CentralNotice Tears in rain soliloquy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "c-beam" redirects here. For steel beams with a c-shaped cross-section, see structural channel . Roy Batty, as played by Rutger Hauer after the "Tears in Rain" monologue in Blade Runner . " Tears in Rain " is the final monologue of the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner , delivered by the replicant Roy Batty, portrayed by Rutger Hauer . The final form, altered from the scripted lines and much improvised by Hauer on the eve of filming, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] has entered popular culture as "perhaps the most moving death soliloquy in cinematic history" [ 3 ] and is an often quoted piece of science fiction writing. [ 4 ] 1 Script and improvisation 2 Score 3 Critical reception 4 Tannhauser Gate 5 References in other media 6 References Script and improvisation [ edit ...