I think Ford’s attitude is similar to Guinness’ attitude - it’s not that he hates Star Wars, it’s that he hates that it’s completely overshadowed his other work and nobody ever talks to him about any other part of his career.
Ford’s attitude about the films has always just pissed me off. If you don’t like something, which you clearly don’t, why you do it in the first place?
Hell, I’d argue his career wouldn’t be what it became without star wars and he should at least be able to acknowledge that.
He always just comes off as “I’m better than you, I’m better than this franchise, I’m better than anything”
Christopher Eccleston famously hated Dr who, and he never seems to say a negative thing about it. Plenty of MCU actors hate the MCU, they don’t talk shit, and I can’t see them talking shit about them for several decades either.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
You mean like Indiana Jones?
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Ford’s attitude about the films has always just pissed me off. If you don’t like something, which you clearly don’t, why you do it in the first place?
I mean I don’t love my job but I keep showing up for the paycheck.
anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I hate my job and I don’t even have a job.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And you probably do a good job, just like Ford (although I’ve never seen a single star wars movie and it’s going to stay that way).
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Christopher Eccleston famously hated Dr who
its my understanding that he hated Russell T Davis because Davis was abusive to the staff.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
why you do it in the first place?
it paid more than carpentry. No, really.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
dumptrucks of money.
Which is why sigourney weaver kept making aliens movies
anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And fucking ACED every one of them.
That’s the sign of a consummate professional.
Famously, Agatha Christi hated Hercule Poirot, yet she still wrote him into some of the best detective stories in the world.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yep. I find it interesting, too, that the first appearance of ford is in some western tv show from 1967… it took a full decade for him to become a real star.
anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Ah but carpentry is rewarded in the kingdom of heaven.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
yeah, if you’re really lucky people will notice you and you’ll nail your big debut
anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Hahahahahaha
fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Or selling weed.
anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
MCU is genuinely mass market slop though. I cannot believe people watch that drivel, and I judge people who do. That’s all I have to say on the matter, good day, Sir, I SAID GOOD DAY.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 4 weeks ago
Ford struggled with anxiety and imposter syndrome early on, and developed his tough, flippant exterior around that as a coping mechanism. So there are a lot of stories about him saying callous, tough guy things. But he’s quite a softie who really loves the art of acting, so I don’t think he’s really dismissing everything and everyone outright.