Men’s Journal Profiles Harrison Ford
April 21, 2008
In the May 2008 issue of Men’s Journal magazine, journalist Allison Glock hops into the seat next to actor Harrison Ford as he gives an interview and a helicopter ride fitting of Indiana Jones.
Ford chats about reprising his role in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as his love for flying and acting. Glock also talks with Ford’s friend journalist Tom Brokaw, as well as co-star Shia LaBeouf about their respect and admiration for “The Cowboy.”
Here’s an excerpt of LaBeouf’s first meeting with Ford:
“This is how I met Harrison Ford,” recounts 21-year-old actor Shia LaBeouf, who also stars in the new Indy installment. “I was rehearsing on this huge bike at some air force base with the stunt team. At some point in the film Harrison and I were going to have to ride this thing, and that was a big deal, an insurance issue. So I’m learning how to handle it, and I hear this tic tic tic tic tic, and I look up in the sky and spot this helicopter coming in, like on a movie. And inside the helicopter I see this one man, all by himself. Usually you ride with someone else when you fly, you know, in case **** happens. But not Harrison. And he lands the helicopter, pops open the door, gets out, stretches his back a little, waves to the crew, walks around to open the other door, pulls out his whip, and cracks it.”
“Working with Harrison was really special to me,” he says. “I didn’t tell him that, of course. He’s not the type of guy you go up to and say, ‘You’re special to me.’ He’s the kind of guy you give a handshake to and stay quiet. A man’s man. And not the bull**** machismo either. He’s honest butch.”
Be sure to read the full interview “Harrison Ford and the (truly) Lost Crusade” in the May 2008 issue of Men’s Journal magazine, in stores now.
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