Captain America: Brave New World Director defends Harrison Ford against Diva accusations

Harrison Ford He played some of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema and has had a rather incredible career. But with that level of popularity comes a certain reputation, which sometimes leans against the grumpy and without frills that Ford has cultivated over the decades.

So when an anonymous Captain America: Brave New World The crew member recently described him as “one of the most irritable artists” with whom they had ever worked, claiming to have “hated” the process of capture of the movement requested for his role as Red Hulk, on the Internet, predictably, has course with it.

They said: “Everyone was trying to climb to make him happy. This made a very embarrassing work environment. “

Director Julius OnahHowever, he defended Ford and directly faced the statements, closing the idea that Ford was difficult on the set.

He said: “Listen, I cannot speak with anything that anyone who is speculating or talks about the whole record. Everything I can talk to is my experience with Harrison. He was a total professional.

“He is an incredibly serious and passionate boy of work. The creative process is the one in which you really have significant and, sometimes, passionate conversations, but always worked for a target in which we were making the best version of the film possible. “

Onah continued to praise Ford saying: “I think Harrison made a phenomenal performance in the film. I was so honored to work with him.

“I learned so much from him, and the entire cast has nothing but love and respect for him, and also the crew. This is the experience I had in the realization of this film, and it is the truth of what our cinema was on set. “

In addition to the drama out of the screen, Onah also shed light on Ford’s approach to his performance, in particular in interpreting the internal struggle of Thaddeus Ross.

“Harrison is so busy. I went to his house very early in the trial and we talked a lot about what Thaddeus Ross would mean having backslide in who he was.

“We meet him at the beginning of the film and images that this is a boy who has emptied and softened. So thinking about that character, that anger, while things continue to thwart his plans to create this treaty to distribute quite Adamantium all over the world. He had to start losing control. “

“We talked about how the physicality of this would be, how anger would emerge. Harrison, the fantastic thing of him is that you have these conversations, and then finds him at the moment, in the scene, what seems organic when it is in that space. So it was preparation and then trust man, of course, how can you trust Harrison Ford? “

In New brave worldFord takes on the role of Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross from the deceased William Hurtwho originated the character in 2008 The incredible Hulk.

That film has a significant role in New brave worldlike Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) investigates why his mentor, super soldier Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lightly), attempted to assassinate Ross in an international top of the White House.

Despite the speculation behind the scenes, Ford seems to have taken this role seriously. The comments of Onah paint the image of an actor who was fully engaged in the character and in the film.

Source: Variety