Legendary tough guy Michael Madsen, known for starring in hits such as "Reservoir Dogs" and "Kill Bill" has past away from cardiac arrest at home.
He past away in his Malibu, California home today.
From the NYTimes:
“Maybe I was just born in the wrong era, man,” he said in a 2004 interview with The Guardian. “I’m a bit of a throwback to the days of black-and-white movies. Those guys back then, they had a certain kind of directness about them. A lot of the screenplays, the plots were very simplistic — they gave rise to a type of antihero that maybe I suit better.”
If the role called for a sprinkle of sadism, Mr. Madsen was your man, as showcased in “Reservoir Dogs” (1992), Mr. Tarantino’s breakout thriller about a crew of slick-suited thieves bungling a diamond heist in the bloodiest possible fashion. He was part of an ensemble cast that also included Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn and Steve Buscemi.
Few could forget — or sleep after seeing — Mr. Madsen’s flinch-inducing performance in the film as the very brunette Mr. Blonde fiddling with a stereo knob, then strutting his way around a warehouse with a straight razor and a psychopath’s sang-froid to the sound of “Stuck in the Middle With You,” the hit 1973 song by Stealers Wheel, as he draws out the torture of a soon-to-be-earless kidnapped police officer.
Rest in peace Mr. Madsen.
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