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25 Facts You Never Knew About Space Cowboy Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford is nothing short of iconic. From Star Wars to Indiana Jones to Blade Runner, he has defined multiple genres.

Still, Ford is so reclusive that few know who he really is. Want to know who this space cowboy REALLY is? Check out these crazy facts!

1.

Harrison Ford was frozen in The Empire Strikes Back because, unlike Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, Ford had only signed on for two films. After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucas didn't think Ford would return for the 3rd Star Wars film, but left him frozen just in case.-u/wjbc

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Prior to establishing an acting career, Harrison Ford worked as a roadie for The Doors. He stated that after the job was done he was "was one step away from joining a Jesuit monastery" and that he "couldn't keep up with those guys. It was too much."-u/Stonewalled89

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Bill Murray and Harrison Ford were considered for the role of Batman and Willem Dafoe was falsely reported to be considered for the Joker.-u/Movie_Advance_101

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4.

Steven Spielberg, while filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Tunisia, avoided the dysentery that afflicted Harrison Ford & most of the cast & crew. Spielberg's secret weapon? The suitcases full of SpaghettiOs he brought with him on the shoot.-u/AintEverLucky

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Harrison Ford got his ear pierced at the popular preteen store, Claire’s Accessories. After the piercing he signed a notepad to the woman who pierced his ear: "To Tavora. You made a hole in me. Harrison Ford."-deleted user

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George Lucas didn’t want Harrison Ford to play Indiana Jones because he didn’t want them to become known as a pair like DeNiro and Scorsese. Lucas and Spielberg thought Tom Selleck was perfect for the part but he had already filmed the pilot “Magnum P.I.” and couldn’t get out of the contract-u/SappyGilmore

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Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally going to have an elaborate fight scene between Indiana Jones and a master swordsman. But Harrison Ford was ill so they just had Indy pull out a gun and shoot him instead.-u/Mr-Thursday

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Harrison Ford made $10,000 for A New Hope and $20,000,000 for The Force Awakens-u/Threnulak

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French filmmaker Jacques Demy chose Harrison Ford for the lead role of his first American film, Model Shop (1969), but the head of Columbia Pictures thought Ford had "no future" in the film business, and told Demy to hire a more experienced actor-u/malalatargaryen

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In "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back", Han Solo's "I know" reply when Princess Leia professed her love to him was improvised by Harrison Ford on the spot, as he felt that the original line ("I love you too") doesn't effectively suit Han's characterization.-u/EnoughPM2020

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There are 2 stars dedicated to Harrison Ford on the Hollywood walk of fame. Harrison Ford the star of Indiana Jones / Star Wars, and Harrison Ford the star of the silent movie era 1915-1932.-deleted user

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Harrison Ford, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray were main actors considered to play Eddie Valiant in "Who Framed Roger Rabbits". They did not get it because Ford's price was too high, Chase was not interested, and Murray never got the message and was dismayed he missed out on his career's biggest role.-u/TrendWarrior101

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On the list of celebrity plane crashes in the last 20 years, Harrison Ford is the only one who has been in more than one. He's been in 4.-u/GodNamedBob

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14.

Rob Reiner attempted to buy the rights to the movie Shawshank Redemption from Frank Darabont. If he had succeeded, Red and Andy would have been played by Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise respectively.-u/BaconReceptacle

15.

Due to the explosive popularity following the release of A New Hope, the cast was thrusted into stardom so quickly that when Harrison Ford went to a record store to buy an album one day, enthusiastic fans tore half his shirt off.-u/Soft_Light

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Harrison Ford, who'll play Indiana Jones in a 2023 sequel, is actually a year older than the actor who played "old" Indy on the 1990s TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."-u/PikesPique

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Harrison Ford has personally provided emergency helicopter services at the behest of local authorities multiple times, in one instance rescuing a hiker overcome by dehydration in Jackson, Wyoming-deleted user

18.

Hollywood father-son duo Sean Connery and Harrison Ford are only 12 years apart in age.-u/zmanoomzaki

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Harrison Ford isn't grumpy in all his interviews, he actually suffers from anxiety and a fear of public speaking.-u/WhiteRun

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20.

Ian McDiarmid (The Emperor) was only 38 years old when Return of the Jedi was released (Harrison Ford is older then him)-u/speence

21.

All In The Family star Rob Reiner wasn't the first choice for the son-in-law Mike (Meathead), it was Harrison Ford.-u/mrrx

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Harrison Ford declined the lead role of Benjamin Martin in The Patriot, feeling the script had boiled the Revolutionary War down to a "one-man's-revenge" melodrama.-u/SHIT_DOWN_MY_PEEHOLE

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23.

The coat that Harrison Ford wears in Han Solo's Hoth scenes in "The Empire Strikes Back" is actually brown. While the coat may appear blue, this is an example of “color constancy": the mental models we have of what certain colors should look like depending on the environment they are in.-u/ralphbernardo

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Harrison Ford's 4th time playing the role of Indiana Jones wasn't in the 4th movie.-u/MADNESS_NH97

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Harrison Ford and Sean Connery filmed their conversation scenes onboard the Zeppelin in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade without pants on, because of the hot set.-u/vienna95

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