Edward James Olmos Confirms His Return for BLADE RUNNER 2049
Edward James Olmos has confirmed that he is reprising his role as Eduardo Gaff in director Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049. There were rumors about his possible return, and in an interview with TheTRENDTalk, the actor opened up a little bit about his role in the sequel, saying:
“I signed a seven page non-disclosure contract. I did, my manager did, my agent did, everybody did. I couldn’t talk about it. I couldn’t talk about it to anybody about it. Guess what? This is the first time that I’m telling the whole world, that yes, I am going to be Gaff in Blade Runner 2049.”
He's obviously allowed to talk about it now! When talking about how Gaff will fit into the story, he said:
“Well it’s not about Gaff, but it’s about someone who is going to try to find out certain things about us back then. My role is like it was in the original – that time I only had four scenes, in this I only have one. But again, it’s a poignant little scene.”
Even if it's just one scene, it's still great that Olmos is back to reprise his role in the sequel! As most of you already know, in the original film, Gaff is the character behind the tiny origami figures that served as subtle observations about Deckard. Those origami implied that Rick Deckard is a Replicant. There are a lot of fan theories that revolve around this and Gaff, and It's going to be really interesting to see how those theories pan out in the upcoming sequel.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Blade Runner 2049 has a great supporting cast that includes Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri, David Dastmalchian, Barkhad Abdi, Lennie James, and Jared Leto. It opens in theaters on October 7, 2017. For more Blade Runner 2049 news, click here.