With the sci-fi dystopia Blade Runner, directorial ridley scott (gladiator) created one Milestone of the genrethat remains unreachable for many fans. It is therefore all the more astonishing that the film is anything but well remembered by its leading actor Harrison Ford.
In the filming of the cult classic, the actor came together with director Scott so that they Hardly a word spoke to each other. It was not until 35 years later that the two of them caused their dispute due to the sequel Blade Runner 2049. But why did such tensions occur on the set at the time?
“Ford was ready to kill Ridley”: So Scott put his Blade Runner star on the palm
Harrison Ford has often recorded that the Experience in shooting Blade Runner One of the most frustrating of his entire career. It started with the fact that he found little access to his figure Rick Deckard and had problems, “to engage in the fabric“How he confessed to Sfgate.
Ford’s dissatisfaction with the content material of the film finally increased even more due to the unconventional way of working by director Scott. As a result, arguments between the two occurred again and again. After a few days, they almost didn’t talk to each other on the set.
In the book Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner, which offers a detailed insight into the complicated creation of the film, producer Alan Ladd Jr. recalls one Just as prevented from escalation:
At the end of the filming, Ford was ready to kill Ridley. He would really have taken it with him if that hadn’t been talked out.
The then production manager Katherine Haber also found a rather informative explanation of what the twist between Ford and Scott was justified (via IB Times):
Blade Runner was the first film that Ridley made in the USA. He had spent his entire career to act through the eye of the camera. The moment Ridley entered a set, the lens became his focus. […] For the actors: Inside, especially for Harrison, it was a big problem. It meant that Harrison could only play in front of the camera and the crew without a director. He hated that. […] Harrison found Ridley as cold and insensitive.
The perfectionist behavior of Scotts seemed to have worked quite strange on Ford, which may of course have noticed little harmonious atmosphere. The director previously vehemently campaigned for Ford as the main actor at Blade Runner.
Fortunately, 35 years later, however, the two were able to bury the warrior and Together, the Sequel Blade Runner 2049. This time, however, Scott was only on board as a producer and handed over the director’s team to Denis Villeneuve. Was that also the reason why Ford was much more satisfied here with the end result?
Where do the sci-fi classic Blade Runner and the Sequel Blade Runner 2049 run in the stream?
In order to be able to stream Blade Runner, you currently have to fall back on a purchase or loan from various providers. The continuation Blade Runner 2049 is currently in the streaming flat rate of Magentatv.