Ford reteams with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Karen Allen in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (pics) Let's talk about Harrison FordIs he too old to be an action hero?
Fuck, yes.
Is Sean Connery too old to play an action hero?
Check "yes" again.
Would people still like to see his pruney old ass strapped to a sport bike in the next installment of The Bourne Recycle?
Hell fucking yes.
Why?
Because the current cast of Hollywood pretty boys aren't worth two shits from movie-goers. Anyone concerned about Ford's being physically capable of reprising the role should shut it, because when it comes down to it, no one would care if he took time out to change his adult diapers between face-melting Nazis and power fucking show girls (like you could do it better).
He's reminds me of those Bruce Campbell - "shirtless guy in a locker room" Old Spice ads, mocking advertisments for Axe body spray:
"If you have it, you don't need it. If you need it, you don't have it..... the point is, if you've never had any of it, ever, people just seem to know."
Ford, like Connery, has always had it, and always will.
He was iconic before he was an icon.
You know how he plays Indy so well? He is Indy. He fits the part because it's him. Now, I'm not getting into a debate over whether or not Harrison Ford can act (and to tell the truth, I don't give a fuck) but he can act like himself; meaning, he can embody the type of man men want to be and women want to be with, and he can do it in front of a camera.
"I can't tell you anything about Indiana Jones, but I think you've just seen a film in which I perform physically to an extent [that will be] sufficient for Indiana Jones," the 65-year-old actor told ComingSoon.net, referring to a scene in Firewall, where Paul Bettany throws the elderly Ford through a pane of glass and he tumbles over a balcony.
The supporting cast looks brilliant: Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, and Shia LaBeouf.
Karen Allen! Fuck, that's like a Mummy moment: Tutankhamun rising from the tomb (as the odds of that happening were better than her ever being cast in another film). Seriously, I thought she was dead. But I'm delighted to see her back in the franchise, reprising her role as Indy's true love "Marion Ravenwood."
It's also too bad Sean Connery turned down a cameo appearance as Henry Jones, Sr., because this would have been an excellent film to end his career on (rather than the ruinous League of Extraordinary Gentlemen).
I'm glad to see [George] Lucas and [Steven] Spielberg have given up the Nazi theme (it was tired) and moved onto Cold War-era Russians (but they're assuring fans, though the villian has changed, and 19 years have passed, the look and tone of this film will not diviate from privious installments).
I don't know about you, but I'm excited.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is scheduled for a worldwide release on May 22, 2008.
(pics curtesy Vanity Fair)
| | Shia LaBeouf and Karen Allen |
| | LaBeouf, Spielberg, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone (back) Ford |
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