Harrison Ford, by design no doubt, is a hard guy to figure out. He’s famously unforthcoming in public, maintaining a bit of a shy (almost hostile if we didn’t know better) persona in interviews, and being generally elusive.
The previous decade didn’t offer up a huge serving of Ford, the one big exception being the Indiana Jones movie most people prefer not to talk about. The 90s were a solid period, although his heyday was of course the 70s and 80s, when he had two franchises and two monumental characters in Han Solo and Indiana Jones to ride for almost a decade and a half, not to mention Blade Runner and Witness. Then we saw him in The Fugitive, and Sabrina, but really since Air Force One it almost seemed like one of Hollywood’s biggest stars had begun to fade out.
Then came Cowboys & Aliens, serving as something of a comeback, and now in 2013, he’s had a bold turn in 42, was apparently in a movie with Liam Hemsworth that I’m 90% confident nobody who’s reading this watched, and now Ender’s Game. These are high profile roles for someone who seemed to be taking his leave. Was the material too good to pass up? Is he the perfect person for the part? Why does Harrison Ford seem to be everywhere these days, including the upcoming Anchorman sequel and the next Expendables movie? Alas, these are just a few of life’s unsolvable mysteries.
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