Harrison Ford, Blade Runner and Star Wars

Harrison Ford Gave His Shrinking Castmate A Star Wars Compliment And She Couldn’t Believe It: ‘He Hates Talking About It So Much’
She gets where the jokes are and she doesn’t require a lot of talk about it. With her, I think of Yoda: ‘There is no talk, only do.’ She’s stretched my imagination. Wow, look at Harrison Ford talking about Yoda willy nilly!
The “Blade Runner” Financiers Apparently Had No Idea Who Harrison Ford Was, Even After “Star Wars” Came Out
In a conversation with GQ, Ridley Scott shared that the big guns behind Blade Runner seemingly took a little convincing when it came to casting Harrison Ford.
Ridley Scott Says ‘Blade Runner’ Financiers Asked “Who the F*** Is Harrison Ford” Before Casting Him
Blade Runner follows Deckard (Ford), a Blade Runner who must pursue and terminate four escaped Replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. Elsewhere in the GQ video, the Gladiator II filmmaker also opened up about his vision of “inventing a new world” with the sci-fi film.
Ridley Scott Recalls Pitching ‘Blade Runner’ Backers On Harrison Ford: “He Was Not A Star”
Although Harrison Ford is synonymous with multiple franchises and countless memorable performances, he wasn't always such a household name.
'Blade Runner' Director Claims He Almost Couldn't Hire Harrison Ford
"Ford had not been given much of a chance, particularly since Star Wars, to show what he was made of," Deeley is quoted as saying in Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner. "Both Ridley and I felt Deckard's curious mixture of emerging sensitivity and hard-boiled bureaucracy would offer an excellent chance for Harrison to do that."
Ridley Scott makes startling revelation about Blade Runner star Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford has featured in some of the most successful films ever in cinema history, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Blade Runner films. However, when Blade Runner filmmaker Ridley Scott pitched Ford as the lead actor to the film's financiers,
Sir Ridley Scott had to convince Blade Runner's financiers that Harrison Ford would become a huge star - because they hadn't heard of him
Blade Runner' director Sir Ridley Scott has told how the movie's financiers hadn't heard of leading man Harrison Ford before the movie, so he had to convince them the 'Star Wars' actor would become a huge star.
The one line Harrison Ford refused to say: “Are we pissing away this great opportunity?”
Harrison Ford has been a big enough star for long enough to know what does and doesn't work, and one line of dialogue wasn't ...
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“I never heard from him”: Harrison Ford’s Allegedly Cold Behaviour Towards Carrie Fisher Right Before Her Death Will Pain Every Star Wars Fan
Hollywood star Carrie Fisher's heartbreaking recollection of Harrison Ford in her 2016 memoir continues to pain Star Wars ...
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Emilia Pérez Star Karla Sofía Gascón Says She and Harrison Ford Both Cried When They Met at Golden Globes
"I was going to say, 'Harrison Ford, you're my hero,' and he told me, 'There are no heroes here,' " the actress said of meeting the 'Star Wars' icon Karla Sofía Gascón was starstruck meeting ...