Ridley Scott He knew Harrison Ford would be someone special in Hollywood, despite others questioning him for decades.
During a retrospective video interview of GQ magazinethe director recently looked back at the ’80s cast Blade Runner.
At the time, Ford, who eventually landed the lead role in the film, was not the household name he is today. Although the actor played Han Solo in George Lucas’s 1977 film star wars And the 1981 Steven Spielberg film Raiders of the Lost Ark, Scott He still had to do some convincing regarding his choice.
“Harrison Ford wasn’t a star. He had just finished flying the Millennium Falcon star warsThe manager explained. “I remember my financiers saying, ‘Who is Harrison Ford?’ “You’ll find out,” I said. So Harry became my leading man.
Blade Runner It follows Deckard (Ford), a Blade Runner who must track down and take down four escaped clones who have stolen a ship in space and returned to Earth to find their creator.
Elsewhere in GQ video, The second wrestler The director also spoke about his vision of “inventing a new world” through the sci-fi film.
“I spent five months with a very good writer, Hampton Fancher, who actually wrote a play based on it [the novel] Do Androids dream of electric sheep? “So I read the book and it felt like there were 90 stories in the first 20 pages and I thought, ‘This is too complicated,’” Scott recalls.
He continued, “But I sat down with Hampton and said, ‘I’ve written this beautiful story that takes place in an apartment.’ It is an inside story where the Hunter falls in love with his quarry. I love your rhythm, I love the rhythm of your dialogue, I love your dialogue, I love the idea. I want to see what happens when he walks out the door. From that moment on, we flourished.”
Blade Runner It was eventually turned into a franchise with sequels and TV shows. Ford later reprized his role in 2017 Blade Runner 2049.
