There are stars, celebrities and mega stars, and while Harrison Ford would most likely cringe at that label after a long and storied career in film, there’s no doubt he has made an indelible mark on the cinematic world, and beyond into the cultural zeitgeist. In recent years, Ford has ventured into the realms of the streaming world with Shrinking on Apple TV and Yellowstone: 1923 and his 1923 co-star Helen Mirren describes the effect Ford has had on his male co-stars on the Yellowstone prequel.
“Harrison is such a bloke. He’s what in England we call a bloke. He is a guy, and because he’s a bloke, all the other blokes absolutely love him, and quite rightfully.”
“He’s always so lovely to all the other actors, and so we do all sit in the freezing cold on set, on funny, funky, little uncomfortable chairs, and the other guys just gather around Harrison because they just want to be in his company, I think, and I tag along.”
“We would sit around together and shoot the s— off-set,” she continues of their dynamic when the cameras aren’t rolling. “Harrison is not like an ‘I’m going to my trailer’ person. I don’t think I ever knew him [or] remember him going, ever, to his trailer. We hang around on the set and we do our thing.”
In return, Ford described the Oscar-winning Dame.
“We had a good time. A good time hanging out together as well as working together.”
As for how he’d describe his costar, he says she’s “what we used to call a broad — and there’s no disparagement in calling a dame a broad.”
“It means that she’s a woman that has the bandwidth to hang with men — not just to be a lady with them, but to actually hang with them. She’s a real cool lady.”
