When he first read the scripts for Cowboys and Aliens, actor Harrison Ford admits he wasn’t quite sure about it.
“I read about 30 pages and said, ‘I don’t get it. I don’t think that there’s anything in this for me.’ He [Ford’s agent] said, ‘Well, I thought you were into doing a movie that people wanted to go see.’ I said, ‘All right, I’ll finish it,’ and I read the rest of it. It was ambitious, I thought. I said, ‘Why don’t I go talk to Jon?’ and then I met with Jon Favreau,” Ford tells Blastr.
“I was impressed by what he had to say and his collegial spirit. I met the writers, and they made it clear that it was still a work in progress. I met Daniel [Craig], who was very generous about sharing a bit more space for the character,” he continued. “Then I began to see an opportunity to play a different kind of character than I’m used to. To enjoy the pleasures of having a character where you don’t have to have anybody like you. It’s a chance to really attempt to bring in some texture to the piece. I had a great time. So I said, ‘I’m in. This should be fun.’ And it was.”
Ford said his interest in the movie came from wanting to be part of a movie “people want to see.”
As it were, Harrison Ford was the ONLY thing remotely interesting in this movie. Everything else was purely two dimensional and transparent. Very little substance.