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When William Hurt died in early 2022, he left behind a complicated legacy.

One of the qualities that put him in such high demand as an actor for multiple decades was his reputation as a tempestuous force, a tall man with a commanding presence that often manifested itself in quiet whispers, seemingly holding a boiling temper back at times.

Off camera, it seems, he might have been very much the same way.

As he built a career around iconic turns in films like "Body Heat," "Broadcast News," and "Kiss of the Spider Woman," critics seemed both fascinated and wary of the dichotomy. "He seems thoughtful, wry and funny," critic Janet Maslin once wrote in The New York Times, "yet he has a comfortable physical presence, too, and a friendliness that's uncomplicatedly disarming." As the years went past, troubling details increasingly emerged about past relationships in which he had reportedly become violent.