Despite this, it is interesting.” The American Film Institute ranked HAL as the 13 th greatest film villain of all time. In a letter to a colleague, the director wrote that his voice, “is neither patronizing, nor is it intimidating, nor is it pompous, overly dramatic or actorish. Kubrick had initially chosen Martin Balsam for the role, but in the end thought he was “too colloquially American,” and cast the Canadian actor after hearing his narration in the 1960 documentary Universe. Rain was best known for playing the sentient, homicidal computer in 2001. In a press statement, the festival’s artistic director, Antoni Cimolino, said that, “Canadian theatre has lost one of its greatest talents and a guiding light in its development,” and added that Rain was a rare artist and, “an actor deeply admired by other actors.” In 1972, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Robert Bolt’s Vivat! Vivat Regina! dxcffgGEiA- Stratford Festival November 12, 2018 Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Today we lost Douglas Rain, a member of our founding company and a hugely esteemed presence on our stages for 32 seasons. CTV News reports that he died of natural causes. The Shakespearean actor performed at the festival for 32 seasons, playing roles such as Othello’s Iago. The Stratford Festival in Ontario, a Canadian theater company that Rain co-founded in the early 1950s, announced his passing on Sunday night. The Grim Lesson of the Week’s Weirdest Literary Controversyĭouglas Rain, the Canadian actor who voiced the cold and detached HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, died at the age of 90. Ten Years Ago, Megyn Kelly Decided I Should Be a Fox News Segment. “The Hottest Comic in America” Is Also a Conservative Hack There’s Something Odd Going On in Bathrooms at Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour”
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