Editing Replicant (section)

=== Creator opinions ===
[[Harrison Ford]], who played Deckard in the film, has said that he did not think Deckard is a replicant, and that he and director Ridley Scott had discussions that ended in the agreement that the character was human.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=July 9, 2000 |title=Blade Runner riddle solved |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/825641.stm |access-date=August 2, 2007}}</ref> 

According to several interviews with director Ridley Scott, Deckard is a replicant.<ref name=":0" /> When asked in October 2012 about the possibility of a ''Blade Runner'' sequel, Scott said, "It's not a rumor—it's happening. With Harrison Ford? I don't know yet. Is he too old? Well, he was a Nexus-6, so we don't know how long he can live. And that's all I'm going to say at this stage."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Kevin P. |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Ridley Scott Gives 'Prometheus 2' And 'Blade Runner 2' Updates |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/10/12/prometheus-2-blade-runner-2-updates/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231432/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/10/12/prometheus-2-blade-runner-2-updates/ |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=October 13, 2012 |work=MTV Movies Blog |df=mdy-all}}</ref> 

Author [[Will Brooker]] has written that the unicorn dream may not be unique to Deckard and that it may be a personal touch added to some or all of the Nexus-6 replicants' brains. From this, one might also infer that Gaff is a replicant and shares the same embedded memory.<ref>Will Brooker (2005) [https://books.google.com/books?id=KE0XEBs2keQC&pg=PA222 ''The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic''], Wallflower Press, {{ISBN|9781904764304}}, p. 222</ref>

Paul Sammon, author of ''Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner'', has suggested in interviews that Deckard may be a Nexus-7 model, which possesses no superhuman strength or intelligence but does have neurological features that complete the illusion of humanity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=Amazon.com : Blade Runner Interview with Ridley Scott and Sean Young |website=Amazon |url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m30VR9HY1NX2UI:m1LD3BEJD2T5Z9 |access-date=2022-12-20 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141315/http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m30VR9HY1NX2UI:m1LD3BEJD2T5Z9 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Sammon also suggests that Nexus-7 replicants may not have a set lifespan (i.e., they could be immortal, ruling out the lifespan as a determining trait).<ref>Sammon, Paul (2002) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208055753/http://brmovie.com/Articles/Sammon_Interview_17.htm BRmovie.com — Interview with Paul M. Sammon], sections 13 and 17 (Archive.org)</ref> He goes on to propose that Scott thought it would be more provocative to imply that Deckard is a replicant.