ST Harrison Ford (Han Solo) in TFA

I think you guys may be putting it nicely, I thought he was an arrogant jerk. I don't mean jerk in an Sir Alec way where he thinks Star Wars is dumb, or in a reasonable way if you bother him eating with his family...I mean just a miserable jerk way. I'd dig into him more but it was only briefly and maybe he was having a bad day, this was 20 years ago with him rocking a moustache. And he was hardly the worst (which was Andrew Dice Clay circa 1993 or so).

Fwiw - I've met a lot of celebrities that have come through Vegas or Atlantic City, and in a few cases Los Angeles. Sylvester Stallone was easily the nicest, with Ben Affleck and young Mike Tyson not too far behind. By and large most are at least polite and gracious so long as you're not getting carried away, sticking cameras and collectibles in their faces as they're trying to do their thing. Which many people (esp tourists) do regularly which would irritate me too.

 

Funny story: A friend of mine's house in southern MD was Tom Clancy's inspiration for Jack Ryan's house in Patriot Games (you know the one that gets attacked/blown to hell). When they were in pre-production for the movie, Harrison was helicoptered onto the property to check it out, and he was a total jerk to my friend's family and all the little kids (they were 5 or 6 at the time). He didn't like all the people hanging around and the kids so they nixed the scenes on the actual bay and built an exact replica of the house in California for those scenes...needless to say they LOATHE Harrison Ford to this day.

Personally I think it's hilarious...but it didn't happen to me. :-D

 

I always have been a huge harrison fan, but i never met him. i guess im glad, so i can stay a harrison fan.

 

I agree, because 'that is where the fun doesn't begin'.

 

Could not be worse than Julia Roberts... new definition of hag in my experience 13 years ago...

 

Stallone is a longer story I can't get into right now, but I told Affleck he was the bomb in Phantoms.

 

Fun stuff with Harrison:

http://happyplace.someecards.com/ma...f-his-house-after-witnessing-his-black-magic/

 

Being a grumpy old man is part of his schtick though. He seems like he isn't one to indulge fans approaching him. Lord knows if I suddenly became super famous I'd dread fan interactions as I can only take so much social interaction in a day, especially when I wouldn't be able to go outside without someone recognizing me.

 

Ford has always been a very private individual. I think his attitude and character sometime comes across in the wrong way. He cares about his and his family's private life, and has never been a huge fan of interviews and publicity tours. It comes with the job, so he partakes in events when need be, but he's never been one to care for the entertainment industry's constant running mill.

 

VH1 did a special about 11-12 years ago called When Star Wars Ruled The World. The Big 3 were on it and while everyone else was saying how happy they were that ANH did so well, Harrison complained that "he woke up and his anonymity was gone".

 

If anonymity is that important, you can choose to have a career in less commercial films or do fewer films. Ford's filmography has been one big franchise after another with other big budget action movies in between. Joaquin Phoenix clearly hates the press tour circuit, which makes sense why he turned down Dr. Strange.

 

Speaking of meeting celebrities, Dustin Hoffman is one of the nicest human beings. My family and I bumped into him while we were abroad and we were the only ones who noticed him. He kindly took some time to take a picture with us and then even recommended a nice place for dinner down the street. Nice guy.

 

But judging from Harrison's attitude about Star Wars, I'm guessing this will be his last film in the franchise. He always thought a death for Solo was appropriate to end ROTJ, and the amount of press he has gotten for just that role over the years has made him appear to almost resent his work in the franchise. I'm guessing Han will get the most screen time out of the OT cast and then will meet his end by either Kylo Ren (Who I think is unrelated to the Solos or Skywalkers) or by Uber. Somehow Han is going to get a last hurrah and that will be the emotional zenith of the film.

 

But I will say though in Harrison's defense I'm sure he thought ANH was going to be a disaster at the box office though and was shocked at the huge success it was.

 

I think Han`s death is a win-win for everyone. Ford and Kasdan get their wish from 30 years ago. J.J gets to leave his mark on the franchise and everybody gets a shocking and iconic moment.

 

Iconic definitely. Shocking not so much. Han's death is expected at this point.

 

I'll just get a facepalm moment. What happened to Han retiring and flipping burgers, happily married to Leia, with kids who were going off on crazy adventures?
Let out that gut, Han! You've earned it!

 

I'm thinking maybe we see all these force users and yet its the 'mortal' Han who manages to save everyone, by sacrificing himself. Kinda like that story from Twilight

 

At the end of ROTJ, Han learned that Luke is Leia's brother.

For TFA, will Han know Vader was their father Anakin?

If he learns this would it cause distress in his marriage to Leia?

 

I find it curious why TPTB would even need Harrison's input on what the house would look like. Did they think that would help him get into character better? Did he have a producer's credit for the film?

 

Never meet your Idols ...they will always let you down.

Harrison Ford is a great actor but not a great people person. I am just glad he can act ....but I get where the negative vibes from star wars fans comes from.