Harrison Ford will forever be cemented as a Hollywood icon, largely due to his beloved roles in two George Lucas-created franchises, Star Wars and Indiana Jones. But in the past, the actor has famously spoken a tad ill of Lucas’ creations, virally calling Han Solo a “relatively thin” character whom he wanted to see killed off, and reportedly convinced the filmmakers to do it in the Sequel Trilogy. But as Ford gets ready to say goodbye to Indiana Jones, he’s giving a lot of credit to Lucas for giving him his fruitful career.
CinemaBlend’s Jeff McCobb spoke to Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Los Angeles during the press day for Indiana Jones 5. During the interview, McCobb asked the legendary actor what he thinks it is about George Lucas and the iconic characters he created that make them worth revisiting over forty years later.
CinemaBlend’s Jeff McCobb spoke to Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Los Angeles during the press day for Indiana Jones 5. During the interview, McCobb asked the legendary actor what he thinks it is about George Lucas and the iconic characters he created that make them worth revisiting over forty years later.
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00:00 - You've revived both of your big, iconic
00:04 George Lucas characters.
00:06 I mean, is this just a coincidence?
00:07 Or what do you think it is about this dude
00:10 and that point in time that allowed him
00:12 to create these iconic characters
00:13 that you would wanna revisit?
00:15 - I'm not a real archeologist.
00:17 I just play one on TV.
00:20 So really, what I was given was a gift
00:25 for any actor, a character with humor
00:29 and also some brains and some just wonderful adventures
00:34 to go on with fantastic characters
00:38 like the character that Phoebe plays.
00:42 So for me, there's no, there's, you know,
00:47 this is not me.
00:49 This is me in collaboration with other people.
00:52 I'm just a part of this.
00:55 And it's been, look, it's been very important
01:00 in my career because it's helped me do
01:03 all the other kinds of films that I enjoy doing.
01:08 If I, you know, if you don't make,
01:10 if your films are not successful,
01:12 there are limitations placed on you.
01:17 And this really helped me have a wonderful career.
01:20 - Well, you can write down on a piece of paper,
01:22 Indiana Jones has charisma,
01:23 but it's up to you to actually do that.
01:25 You know what I mean?
01:26 So don't sell yourself short there.
01:28 You did create the character in a lot of ways.
01:30 - He's mine.
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