Though Harrison Ford clashed with Ridley Scott during production of Blade Runner (which Ford called "not one of my favourite films"), Scott claims the script he sent Ford for the Blade Runner sequel got the reaction of, "Wow, this is the best thing ever read" from the actor. With that - and presumably a couple of months of haggling, seeing as it was last year when Ford read the screenplay - Rick Deckard himself is officially back on board for the Blade Runner sequel. Whether that means Ford is once again going to play the lead is another matter. Casting a 72-year-old as the main character in a major new production isn't just impractical (how many 72-year-olds would you prepared to make work all day, every day in a potentially physically demanding role for weeks on end?), but improbable - there simply aren't that many blockbusters these days featuring actors of pensioner-age in lead roles. While it's unlikely that Ford will take centre stage, however, you can't rule it out - a septuagenarian actor that found himself allegedly 'crushed' by the Millennium Falcon and then lived to continue filming anyway is probably ready for anything.
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