Harrison Ford admits to never seeing Anchorman or Expendables

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Harrison Ford admits to never seeing Anchorman or Expendables

When you’re a legend like Harrison Ford, some roles are so easy that you can do them with your eyes closed.

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Published: Wed 16 Apr 2014, 2:48 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 5:43 PM

During a Reddit AMA to promote his new docuseries about climate change, Years of Living Dangerously, the 71-year-old answered questions about his career. Obviously, everyone wanted to know about Han Solo and Indiana Jones, but Ford’s confessions about his more recent projects, Anchorman 2 and The Expendables 3, were more eyebrow-raising.

When one Redditor asked what it was like on set of Will Ferrell’s cable news satire, Ford said, “It was goofy...I hadn’t seen Anchorman, it was only one day’s work, I knew that it was very popular, and I admired the talents of the people involved, so I went to do it and had a great time. I still haven’t seen it though.”

It was a similar situation for The Expendables 3: “I was on my way to Indonesia to do Years of Living Dangerously, and halfway around the world. And the location for Expendables was right on the way, and they asked me for a relatively short period of time, and it seemed like fun,” he explained. “I hadn’t seen the films but I looked at one of them and I thought it was kind of funny, so I thought why not?”

Both of these explanations delighted readers, but not as much as two quips he made in response to nerdy questions about Star Wars. In regard to whether it was Han or Greedo that shot first: “I don’t know and I don’t care.”

And as for whether he’s still in a fight with Lando Calrissian, Ford responded simply, “Lando who?”


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