Harrison Ford dishes Indiana Jones
Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones is such a larger-than-life, iconic film classic hero that when the actor strode into a hotel meeting room, one half-expected to hear John Williams’ rousing theme song from the movie series.
But Harrison, wearing a simple suit and shirt, is not that kind of guy. He’s not the type who requires blaring trumpets and French horns to herald his entrance. “Life is good,†he said with a smile. “I can’t complain. If I did, nobody would listen to me anyway.†Such wry, self-effacing statements reflect the man who once left acting to work as a carpenter.
When a journalist asked an “intellectualâ€-angle question about the much-awaited, 1950s-set “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull†on behalf of her editor, Harrison cracked, “Well, isn’t that nice? Let’s send him to an intellectual movie. That will make him happy.â€
When the same reporter posed another question written by her boss, about Indiana Jones’ “un-modern approach to women,†Harrison smiled and quipped, “It is set in 1957, for Christ’s sake. We reflect the characters in that period of time. But I also want to say that Indiana Jones loves women. There’s a nice way of doing that and a not-so-nice way of doing that. I think Indiana Jones is a guy with a very strong moral core.â€
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