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‘Who the F*** Is Harrison Ford?’ Ridley Scott Says ‘Blade Runner’ Financiers Balked at Casting

Ridley Scott said ‘Blade Runner’ financiers balked at his choice of casting Harrison Ford in the film.
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Ridley Scott originally had to defend his choice of leading man in the 1982 sci-fi hit Blade Runner, the celebrated director revealed this week.

“Harrison Ford was not a star yet,” Scott said in a video interview with the magazine GQ.

The actor had played a major supporting role in Star Wars and was in the middle of filming Raiders of the Lost Ark, but he’d never helmed a box office hit.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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