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This may be the first and only time this ever happens… but “The Film Script” is the first place I heard the news about Charlton Heston’s passing.
I was unaware that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in recent years (or that he withdrew as the leader of the N.R.A.) and was quite surprised to find of his passing, in spite of his age. I am also shamefully behind in his filmography, having missed some major works from amongst his canon of films including his Oscar-winning epic Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments and his well-regarded science fiction films Soylent Green and The Omega Man.
From what I have seen, one of his touchstone roles as George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and his role in the brilliant Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil he seems like a solid, brawny screen presence. Always undoubtedly assured of what he’s doing, striding strong and confidently. I still don’t know why they signed Mark Wahlberg to fill his shoes in Tim Burton’s Apes update (although I would like to see if his edgier Departed Wahlberg might have been able to do what his annoyingly sanded-down blockbuster persona couldn’t). Either way, I’d be amazed if he had the snarl to pull off that “Get your paws off me, you damned dirty ape” line. Even in the few films I’ve seen him in, it’s obvious Heston could deliver his dialogue.
As it is with the passing of any cinema legend, or any man, it’s a sad event. I’m happy I still have so much left to see of him though and so much of his work to discover.
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