The only thing I know about Blade Runner 2049 is that Harrison Ford accidentally punched Ryan Gosling in the face while they were filming a fight scene. That had to be pretty painful. While that was physical pain, I think Gosling had to feel an emotional one when his co-star could not remember his name, more than once, when they both appeared on The Graham Norton Show last week.
Because Ford has such a dry sense of humor, I do not know if he was joking or he was serious. It could honestly go either way. What do you think?
I do not know about you, but the only thing I know about Blade Runner 2049 is that Harrison Ford accidentally punched Ryan Gosling in the face while they were filming the movie. The story has been all over the place and everyone but the puncher has talked about it.
That is until last night when Jimmy Fallon asked him about it on The Tonight Show. Ford explained, “I threw 80 punches, 79 of them missed him. Which is the way you are supposed to do it in a movie. You are not supposed to really hit somebody.”
Then the NBC host wanted to know how you apologize to someone you punched right smack in the face that is worth its weight in gold. If you are Indiana Jones, you bring a bottle of Scotch over to his trailer, pour him a glass and then take the bottle back to your trailer. Basically confirming what Gosling said had happened.
I wonder what would have happened, if it happened the other way around? Could you imagine?
Even though no one asked for a sequel to Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford are doing a 5th one. Will they at least save us some misery by not bringing back Shia LaBeouf’s useless character? Screenwriter David Koepp told Entertainment Weekly, “Harrison plays Indiana Jones, that I can certainly say…And the Shia LaBeouf character is not in the film.”
That is the good news, the bad news is that they are still making it and it might be Spielberhg’s next film. Isn’t it time to let a huge rock roll over the franchise because that is how we all felt when Indy survived a nuclear bomb by hiding out in refrigerator. That was so awful and not in a good awful way.
Harrison Ford was on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday to promote the home video version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the ABC late night host wanted to know if it’s true that he has been trying to get Hans Solo killed off for 30 years. The actor admitted that he finally wore them down and that is why his character met his ultimate fate.
Will he back for the last two Star Wars movies? He wouldn’t say.
Then Kimmel wanted to know if he was surprised that his death remained a secret until the film came out. Ford told him, “It is pretty amazing actually. That people, sort of, respected fellow audience members, to the extent that it didn’t get around. It was fantastic.” Then he added, “I think they knew I would show up at their house and beat the sh!t out of them.”
On that note, he also talked about putting on his fedora for a 5th time to play Indiana Jones. When asked if that character would meet the same fate, he was just as tight lipped as he was about whether he would be back for any more Star Wars movies. So we don’t know just yet.
BTW when it comes to Hans Solo’s death, someone spoiled it for me opening weekend and that is a part of the reason why I still haven’t the biggest movie ever released in America. Just don’t tell Ford because I don’t want him beating the sh!t out of the sweet young innocent girl who told me. She doesn’t understand what a spoiler is, so I can’t wait to ruin Bambi, The Lion King and Old Yeller for her.
Even though Harrison Ford is 73 years old, that isn’t stopping Stephen Spielberg and him from doing another Indiana Jones movie. Disney announced today that he will put on that wool felt fedora one more time. Hopefully he won’t suffer the same fate as Hans Solo.
I would be a lot more excited about this announcement if it wasn’t for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That movie was so awful. But then again this movie has potential because George Lucas isn’t attached to it.
When can you see Indiana Jones 5? Set a reminder on your computer/phone for July 19, 2019 because we are going to forget that this is going to happen until they remind us about it in 3 years with they release the first teaser trailer for it.
