The actor at the beginning of his career even gave up his profession to become a carpenter; Ford made blockbuster films such as “Blade Runner”
Anyone walking along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles will find Harrison Ford’s star of fame at 6801. The turns the world takes. 50 years ago he even gave up his acting career, disappointed with the role situation. In Zabriskie Point, by Michelangelo Antonioni, was nothing more than a tip. With a wife and two children to support, Harrison abandoned his career. Son of an Irish father and a Russian Jewish mother, he studied English and philosophy. I could, who knows, teach. He preferred to be a carpenter. A client of his had ties to the cinema, he suggested the name to a friend, a George Lucas, who in 1972 formed the cast of American Graffiti / Summer Madness.
Harrison Ford wasn’t the lead, but the film’s resounding success had immediate repercussions on his life, life and future. Lucas himself immediately started working on a project that took some time to get off the ground. Nobody had much faith in such an intergalactic saga that he called it Star Wars. Eventually, Fox decided to fund the film, but on a lower budget than expected. Lucas remembered Harrison and called him to do Han Solo. The rest is history. The film became a box office phenomenon in 1977, the saga continues today with its derivatives. In the early 1980s, an unexpected stroke of luck. Lucas, again, and Steven Spielberg, who had become the young Midas of Hollywood, thanks to the success of Shark And Close encounters of the third degreethey decided to make a film to recover the adventurous spirit of their childhood matinees.
They created the Indiana Jones character, in the script they called Raiders of the Lost Ark. They had an actor in sight for the role, Tom Selleck, but he preferred to do the series. magnum, on TV. “What if we use Harrison?” It was thus, in a casual conversation between producer and director, that Harrison got the chance to play another iconic character. It’s nice to remember all this this Wednesday, 13th, when he turns 80 – he was born in Chicago, 1942. In 1982, at the age of 40, he came full circle playing the cult’s Deckard. Blade Runner, The android hunter, by Ridley Scott. Woodworking has become a hobby and the problem is that Harrison Ford has less and less time to do the job.
On the other hand, he skyrocketed in his career and, as an actor, he became a star. He has continued to rack up records: according to the Guinness Book, no other actor, not even Tom Cruise, has generated so many box office profits. He has the largest number of films that have exceeded $ 100 million in admissions. Han Solo and Indiana Jones became characters of the series. Money money money. Harrison was even nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, for a great Peter Weir film – The witness1986. Indiana Jones – e The Temple of Perdition, The last crusade, The kingdom of the crystal skull. The story isn’t over and a new film is in the works, only this time Spielberg is no longer the director. Han Solo reappeared The empire strikes again, Return of the Jedi, The force awakens And The rise of Skywalker. Deckard has returned Blade Runner 2049.
Science fiction has done a lot for him, on screen as well as in life. His second wife was Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter of ET, by his friend Spielberg. Since 2010 he has been married to Calista Flockhart. He did very well in detective and spy movies- Above all suspicion, Patriot Games and Immediate and Real Danger. In the latter two was agent Jack Ryan, created by writer Tom Clancy. The TV series O Fugitiveand was the president of the United States in Air Force One. satirized Cowboys and aliens, The mercenaries 3 it’s at The secret life of animals, when he gave the voice to the Rooster. He has won an honorary Golden Globe, the Cecil B. de Mille Award and a César, the French Oscar, special. In the fourth, in the early 1980s, Harrison Ford will be able to think about the twists that life takes, that his life has taken. A beautiful trajectory for those who one day heard of an executive looking for another career, because for an actor it was not enough.
The best movies
summer madness, by George Lucas, 1972. The role is still small, but the film is very good. The follies of young Americans, on a summer night, on the eve of boarding for Vietnam, where some will die.
Star Wars / Star Warsby George Lucas, 1977. The first Han Solo we don’t forget.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, by Steven Spielberg, 1981. The first Indiana Jones. The archaeologist and adventurer stand-in takes on the Nazis in search of the mythical Ark of the Covenant of the Bible.
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