Harrison Ford’s rise to star status allegedly came with early rejection.
In a recent one Black Interview, The Indiana Jones Star opened up a crushing moment in the 1960s when he was a young actor who earned only $ 150 a week under contract with Columbia Pictures.
This could have been a big snub that could have ended his career before it even began.
After landing his first appearance on screen in Death heat on a happy roundThe iconic actor was called to the Office of Study’s Head of New Talent, who expected praise or at least a push of encouragement.
However, he was told flat that he had “no future in the industry.”
He even remembered how the exercise even pressed him to ditch his name and get a trendy look.
“He wanted me to change my name. He thought Harrison Ford was too pretentious name of a young man, and then he asked me to have my hair cut like Elvis Presley,” the actor told the business, noting, “I didn’t go with.”
He added, “I lasted about a year and a half of a seven-year contract.”
Now, years later when Harrison had become a household name thanks to Star Wars. Blade Runnerand Indiana JonesHe ran into the same director again.
“I met him later across a crowded space,” he shared and told, “he had sent me a card that he had written,” I missed my guess. “And I looked around and couldn’t remember which one he was, but then he nodded at me and smiled, and I thought, ‘Oh, yes, I know you.’ “
