Rest In Peace, William Hurt

William Hurt passed away yesterday, at the age of 71, as a result of complications from prostate cancer, which had already metastasized to his bones in 2018. May he rest in peace.

I mostly think of his role in Mr. Brooks (2007) when I think of him, since that’s the first thing I ever watched with him in it. It’s currently on Tubi. Thanks to Tubi, I’ve also recently seen him in Winter’s Tale (2014).

I would recommend the two part miniseries Frankenstein (2004), which starred Alec Newman as Victor Frankenstein; Hurt was wonderful as Professor Waldman. In the same movie, you can also find Dan Stevens, two years away from being Arthur in Dracula (2006). For fans of Mary Shelley's novel, this is one of the more faithful versions. At the time of this writing, you can find a few uploads of it on Youtube. Just know that in its entirety, it’s 3 hours, and 24 minutes long. (When it aired on Comet last year, it then became a six hour event.)

Looking through Hurt’s filmography, I see a few films that I need to track down: Body Heat (1981), Jane Eyre (1996), and The Countess (2009).