Tag: Ford
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Harrison Ford Had an Unexpected Deleted Cameo in ‘E.T.’
Eclipsed perhaps only by his role as Han Solo in the Star Wars films, Harrison Ford will always be best known for taking up the whip as Indiana Jones, with the original trilogy and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull all being directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg was the king of Hollywood in the 80s…
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No One On The Set Of Indiana Jones Was Safe From The Pythons
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” remains the best Indiana Jones film partly due to its very real sense of danger. According to John Rhys-Davies, who played Indy’s sidekick Sallah, director Steven Spielberg “was making it up as he goes along. The script was endless pages of action description. A lot of the dialogue was (improvised)…
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Alfred Molina Didn’t Have To Act Much In Raiders Of The Lost Ark’s Spider Scene With Indiana Jones
Reflecting on making “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Steven Spielberg was amazed his stunt team survived the shoot. Writing for the American Society of Cinematographers, he recalled how even Harrison Ford put himself in harm’s way to bring the 1981 adventure classic to life, including when he outran a 300-pound fiberglass boulder as part of…
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Unlike Harrison Ford, Karen Allen Isn’t Swearing Off Indiana Jones Quite Yet
When it comes to the female companion characters of the “Indiana Jones” franchise, Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood stands above the rest. After her debut in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Marion has returned for two other adventures — “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” and the recent “Indiana Jones and the Dial…
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Harrison Ford Was Baffled by ‘Indiana Jones’ Costume at First: ‘What Am I Going to Do with a F*cking Whip?’
Harrison Ford didn’t feel like Indiana Jones was destined to be a style icon.The Oscar winner admitted during a GQ video interview that the costume initially baffled him when he started on “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”“It was presented to me as an aspect of the character in the first film,” Ford said. “My questions…
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No, De-Aged Harrison Ford Wasn’t All A.I. in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Yes, the de-aging of Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is an impressive tech breakthrough by Ilm that far exceeds the much-debated work on “The Irishman.” No, they didn’t rely solely on A.I. or machine learning. Instead, the de-aging for the Nazi-fighting prologue set in 1944 (with Ford looking 35 years…
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23 Years Ago, Harrison Ford Laughed at Jokes About Playing Indiana Jones at 80 Years Old: ‘Indiana Jones and the Comfortable Bed’
A July 2000 clip from “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” has gone viral on social media for featuring the eponymous late night host making a joke to Harrison Ford about the actor playing Indiana Jones when he’s 80 years old. That panned out to be somewhat true in the recently-released “Indiana Jones and the Dial…
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‘Indiana Jones 5’: It Took 100+ VFX Industrial Light and Magic Artists to De-Age Harrison Ford
Before “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” even opened, the Disney adventure tentpole sparked intrigue with a de-aged Harrison Ford, who, in his fifth film playing the whip-cracking archaeologist, is now 80 years old.The shots of a young Ford look impressive, and it’s thanks to the team of over 100 artists at Industrial Light…
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Tom Cruise Hopes to Keep Making ‘Mission: Impossible’ Films Until He’s 80
Tom Cruise isn’t kicking his acting career into cruise control anytime soon.The “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” star and producer told the Sydney Morning Herald that he is determined to be acting at least for the next two decades, much like iconic screen star Harrison Ford. “Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope…
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Anthony Mackie Recalls Harrison Ford’s Response to His Nerves on ‘Captain America 4’ Set: ‘Let’s Shoot This Piece of Sh*t’
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” will be the last time Harrison Ford dons a fedora and bullwhip to play the iconic adventurer, but fans will still have plenty of opportunities to see him on the big screen.The actor is diving straight into another blockbuster Disney franchise by joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as…