Superman Villain Terence Stamp Dead at 87
Actor Stamp is dead. He was 87 years old.
“He leaves behind an extraordinary work, both as an actor and as a writer, who will continue to touch and inspire people for the coming years,” the Stamp family said in a shared press release with Reuters Sunday, August 17, confirming the death of the actor. “We are asking for privacy at the moment.”
The Oscar winner notably played the wicked General Zod Superman And Superman II. He also played in 1994 The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert and had recent roles in 2019 Mystery of murderIts dark materials the following year and Last night in Soho in 2021.
“The first film I have ever seen was called Beautiful gesture With Gary Cooper. My mother took me to see that. I was probably under four years old, ”recalls Stamp of his actor inspirations during an interview of 2013 with the Bfi. “It was Cooper playing a soldier in the Foreign Legion. I did not make the impact, but it made me an indelible impression. ”
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When Stamp told his parents his actor ambitions, they supported his career.
Monica Vitti and Terence Tampon in a scene from the film “Modesty Blaise”.
Susan Wood / Getty images“Of course, my mother loved every second. In retrospect, my mother had to always want me to do it and had to wish her to be more favorable,” he added to the point of sale. “But my father was the head of the family and I never really knew what he thought because he was of this generation. He was a merchant sailor, he shoved coal, and in this confined life district, all emotion would have been considered an unbearable flash. As the war ended, he was never emotionally closed. He never congratulated me.
Stamp even channeled his father’s maritime career in his first film, Billy Budd.
“I guess it was in DNA. I always felt at home on these old galleons. I had seasickness, but once I got used to the movement, I went well,” joked Stamp to the BFI. “I guess there were a lot of things that came out [in my performance] that I was not aware of that moment. I saw clips when I was at the Lille Film Festival. They showed the big stage between me and Robert Ryan. I was surprised to see how good it was.
As for the personal life of Stamp, he was married to Elizabeth O’Rourke from 2002 to 2008.
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