Altered State. Russell's direction was one of the many memorable things about the film.

Chayefsky and Russell are chalk and cheese.

his son looks a lot like him

I hope not R148. At least not now...

Actually was diagnosed w/cancer way back in 2012. And outlived his prognosis by 5 years.

[quote]Why would they say "died of Natural causes" when he had prostate cancer? Is that a natural cause now?

Why are you asking me?

Good write up from Owen Gleiberman.

^ "He wore his feelings on the outside"?

He liked to rough-up women, fuck him

He was beautiful and unusual. Gifted. One of the few good looking white men on film.

^ Too bad he was a jerk

Wshdgrh! Ferog chfjd nelp sdhe.

R153 he’s commenting on his film persona not his messy personal life. The Daily Mail and Reddit (and of course DL) can get into all that I suppose.

He was too pasty imo to be THAT good looking. That’s feminine and doll-like on a woman but on a male it just looks…pasty.

Most actors are jerks. William Hurt was a beautiful and strange actor. Soulful and full of surprise. Celebrate his work. He never hurt you. He was good looking as fuck for a white man. He would never know you, R155. Don't pretend to know him.

RIP❤

^ He was a jerk who beat up women

[quote] He never hurt you.

But there are other women who have gone public saying he hurt them

Are R154 and R158 the "yellowbone" troll?

^ Probably just a common nut case troll

[quote] But there are other women who have gone public saying he hurt them

He didn't hurt me!

^ Did you hurt Hurt?

As an actor, William Hurt is beloved. And the jerk who is claiming he beat women is on other threads calling women "cunts" and saying that Grace Kelly loved being a victim? That sick fuck of DL.

There are only a few fine yellowbone WHITE men in this world. William Hurt is not a yellowbone!! If you knew what it was, you would know it when you see it. But he was very attractive for a white man.

If only Bill had taken Carrie to the prom, things might have worked out.

@r165...

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

I hurt it through the grapevine.

RIP

Well let me tell you that it hurts so bad

It makes me feel so sad...

Hurt's cleft chin was more memorable than his acting.

Why are cleft chins sexy?

[quote] Why are cleft chins sexy?

They’re rapey.

You can be raped by a cleft chin? Doesn't that tickle?

[quote] Why are cleft chins sexy?

Wacko Jacko was killed in his surgical quest to manufacture a cleft chin. He killed himself.

[quote]Why are cleft chins sexy?

They're heroic.

^ Hahahahaha!

" He killed himself. "

Over a cleft chin?

I took simple pleasure in William's cleft chin but I think his colleague offered more.

Great body, great face.

Beautiful white man. Great body, great face, unusual and sensitive voice. A lovely man.

He was a jerk

^ Do tell your personal interactions with him. Oh, right, you have none.

^ Do tell why you're defending a guy who beat up women? Oh, right, you're a jerk too

^ Are you beating yourself off right now, troll?

^ Are you a sick fuck? Yes, yes you are... Oh and a JERK

^ Yes, yes I am. I must hurt Hurt. Beating a dead corpse is the only way I can get off.

He can't Hurt you anymore, troll. There there.

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

Oh yeah. The troll mating call.

^ ^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

Did you get kicked off Parler? Have to go to a GAAAAAY site to troll?

^^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^

This thread provides yet more proof that DL has become a playground for elementary school rejects. See R185 and following posts for examples.

^^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^

@r196, And here you are, proof positive

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^

Juveniles R197 R198 R199 step right up to unashamedly prove the point.

Everyone be nice to the Butt Hurt Corpse fucker. She's off her meds.

R201 Just can't help your childish self, can you?

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^

Very handsome man. I've only seen him in that movie with Meryl Streep and I watched half of Kiss of the Spider. Its way before my time. I don't know he was so beautiful looking. RIP.

He was an asshole

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^

^ Asshole, asshole, asshole ^

He was a babe. And a very good actor.

One of the greats.

^ Jerk

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^

R21, the things you listed *are* natural causes, and "natural" is a legal check-off box on a death certificate (along with homicide, suicide, accident, or undetermined). There is a separate section to write in what was believed/confirmed to be the specific condition(s) or circumstance(s) that caused the death.

RIP Bill.

Interesting short interview for Kiss of the Spider Woman. The interviewer is an idiot and Hurt doesn't suffer fools. His answers are totally on point. Team Hurt.

Fiercely intelligent. Very serious and focused. The opposite of the "Hollywood" type. Impressive.

Hate the artist, love the art. I watch Accidental Tourist whenever it comes on tv.

Love the artist, love the art. He was gorgeous and interesting and private and complex and fucking sexy as fuck. A beautiful white man. There are not many.

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^ ^^

He could play snarky characters with intelligence. He had a handsome, Ivy League-ish look and way about him. This one is a shock for me.

Hurt as Nick in "The Big Chill" is sublime (off-topic, but "TBC" seems to be one of the most misunderstood films ever). And, his character is correct when he, basically, points out that they're all posers.

and that scene in "Body Heat" when he can't bring himself to turn the doorknob to the boathouse, lifts his hand to it a couple of times, then walks away to stare at it from a distance, leg twitching.

He was a very talented guy.

R39...Yes...me too. Daniels is another really good actor.

I remember reading The Devils Candy how people couldn't believe he wasn't cast as Sherman McCoy in Bonfire of the Vanities... a blessing in disguise in the end

His ultimate career mistake appears to have been passing up Jurassic Park... while the Alan Grant role didn't project Sam Neill into stardom, it likely would have kept Hurt's profile above water in the 90s.

R215, yeah, that he retreated from view entirely (mainly for medical reasons but also others) so much that many forgot about him entirely is actually a sign of his intelligence.

[quote]“What makes you think you deserve it?” He continued, “There are hundreds of actors who have worked for years for the recognition you just got handed to you. Think about that.”

Well...I mean he wasn't wrong.

Total. Sympathy. Vote.

^ Then he slapped her around a bit to put her in her place and all was right with the world

He was a bit of a shit in his personal life.

Where are the Twitter and Instagram tributes from his contemporaries? Have Glenn and Kathleen commented?

It's bad enough to beat a woman, but to beat a DEAF woman!?

Everyone loves you when you're dead.

^ I don't, but what's the point of cancelling a dead man? I mean, he's dead, you won

I remember when the abuse allegations came out - *way* before all the #Me Too stuff. The idea that the guy would beat a woman, no less a deaf woman, seemed at odds with the generally low key characters he tended to play & image he conveyed. But there's clearly a lot of anecdotal evidence that the guy was a primo asshole. Unlike someone like Depp, who at one time managed to get past messy relationship problems, Hurt never did even though he was pretty talented (at one time).

The last thing I remember about him was that he was supposed to be in that Greg Allman bio pic where the film crew got hit by a train.

I don't r ecall that

Has M spoken?

he never returned to the New York stages after 1985 Hurleyburley......

Marlee Matlin was shocked when Entertainment Tonight asked her point blank about the death of William Hurt at the Critics Choice Awards last night

She wasn't shocked, in that she didn't know he died, She was shocked that E.T. had the gall to ask her about him on the Red Carpet

Choosing her words carefully she said

“You’re the first person to ask me about him,” the actress, who is deaf, signed to a reporter on the Critics’ Choice Awards red carpet, shrugging her shoulders and looking visibly shocked.

“We’ve lost a really great actor and working with him on set in ‘Children of a Lesser God’ will always be something I remember very fondly,” she continued. “He taught me a great deal as an actor and he was one-of-a-kind.”

Video below after Christine Lahti's comments

That was classy of Matlin.

Matlin had the good sense to know what is appropriate at what time.

[quote] and "natural" is a legal check-off box on a death certificate (along with homicide, suicide, accident, or [bold]undetermined[/bold])

That’s how I want to go.

“We ain’t know how, but we know he dayd.”

R125 Same here. I hadn’t thought about him since he was on Goliath and on Saturday I thought about him in Kiss of the Spiderwoman and how long ago that was.

wow, just saw her pictures, Damn, did she get a lot of plastic surgery? She was so ugly back then.

[quote] …her …she …She …

Who are you talking about, R240?

William Dead is hurt to me!

"A complicated, deeply intelligent man, he was a glorious actor. I am grateful for the time together." -- Kathleen Turner

Who are you talking about, r240? "She" and "her" are pretty vague.

I liked "Gorky Park" when it was released, but re-watched a couple of years ago and was disappointed. Hurt's very good, though, and so is the cinematography.

Interesting, R245, I saw “Gorky Park” at the theater when it was first released, and remember liking it then, too. I may need to revisit myself.

I always forget that he and Mary Beth Hurt were married for almost ten years.

He's extremely attractive for a white man. And a gorgeous actor. RIP. ❤

^ Who liked to slap women around, least you forget

^You know, I almost forgot about that same old troll. Poor thing.

^ Someone who defends women is an "old troll"? Says everything about you

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^ ^^

^ Asshole, asshole, asshole

^ Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ^^ ^^

Medication malfunctions. All over this thread. And site. ONE nutty poster with many accounts.

May Jesus visit peace to your troubled mind, this night.

Don't lay your troubles on mine.

RIP

Sexy as hell.

^ beautiful man ^

He was sexy too. Sexy is an energy, not a look. Hurt had that energy.....

[quote] He's extremely attractive for a white man

I think "racist" as a term needs to be broadened to include those who see everything through the prism of race and victimhood, thereby fomenting grievance, hatred and division.

So many victimhood seekers are professional race baiters.

I am not a victim. Not many white men are attractive. Some are welcome to pay a lot of $$$ to do exactly as I say.

William Hurt was beautiful. I would have kissed and made love to that one. It's a compliment.

Holly Hunter was on Seth Meyers tonight.

There were pointedly no questions asked about Hurt, although he was her co-star in Broadcast News, the movie that made her a star.

I always found him really sexy. Loved his lean nude body in Body Heat and Broadcast News. And those eyes, that cleft chin...

You could tell he never had to do a thing to get his naturally lovely physique at his peak. He had that "God's gift" air about him.

[quote]He had that "God's gift" air about him.

Yeah he thought so too.

Indeed, and seemed angry about it

R259 interesting. That’s no oversight, obviously, he wasn’t allowed to bring it up.

[quote] least you forget

Oh, dear!

Rewatched "Gorky Park" the other night in honor of Hurt and....meh. It really has a schlocky feel to it.

The plot really makes no sense and is given to ever-increasing absurdities.

Some of the Russian characters speak the King's English and others have the standard Eastern European, which is confusing, at best.

And Hurt is VERY affected and mannered, playing a Russian cop like an SNL caricature. He clearly wasn't comfortable in the role.

DL fave Meg Tilly chimes in...

Aww Meg Tilly. Bless her.

I want to make fun of her, cradling her mug, but I can't. She's too heartfelt.

[quote] Holly Hunter was on Seth Meyers tonight. There were pointedly no questions asked about Hurt,

Possible that show was pre-taped

Because on The Today Show Holly Hunter spoke about Hurt

“Well, Bill was like my first great mentor,” she told the third hour of Today on Tuesday. “He was an incredibly serious actor. It was sacred to Bill. And that sacredness, I loved that. It was a rare thing to see someone approach work with that vibe. So, I felt safe with Bill.”

[quote] Because on The Today Show Holly Hunter spoke about Hurt

Just saw this on video and Hunter was very emotionless - like she was reciting talking points with NO emotion

There was no sadness and no emotion, no "oh man what a great loss"

So sorry I didn't have a meltdown for your enjoyment.

[quote] So sorry I didn't have a meltdown for your enjoyment.

No one is saying she should have a meltdown

But at least show some sympathy, and she couldn't do that - it was like she was reading off a script for the first time, devoid of emotion.

[quote] Hunter was very emotionless

But isn't this person an automaton? They relied on a director and editor to give them life on screen?

They were thankfully mute on that tedious 'Piano' movie.

Holly Hunter worked with William Hurt on Broadcast News

During the time Marlee Matlin said he was out of control with his drinking, drug use and abuse.

[quote]Just saw this on video and Hunter was very emotionless - like she was reciting talking points with NO emotion

R270 maybe for her it was just an acting job. Would the death of any of your former coworkers make you sad, especially from so many years ago?

I was waiving my hands all over the place and Holly just ignored me.

Holly Hunter costarred opposite Nicholas Cage and Harvey Keitel (in different films).

So "crazy raging asshole" is a type she's well acquainted with.

“It made. me. ILL.”

[quote] Would the death of any of your former coworkers make you sad, especially from so many years ago?

I would show some sympathy

Marlee Matlin & Holly Hunter at a photo shoot - and are positioned at OPPOSITE ends - way at the end of each side

Far away from one another

And you figured that out all by yourself?

Meg Tilly has a beautiful soul and a way with words. It takes effort to remain so emotionally truthful and personally vulnerable at her age. She wasn't even overlooking issues. She reminded us that we each have our individual experience of one another. A real experience. She acknowledged Hurt's reputation and probably witnessed some of his professional misconduct. But to her, he was a kind protector. It's obvious that William Hurt had a beautiful soul. And it's well known that he was an angry abusive man. Both things can exist at once. We are living breathing human beings. But you have to drink nothing stronger than tea and live on Victoria Island to understand these things.

William Hurt was extremely attractive for a white man. That IS the sensitivity and hidden hurt come through those gorgeous fine bones and lips. He's very white but of the finest grade. I'd never heard of Meg Tilly - but she was in the Big Chill? That movie is goofy but I recognize her now. Meg gave birth to Christ's baby too.

Holly Hunter is one of the most inarticulate actors around. Her I know. She is not a mystery. Like many others before her - she is extremely talented on screen and delivers witty intelligent dialogue and emotion with such finesse. But she is borderline retarded in real life. She is the worst interview ever. She's so dumb, she's almost Marisa Tomei.

R281 Marlee & Holly at opposite ends is not accidental - it is intentional

People always try to equate “coworkers” in the entertainment industry with like, working in an office, I guess to feel stars just like us better about themselves - but really “it’s an entirely different experience, altogether.”

^Fucking hilarious!

So, R283, how long have you been retarded?

R286 - not as much as Holly Hunter - as R282 says

[quote] But she is borderline retarded in real life. She is the worst interview ever. She's so dumb, she's almost Marisa Tomei.

Hurt's daughter Jeanne (far left) and her mother Sandrine Bonnaire (far right), with Bonnaire's sister Sabine and Brigitte Macron.

He was a wonderful actor, but I, too, disliked his performance in KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN. Here's a book by another ex-girlfriend, who he physically and emotionally abused. Notice a pattern?

Here is the shocking, SHOCKING interview that Holly Hunter did on the Today show! Notice how she pretended it was a vacuous morning show, pushing the new season of her goofy comedy series and NOT a David Frost interview! She's an Ice Queen! And notice how she's not sitting near MARLEE MATLIN! Marlee isn't even in the same room! It's intentional! It's a cover up! It's a conspiracy!

R290 you have really gone down the rabbit hole - maybe stop watching Fox News

Well, I'm convinced. William Hurt ate babies with Marlee Matlin and Holly Hunter. It's all so clear to me now. That video is undeniable proof!

"Read my lips: I am a child of a GREATER God!"

I was in The Piano, bitches.

I would've taken a black eye or two to have access to this body.

[quote] I was in The Piano, bitches. - HH

and Marlee Matlin did say playing mute on screen is not a costume, you can just take on and off

I wasn't in The Piano. I couldn't hit the notes.

Meg Tilly is such a lovely, likable person.

Many years ago, I saw Holly Hunter pushing her twins in baby carriage in Greenwich Village. She looked like a fucking homeless person.

Holly hunter couldn't look after one stolen baby in a trailer - she's an actress. A most ruthless one, tbh.

Yes, Holly Hunter eats babies!

William and Mary Beth were both among the dozens of actors in the rotating cast of the 1989 production of A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters", but they didn't play it with each other: he acted with Pamela Reed; and Mary Beth acted with Anthony Heald.

[Quote] Meg gave birth to Christ's baby too.

You flatter me.

The son would actually make a good ANTI-Christ.

I recently saw Eyewitness. Sigourney Weaver as a Jewish TV reporter, William Hurt as the working class WASP who loves her. He was incredibly sexy in the 1980s.

Bumping this to see if his cause of death was ever announced. Miss Rona?

Per Wiki, prostate cancer.