As the crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford stood on the stage, trying to keep his emotions in check.
The warmth of the audience and a clip reel that had just played had left Ford shaken.
B次元官网网址淭hey say that when youB次元官网网址檙e about to die, you see your life flash before your eyes,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淎nd I just saw my life flash before my eyes B次元官网网址� a great part of my life, but not all of my life.B次元官网网址�
If last yearB次元官网网址檚 Cannes was partially defined by this yearB次元官网网址檚 has belonged to Ford. This time, itB次元官网网址檚 been far more poignant. Ford, 80, is retiring Indiana Jones, saying goodbye to the iconic swashbuckling archeologist more than 40 years after he first debuted, with fedora, whip and a modest snake phobia.
ItB次元官网网址檚 been a moving farewell tour B次元官网网址� most of all for Ford, who has teared up frequently along the way. Speaking to reporters Friday, Ford was asked: Why give up Indy now?
B次元官网网址淚s it not evident?B次元官网网址� he replied with a characteristically sheepish grin. B次元官网网址淚 need to sit down and rest a little bit. I love to work. And I love this character. And I love what it brought into my life. ThatB次元官网网址檚 all I can say.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,B次元官网网址� the fifth Indiana Jones film, bringing an affecting coda to the franchise begun with 1981B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淩aiders of the Lost Ark.B次元官网网址� While that film and the next three were all directed by Steven Spielberg from a story by George Lucas, FordB次元官网网址檚 final chapter is directed and co-written by James Mangold,
The gala, one of the most sought-after tickets at Cannes this year, also included an honorary Palme dB次元官网网址橭r given to Ford. The next day, Ford was still struggling to articulate the experience of unveiling his final turn as Indiana Jones.
B次元官网网址淚t was indescribable. I canB次元官网网址檛 even tell you,B次元官网网址� said Ford. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 just extraordinary to see a kind of relic of your life as it passes by.B次元官网网址�
Following the disappointment of 2008B次元官网网址檚 little-loved B次元官网网址淚ndiana Jones and the Crystal Skull,B次元官网网址� the possibilities for a fifth film lingered for years and went through many iterations. Ford said he was intent on seeing a different, less youthful version of Jones. B次元官网网址淒ial of DestinyB次元官网网址� is set in the 1960s and finds Indiana as a retiring professor whose long-ago exploits no longer seem so special in the age of space exploration.
B次元官网网址淚 wanted to see the weight of life on him. I wanted to see him require reinvention and support. And I wanted him to have a relationship that was not a flirty movie relationship,B次元官网网址� said Ford, who stars alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge. B次元官网网址淚 wanted an equal relationship.B次元官网网址�
Ford is clearly deeply pleased with the movie. He was especially complimentary of his castmates and Mangold, whom he said did more than B次元官网网址渇ill the shoes that Steven left for us.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淓verything has come together to support me in my old age,B次元官网网址� said Ford with a wry grin.
The movie begins with an extended sequence set back in the final days of WWII. In those scenes, Ford has been de-aged to appear much younger. Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy was quick to say that an AI-crafted Ford wonB次元官网网址檛 be used by the company in the future. Ford called the employment of a de-aged version of him B次元官网网址渟killed and assiduousB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� and didnB次元官网网址檛 make him jealous.
B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 look back and say I wish I was that guy. IB次元官网网址檓 real happy with age,B次元官网网址� said Ford. He then added, with an expletive, that it could be worse. B次元官网网址淚 could be dead.B次元官网网址�
Ford isnB次元官网网址檛 retiring from acting. He has two ongoing TV series (B次元官网网址淪hrinking,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址�1923B次元官网网址�) and he said he remains committed to working.
B次元官网网址淢y luck has been been to work with incredibly talented people and find my way into this crowd of geniuses and not get my ass kicked out,B次元官网网址� said Ford. B次元官网网址淎nd IB次元官网网址檝e apparently still got a chance to work and I want that. I need that in my life, that challenge.B次元官网网址�
Ford, like Indiana, isnB次元官网网址檛 departing without his hat. HeB次元官网网址檚 kept one, Ford said, but he more prizes the experience of making the films. B次元官网网址淭he stuff is great but itB次元官网网址檚 not about the stuff.B次元官网网址�
And Ford can still turn heads. One female reporter declared that the 80-year-old was B次元官网网址渟till hotB次元官网网址� and asked Ford B次元官网网址� who briefly appears shirtless in the movie B次元官网网址� how he stays fit. After a few chuckles and some mention of his avid cycling, Ford answered with mock pomposity.
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B次元官网网址擩ake Coyle, The Associated Press
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