Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton in ‘1923’.Photo: James Minchin III/Paramount+
More than half a century into his career,Harrison Fordhas no plans of slowing down.
“I’m 80, and I’m playing 77,” Ford joked. “It’s a bit of a stretch.”
In1923, Ford andHelen Mirrenlead a new generation of the Dutton family as they navigate the hardships of the era, including Western Expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression.
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in1923.James Minchin III/Paramount+
“I’ve been working pretty much back-to-back, which is not what I normally do,” he said. “I don’t know how it happened. But it happened.”
And theStar Warsicon has no intention of retiring any time soon. “I love it. I love the challenge and the process of making a movie. I feel at home. It’s what I’ve spent my life doing,” he said.
“I’m here to sell a movie,” Ford added. “I don’t want to reinvent myself. I just want to work.”
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Ford previously raved to PEOPLE and other outlets about working with Mirren, 77, again after they first starred together in the 1986 feature adaptation ofThe Mosquito Coast, based on Paul Theroux’s novel of the same name.
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“I admire her work and her person[now], and I have all the same degree of admiration for her as I did then,” Ford said at the Los Angeles premiere of1923earlier this month. “She’s wonderful, she’s just a lovely person, and so it’s been both a professional pleasure and a personal pleasure working with her again.”
1923premieres Sunday on Paramount+ and Paramount Network, following the latest episode ofYellowstoneat 8 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
