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 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 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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00:00You've revived both of your big, iconic George Lucas characters.
00:06I mean, is this just a coincidence?
00:07Or what do you think it is about this dude and that point in time
00:11that allowed him to create these iconic characters that you would want to revisit?
00:15I'm not a real archaeologist.
00:17I just play one on TV.
00:20So, really, what I was given was a gift for any actor.
00:26A character with humor and also some brains and some just wonderful adventures to go on
00:36with fantastic characters like the character that Phoebe plays.
00:42So, for me, this is not me.
00:49This is me in collaboration with other people.
00:52I'm just a part of this.
00:53And it's been, look, it's been very important in my career
01:02because it's helped me do all the other kinds of films that I enjoy doing.
01:08If I, you know, if you don't make, if your films are not successful,
01:14there are limitations placed on you.
01:17And this really helped me have a wonderful career.
01:20Well, you can write down on a piece of paper, Indiana Jones has charisma,
01:23but it's up to you to actually do that.
01:25You know what I mean?
01:26So, don't sell yourself short there.
01:28You did create the character in a lot of ways.
01:30He's mine.