If the casual reader looks at actor Harrison Ford and immediately thinks of the words "hero" or "leading man," that's not an accident. Ford, soon to appear in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" as well as a pair of films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has spent the bulk of his 60-year career carefully cultivating a very specific image of himself. One will rarely see Ford in a broad, strange supporting character role, and even less frequently will he appear as an outright villain.
This, however, is not necessarily a matter of "public image." Ford doesn't appear to be protecting his ego, nor making active moves to assure a mass audience that he be perceived as a certain kind of movie star. Indeed, anyone who has seen the actor in interviews might see that he is laconic, assured, perhaps bitter, and certainly not there to bolster his own self-esteem.
This, however, is not necessarily a matter of "public image." Ford doesn't appear to be protecting his ego, nor making active moves to assure a mass audience that he be perceived as a certain kind of movie star. Indeed, anyone who has seen the actor in interviews might see that he is laconic, assured, perhaps bitter, and certainly not there to bolster his own self-esteem.
- 1/1/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
From the very beginning of his career, Harrison Ford viewed himself as an actor rather than a movie star –- sometimes to his detriment. He washed out of Columbia Pictures' New Talent Program in the 1960s after failing to impress in a few bit parts, and played against his rakish charm until he broke through as Han Solo in "Star Wars." Even after that, he sought out challenging roles in less commercial films before returning as the charismatic smuggler in "Star Wars: Episode V –- The Empire Strikes Back."
Ford played the matinee idol game pretty much by the book in the early 1980s, which, after the completion of the original "Star Wars" trilogy and his second go-round as Indiana Jones, earned him decidedly more leeway to take risks than he'd had in the past. He wasted no time by jumping into Peter Weir's "Witness," a masterfully rendered fish-out-of-water...
Ford played the matinee idol game pretty much by the book in the early 1980s, which, after the completion of the original "Star Wars" trilogy and his second go-round as Indiana Jones, earned him decidedly more leeway to take risks than he'd had in the past. He wasted no time by jumping into Peter Weir's "Witness," a masterfully rendered fish-out-of-water...
- 12/29/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The Development Wing presented its fourth annual Broadway Under the Stars benefit concert on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The exclusive, one-night-only event was hosted by acclaimed writerlyricist Jonathan Brielle, Artistic Director of The Development Wing and Vice President of The Johnny Mercer Foundation, and featured musical performances by Broadway's best, including Roz Ryan Chicago, Ain't Misbehavin', Cole Burden Murder Ballad, Brooke Sunny Moriber The Threepenny Opera, Ken Prymus Cats, The Wiz, Patricia Noonan Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, along with young artists,Jenna Downs, Jake Swain, and more. With Musical Direction by Jeffrey Klitz, Broadway Under the Stars took place on the grounds of the historic Vala Maison, an exquisite country-style estate located in Tewksbury, New Jersey.
- 7/10/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hollywood couple Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have laughed off reports of a split - insisting they are "extremely happy." The Indiana Jones star was snapped with two women in a Baja Peninsula, California bar at the weekend, and sources claim the 61-year-old actor told his female companions his relationship was "on the rocks". However, Harrison's manager Patricia McQueeney counters, "I talked to Harrison, and he said they're together, in fact, they're extremely happy together. The blonde woman in the picture was the owner of the restaurant, and the other woman was a fan who asked for a picture. He agreed. But now he's disgusted."...
- 1/14/2004
- WENN
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