Space Cowboy: 25 Curious Facts About Harrison Ford (26 Photos)

Harrison Ford is an absolute legend. From Star Wars to Indiana Jones to Blade Runner, he set the direction for several genres at once. However, the actor is such a recluse that very few people know what kind of person he really is. Want to know more about this space cowboy? Here is a whole selection of little-known facts about your favorite actor.





1. Han Solo was frozen out of The Empire Strikes Back because, unlike Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, Ford only had a two-film deal. After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, George Lucas thought that Ford would not return for the third Star Wars film, but put him on ice just in case.



2. Before he became an actor, Harrison Ford was a roadie for The Doors. The actor said that after this work he was “one step away from leaving for a Jesuit monastery” and that he “couldn’t keep up with these guys. It was too much."





3. Bill Murray and Harrison Ford were considered for the role of Batman.



4. While filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Tunisia, Steven Spielberg escaped the dysentery that affected Harrison Ford and most of the crew and cast. Spielberg's secret weapon? Suitcases full of canned SpaghettiOs that he brought with him to the shoot.



5. Harrison Ford got his ear pierced at Claire's Accessories, a popular teen store. After the piercing, he signed a notepad to the employee who pierced his ear: “Tavore. You made a hole in me. Harrison Ford."



6. George Lucas didn't want Harrison Ford to play Indiana Jones because he didn't want them to be seen as an inseparable duo, like De Niro and Scorsese. Lucas and Spielberg thought Tom Selleck was perfect for the role, but he had already filmed the pilot for Magnum and couldn't get out of his contract.



7. Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally going to have an elaborate fight scene between Indiana Jones and a master swordsman. But Harrison Ford was sick, so Indy ended up just pulling out a gun and shooting him.



8. Harrison Ford earned $10,000 for A New Hope and $20,000,000 for The Force Awakens.



9. French director Jacques Demy chose Harrison Ford to play the lead role in his first American film, Model Atelier (1969), but the head of Columbia Pictures felt that Ford “had no future in the film business” and advised Demy to hire a more experienced actor.



10. In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo's "I know" response to Princess Leia's confession of love was improvised by Harrison Ford because he felt the original "I love you too" didn't quite suit Han.



11. The Hollywood Walk of Fame has two stars dedicated to Harrison Ford: the star of Indiana Jones and Star Wars, and the star of the silent film era of 1915-1932.



12. Harrison Ford, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray were the main contenders for the role of Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbits. They didn't get the part because Ford would have been too expensive, Chase wasn't interested, and Murray didn't know about it and then worried he'd missed out on the biggest role of his career.



13. On the list of celebrities who have been in plane crashes over the past 20 years, Harrison Ford is the only one who has been in more than one. He was at four.



14. Rob Reiner tried to buy the rights to The Shawshank Redemption from Frank Darabont. If he had succeeded, Red and Andy would have been played by Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise, respectively.



15. After the release of A New Hope, the actors in the film gained such popularity that when Harrison Ford once went into a record store to buy an album, enthusiastic fans tore off half of his shirt.



16. Harrison Ford, who will play Indiana Jones in the 2023 sequel, is actually only a year older than the actor who played "old" Indy in the 1990s TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.



17. Harrison Ford personally provided emergency helicopter services at the direction of local authorities on several occasions. He once rescued a tourist suffering from dehydration in Jackson, Wyoming.



18. Harrison Ford is only 12 years younger than Sean Connery, who played his father.



19. Harrison Ford is not at all sullen in all interviews - in fact, he simply suffers from anxiety and a fear of public speaking.



20. Harrison Ford is older than Ian McDiarmid, who played Emperor Palpatine: he was only 38 at the time of Return of the Jedi.



21. “All in the Family” star Rob Reiner was not the main candidate for the role of Mike’s son-in-law; he was originally supposed to be played by Harrison Ford.



22. Harrison Ford turned down the lead role of Benjamin Martin in The Patriot, believing the script reduced the American Revolutionary War to a one-man-revenge melodrama.



23. The jacket Harrison Ford wears in Han Solo's scenes on the planet Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back is actually brown. Although it may appear blue, it is an example of "color constancy": we have an idea of ​​what certain colors should look like depending on the environment in which they are found.



24. Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones for the fourth time, not in the fourth film. Before that, he played old Indy in an episode of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.



25. Harrison Ford and Sean Connery filmed their conversation on board the airship in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade without pants because it was so hot on set.