Harrison Ford: Avoiding Marvel Roles Is ‘Silly’

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When it comes to the few true ‘movie stars’ left these days, there are few in the league of Harrison Ford.

The legendary “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” actor has been out doing press for his Apple TV+ comedy series “Shrinking” and has spoken about his 60 years of acting.

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the 82-year-old says wryly that “as far as I’m concerned, everything I’ve ever done is comedy” – an interesting interpretation of some his most serious work like “Witness” and “The Mosquito Coast”. He explains the reasoning:

“The jokes really are the surprise in everything, in a serious movie or in a streaming comedy. Finding the humor in the moment is what makes it survivable for us most of the time. I do like to invest characters that I play with their own personal sense of humor. I think everybody has one, even if they’re not funny.”

Ford is about to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross / Red Hulk in “Captain America: Brave New World” next year. He tells GQ that he’s not like some actors who seem to be proud to avoid the MCU, saying doing so would be silly:

“I mean, this is the Marvel universe and I’m just there on a weekend pass. I’m a sailor new to this town. I understand the appeal of other kinds of films besides the kind we made in the ’80s and ’90s.

I don’t have anything general to say about it. It’s the condition our condition is in, and things change and morph and go on. We’re silly if we sit around regretting the change and don’t participate.

I’m participating in a new part of the business that, for me at least, I think is really producing some good experiences for an audience. I enjoy that.”

Ford was also asked about the chatter by people, like filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who’ve suggested Marvel has contributed to the death of Hollywood movie stars to which he says:

“Oh, I think it’s rubbish. I don’t think the question is whether or not there are any movie stars. There’s wonderful actors coming up every day. Whether or not they become movie stars is really not the point.

If movies need stars, they will find them. I’ve never f—ing understood being a movie star. I’m an actor. I tell stories. I’m part of a group of people who work together, collaborate on telling stories. I’m an assistant storyteller. That’s what I am.”

“Captain America: Brave New World” opens in theaters February 14th 2025.