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Harrison Ford has done press interviews for 50 years and almost never looks like he’s enjoying himself. Then a British TV host who hadn’t even seen his film made him laugh harder than anyone ever has on camera.
In 2017, Ford and Ryan Gosling sat down on ITV’s This Morning to promote Blade Runner 2049. Interviewer Alison Hammond opened with a straight face: “Bleak. Dystopian. An absolute nightmare to be honest with you.” Both actors braced. Then she added, “that’s just my interviewing techniques.”
Ford cracked. Gosling broke completely. Within a minute, Gosling had opened a miniature bottle of whisky and poured himself a glass. Hammond then admitted she’d never seen the original Blade Runner. She asked Gosling if he’d brought his knitting needles to set. He looked down at his sweater and said, “Yeah, this is what I did on set. I knitted this.” Ford tried to give a serious answer about the film. Hammond poured herself a drink. Ford grabbed Gosling’s glass and took a sip.
The whole thing lasted four minutes. Almost none of it was about the film. Hammond left thinking she was going to be sacked. The clip passed 19 million views on YouTube. Ford walked up to her afterward and said she’d made his day. When they did a follow-up Zoom days later, he didn’t recognise her.
He later requested her by name for his next press tour.
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