London (AP) – Terence Stamp, the British actor who has often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the first superman films, died. He was 87 years old.
His death on Sunday was revealed in a death notice published online, which prompted a wave of tributes and a range of fans and those who get into the industry, including the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, better known as Bafta.
Bill Duke, who played with a stamp in the 1999 criminal drama by director Steven Soderbergh “The Limey”, said that he was “deeply saddened” to hear his death.
“He brought a rare intensity to the screen, but out of screen, he got warm, thanks and generosity,” he said on Facebook.
The stamp born in London began his film career with Seafaring from 1962 “Billy Budd”, for which he obtained nominations for the Oscar and the Bafta Awards.
The six decades of Stamp in the company were dotted with protruding facts, including its touching representation of the Bernadette Transsexual in “The Adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” of 1994, the second of its two Bafta appointments.
But it will be his representation of the bearded Zod in “Superman” of 1978 and his suite “Superman II” two years later that most people joined Stamp. Like the Kryptonian Arch enemy Christopher Reeve Man of Steel, Stamp has introduced a darker, charming and vulnerable – more human – frankness element, which has been reproduced in countless superhero films since.
Stamp began his acting career on stage in the late 1950s, where he played in the repertoire and met Michael Caine, who was five years older than him. The pair lived together in an apartment in the center of London while looking for their big break.
He obtained his break with “Billy Budd” and Stamp embarked on a career which would see him in the early 1960s being part of the movement of “angry young men” which introduced an element of social realism in British creation.
It was perhaps the most notable in the 1965 adaptation of the first frightening novel by John Fowles “The Collector”, where he played the clumsy and lonely Freddie Clegg, who removed Miranda Gray from Samantha Eggar in a distorted attempt to win his love. It was a performance that would win the young stamp, fresh out of his Oscar appointment, the price for best actor at the Cannes festival this year.
While this British movement of the 1960s is part of this British movement, Stamp learned from some of the most experienced actors in the classical era, including Laurence Olivier.
“I have briefly worked with Olivier on my second film (” Terme of Trial “in 1962),” said Stamp in a Interview with AP in 2013. “And he said to me,” You should always study your voice. “” The tampon then turned into an identity theft of Olivier, continuing, “” because, as they get older, your appearance goes, but your voice will become autonomized. “”
His career took a little hiatus in the late 1960s after missing the role of James Bond to replace Sean Connery, who included a stay of several years in India and who saw him adopt a more holistic approach of himself.
It was the unexpected role of General Zod who brought him back to the spotlight. His career, which also saw him play the role of Finis Valoru, the supreme chancellor of the Galactic Republic, in the first prequel of Star Wars in 1999 “The Phantom threatening”, ended with the psychological thriller of 2021 “last night in Soho”.
Born in the East End of London on July 22, 1938, Stamp lived a colorful life, especially in the 1960s, when he had a series of novels, notably with actress Julie Christie and the model Jean Shrimpton. He married Elizabeth O’Rourke, 29, in 2002 at the age of 64, but the couple divorced six years later. The stamp had no children.
Stamp has retained its appearance while the years passed, its natural beauty hardened by a more graying look.
He usually sought to maintain his high standards, but up to a point.
“I don’t make shitty movies, unless I don’t have the rent,” he said.
