Initially, he was going to play the judge turned drug czar part in the Oscar-winning Traffic that ultimately went to Michael Douglas.
Another recent Ford project that should have been way more delightful, Morning Glory stars Rachel McAdams as a perky TV producer who has to revive the fortunes of a fading morning show called DayBreak. He has fun with it!
You wish he would have tried stuff like this a little more often. It was, instead, the Anne Heche Is a Lesbian in a Straight Romantic Comedy Movie, which led to a frankly rather embarrassing press tour, in which a series of men on talk shows asked Ford whether it was weird to pretend to be in love with a lesbian.
Ford, to his credit or to his detriment, did not point out that he was not, in fact, in love with every woman he kissed in a movie. They were just acting. He even has some affecting moments as a man trying to run away from his past before realizing what his purpose ultimately was for. Either by choice or because it was dictated by audience indifference, Ford had stopped doing leading roles around the time of 42 , becoming a grizzled character actor that would lend a little old-school star power to a project.
This biopic of Jackie Robinson Chadwick Boseman is pretty paint-by-numbers, reducing an inspirational and supremely talented ballplayer to feel-good Hollywood formula. Ford teams with Brad Pitt in a drama about a New York City cop Ford who takes in an IRA freedom fighter Pitt without realizing his political affiliations, and the complications that arise. Ford wins, but Pitt would live to battle another day. He and wife Michelle Pfeiffer are being haunted in their comfortable Connecticut home by … something.
But as soon as Adaline and William meet, he realizes this is the same woman who captured his heart so long ago, before she had to abandon him, lest he learn her secret. The Age of Adaline is fluffy nonsense about fate and unrequited love, but Ford captures all the pain of a man who grew up, settled into a life, then rediscovers the one person who once gave it such meaning. As a romantic figure, the actor tends to be more of a swashbuckler than a sensitive soul, but this was one of those rewarding exceptions.
Sabrina is the action hero in heartthrob mode, and here it suits him. Regarding Henry is a simplistic, rather mawkish story about a hotshot lawyer Ford who suffers brain damage after being caught in the crossfire of a bodega robbery and has to learn how to reconnect with his wife Annette Bening and his family.
And the scene where he is shot by John Leguizamo! Only those involved know, but the switch of stars fundamentally changed the conception of this character: No longer was he a wonky, brilliant underdog — now, he was Harrison Ford, action hero.
Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger were as close as the actor got to his own Bond franchise, and he invests the role with plenty of macho urgency and patriotic fervor. Melanie Griffith is so delightful and fantastic in this movie that it looked briefly like she was going to be the biggest movie star in the world.
Not all the gender politics might hold up today, but the message is still a strong one, and the movie is funny, sharp, and willing to get its hands a little dirty. Even if that title is not so great.
However, Ford wasn't the best student in college, and he ended up leaving before completing his degree. With his future wife, Mary Marquardt, he made his way to Hollywood in the mids. He then ended up at Universal. Studio executives were less than impressed. Frustrated with his lack of success as an actor, Ford became a carpenter to supplement his income.
George Lucas gave him his first important film role in his drama American Graffiti , but his career failed to progress much afterward. His portrayal of the brash but likable rogue in this science-fiction classic raised his profile in Hollywood. Around this time, Ford brought another of his legendary film characters to the big screen. The action-adventure tale, written in part by Lucas, proved to be a huge hit. Around the time of the first Indiana Jones installment, Ford also starred as the title character in Blade Runner , a shadowy science-fiction outing directed by Ridley Scott that would become a cult classic.
Ford enhanced his reputation as a dramatic actor with several significant roles in the mids. While the project was a commercial disappointment, the film allowed Ford to tackle an unusual and sometimes unlikable character. In , he showed his lighter side in the popular romantic comedy Working Girl , with Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver.
Audiences loved him in the role, which he reprised in 's Clear and Present Danger. By this time, Ford had become one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. After years of blockbuster success, Ford stumbled through a few missteps in the mid-to-late s.
He starred in the disappointing remake of the dramatic comedy Sabrina with Julia Ormand and Greg Kinnear. But he proved that his box office prowess had not faded with his turn as president of the United States in the hit action thriller Air Force One that same year.
In the early s, Ford took on fewer movie roles. The parts he did play had mixed results. He partnered with Josh Hartnett for 's Hollywood Homicide , a lighthearted crime drama that received a tepid reception from moviegoers. The Ocean English version, voice. Joe Gavilan. Alexei Vostrikov. Indiana Jones - age Richard Walker. Tom Brannigan. Harrison - Crossties Roger Crane segment "Love and the Former Marriage". Everett Giles. Glen Reverson. Beach Patrol Cop uncredited.
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