"I always thought of an actress — I think I mean Hedy Lamarr — who had a severity which was spectacular," Scott said. Although the filmmaker, looking back decades later, doesn't seem 100% certain that Lamarr was his reference point, it's easy to see Lamarr in Rachael's look once the comparison is pointed out. The Austrian-American actress was lauded — and typecast — for her beauty during her film career, when her own shining eyes and bold makeup and hairstyles caught the attention of Hollywood.
Lamarr's own life story is fascinating: as described in the documentary "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" and biographer Richard Rhodes' interview with The Museum of the Moving Image, the actress came to America amidst the rise of Nazism in Europe. Her career, which included movies like "Samson & Delilah" and the controversial pre-code romance "Ecstasy," may have been hampered by the damage the latter did to her reputation. Despite the era's sexism and painful aspects of Lamarr's personal life, she acted in dozens of films and moonlighted as an inventor, helping to create the technology that's now used for wi-fi internet.
Lamarr makes sense as a reference point for Rachael, not just because she and Young look alike, but because Rachael is a character whose enigmatic presence in "Blade Runner" seems to be interpreted differently by each man around her. Scott may have just meant to borrow her hairstyle, but Young imbues the role with an classic sensibility that brings the air of mystery and complexity surrounding old Hollywood to life — in 1982.
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