America has lost an acting legend; Gene Hackman. We’re not going into his cause of death, as its still under investigation. Hackman has over 100 acting credits including: “Unforgiven,” “Enemy of the State,” “The Replacements,” “Absolute Power,” and “Superman.” Hackman could play the good guy, the bad guy, a crazy guy, or a funny guy. No matter what role or who his co-star is, he always had a screen presence.
Hackman shot onto the A List with 1971’s “The French Connection.” In this movie director William Friedkin and Eddie Egan, who the character “Popeye” Doyle was based on brought out the best of Gene Hackman. Hackman had to say things he didn’t want to say or do things he didn’t want to do. But he did them. This movie has a special place in our hearts as it took place in New York, the subject was cops and robbers, it had one of the top three car chases of all time, the movie co-starred Roy Scheider who would star in “Jaws” and also the movie was very real as the real detectives from the story, Egan and Sonny Grosso were not only technical advisers but were also in the movie.
Hackman also served this nation as a member of the United Stated Marine Corps.
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