What do you get when you take two Star Wars legends, send them to the 19th century Ardross Castle in Alness, Ross-shire – also known as the Traitors castle – and film adverts for Glenmorangie whisky? You get Harrison Ford and Joel Edgerton (aka Han Solo and Owen Lars) throwing away the cliches and building a series of ads that highlight the whisky, the country and not shying away from Fords age…oh, and a kilt.
What was it like telling Harrison Ford to do another take on something?
He was awesome. We shot a lot in three days. We shot a lot of material, like 20 to 30 minutes of him doing things. But I was terrified because most campaigns you shoot are a 60-second spot in two days. We were doing four separate stories each day. I thought I was going to have a heart attack before I even got there. But he was often ready before the camera was ready. He would change in a cupboard if he needed to.
How many kilts did he try on before you found the right one?
We had a beautiful kilt made. When I was younger, I never thought I’d ever have lunch with Harrison so I certainly could never have imagined that one day I’d be working with Harrison Ford and that these words were going to come out of my mouth, “Harrison, can I get you to wear a kilt?”
Andf not a single mention of Joel playing Luke Skywalker’s uncle, Owen Lars. For shame.
