‘I Was Wrong’: Harrison Ford Regrets Turning Down Film That Could Have Won Him an Oscar

It happens all too regularly that actors miss out on a golden role, either because they simply turned down an offer, or because a film production (in the broad sense) that once thought about offering them, ends up changing their mind before committing. he to another. or even if further tests were deemed inconclusive.

In short, there is no shortage of reasons. And of course, Harrison Ford is no exception to the rule.

John McTiernan tried – in vain – to get Harrison Ford to play Jack Ryan in his film The Hunt for Red October. A role eventually played by Alec Baldwin.

Harrison Ford as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park over Sam Neill? almost! Spielberg claimed to have offered the role to Ford during a 30th anniversary screening of The Lost Ark.

Ford also turned down the lead role in Misery, or the role of Inspector John McClane in the cult film Crystal Trap.

However, the actor has no regrets. except for one. The role that allowed the actor to win the Oscar for the best supporting role in the film, which was released in 2005: George Clooney, for Syriana, directed by Stephen Gagan.

It’s shocking to know that Ford, to this day, has never won an Oscar in his career, yet he is content, at the age of 81, with just one nomination for Best Actor for his role in The Witness. It was already 38 years ago.

In an interview with the newspaper The Irish Examiner In March 2006, Ford explained this regret by saying that he turned down the role because he said he was not consistent enough. “I wasn’t sure enough about the correctness of the material and I think I made a mistake” he said, stressing that his script made quite a few differences from the one that was filmed.