7 Ways The Original Blade Runner Movie Changes Rick Deckard From The Book

Blade Runner‘s Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, is one of the most iconic sci-fi movie characters, but he is quite different from his book counterpart. Blade Runner and all of its characters were inspired by Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? In the book, the character of Deckard is almost unrecognizable when held up against the version in Scott’s movie adaptation of Dick’s work. Although both iterations of Rick Deckard embark on similar journeys, the divergence in their respective personalities almost makes them different characters altogether.