The British actor Terence Stampfamous for the role of villain General Zod in the original films of Supermandied at the age of 87. The news was confirmed by the family with a statement to Reuters: “Leave behind an extraordinary body of work works, as an actor and as a writer, who will continue to touch people for many years”.
Born in Stepney, London Est, on July 22, 1938, Stamp made his debut in the cinema with Billy Budd (1962), which earned him an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for best debutant. In the 1960s he became an icon thanks to the charm, style and love stories with stars like Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – immortalized even in the song Waterloo Sunset you Kinks.
After working with directors like Pasolini (Theorem) and fellini (Toby Dammit) His career suffered an arrest in the late 1960s, leading him to a period of spiritual retreat in India. The return to the big screen took place in 1978 with the legendary general Zod in Superman e Superman IIrole that consecrated him among the great villain of cinema.
Among his best known films appear The collector, Away from the crazy crowd, Wall Street, Star Wars: Episode I – The ghost threat, The guardians of fate e Last night in Soho. Also unforgettable his interpretation of the transgender woman Bernadette in Priscilla, the queen of the desert (1994), who earned him nominations in Bafta and Golden Globe.
In an interview with Desert Island Discs of the BBC, Stamp had reflected on his career with a bitter tone: “I thought that if I had been beautiful, famous and successful, everything would have been resolved. But in the end the real inner satisfaction was missing”. Despite the regrets for roles refused like Camelot e Romeo and Giulietta With Audrey Hepburn, his talent and magnetic presence have marked over six decades of cinema.
Until the last few years Stamp had remained active: the director Stephan Elliott had confirmed his involvement in a sequel to Priscilladescribing it as “the most fit man I have ever known”. With his death, cinema loses an intense and unmistakable interpreter, capable of moving from Hollywood blockbusters to European authorship, always maintaining his legend’s aura intact.
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