Imagine for a moment that you are Harrison Ford in the year 2024. You are 82 years old, and arguably one of the last living old-school movie stars, held aloft above an army of actors whose names don’t get people to buy tickets. You’re Han Solo. You’re Rick Deckard. You’re Indiana Jones, for crying out loud. How do you navigate through life with a legacy like that?
Some actors at this point would yank up the drawbridge and rest on their laurels. And who could blame them? They’ve earned their money. They’ve achieved immortality. Any more work on top of that would simply undermine all they’ve forged. Say what you like about Gene Hackman, but at least he’s never going to junk his reputation by coming out of retirement to appear in, say, Dirty Grandpa.
