Harrison Ford’s Star Wars Casting Audition Began as a Simple Favor

Harrison Ford’s Han Solo resonated with Star Wars fans as a grounded, cynical, sarcastic, and reluctantly heroic ...
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Harrison Ford reveals surprising fact about getting his 'Star Wars' role

The legendary actor revealed the surprising way he first became connected to one of the biggest films in history.
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Harrison Ford recalls being told he'd never make it

Blunt early rejection: In 1966, Columbia Pictures executive Jerry Tokofsky told Ford he’d never make it after seeing his small role in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round. Breakthrough by chance: Ford ...

Harrison Ford Didn't Know He Was Actually Auditioning for “Star Wars”: ‘I Thought I Was Doing Them a Favor’

Ford had been told he wouldn't be considered for the movie because he'd already appeared in George Lucas' 'American Graffiti' ...