"If I Die, You Die": The Cowboys & Aliens Interviews: Harrison Ford

"If I die, you die." That's what Harrison Ford said to me when I sat next to him in his helicopter and inquired where the co-pilot was. I still can't believe that I'm working with all of these great people from Ron Howard to Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Brian Grazer, Daniel Craig and a wealth of talent both behind and in front of the camera. The experience of making this movie was as thrilling as the movie itself.

Many years ago I hosted a show called Dinner For Five and would dream of a table of this caliber. Instead of having the traditional EPK interviews, I offered to conduct some myself. What resulted were conversations that not only included the process of making Cowboys and Aliens, but also segued into larger conversations about the rich experiences these individuals have had in their careers. In this spirit, I present to you the first installment of "The Cowboys & Aliens Interviews."

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[Anthony Marsala]

03:08 PM on 07/13/2011

First interview I've seen with Ford where he didn't look miserable to be there. Any he smiled to boot. Congrats, JF.

[Phxgwen]

01:06 PM on 07/07/2011

Harrison will always be my older man crush.. always!!!!!

[brux]

05:59 PM on 07/03/2011

Dinner for Five was a very interesting show.
Ford is getting long in the tooth.

[TomR]

02:56 PM on 07/03/2011

Glad you survived the helicopter ride with your bowels intact. I'm sure Harrison was too.

- Tom

[Glen V]

02:34 PM on 07/03/2011

'If I die, you die' - Angela Lansbury, 1956, in 'The Court Jester', 1956.

[TheOuroborus]

02:31 PM on 07/03/2011

Hollywood is a classic ouroborus.

[Curious Black]

11:54 PM on 07/03/2011

My understanding of the name Ouroborus leads me to believe you are out to get you.

[PhoebeH]

02:18 PM on 07/03/2011

Great interviews. Thanks for sharing.

And I'm really looking forward to the movie.

[lawyersgunsandmoney]

12:30 PM on 07/03/2011

jon - love the work,

please consider posting the interview in text -
i'm in china, and video here is extremely unlikely.
actually, not ever.

big red is trying to keep the man down.

thanks.

[mheister]

12:37 PM on 07/07/2011

Get a proxy server.

[Ender7647]

09:10 AM on 07/03/2011

Great to see Harrison Ford so engaged in an interview. This is going to be one of those increasingly rare flicks that works to bring the joy back into the movie theater.

[Jason Ungar]

02:06 PM on 06/30/2011

I loved his explanation on why 3-D sucks and CGI sucks. Seemed a bit of a rip on Lucas and the last Indy movie.

[SirSparky]

12:26 PM on 06/29/2011

Wow. Usually when Harrison Ford does an interview he's monosyllabic. This version of him is charming, warm and open. Nice.

[mheister]

12:38 PM on 07/07/2011

Because he's talking about the work, not himself.

[leanforward]

12:10 PM on 06/29/2011

DF5 was "many" years ago? It was like 6 years ago, relax JF

[Mile End]

06:57 AM on 06/29/2011

Harrison Ford is just as charming and articulate as one would imagine. Thanks for the delightful interview.

[iamsamh2]

04:23 AM on 06/29/2011

It's not a sequel, reboot, remake, or in 3D, so it's already well ahead of today's Hollywood curve. Daniel Craig, Sam Rockwell, Walt Goggins, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde??? Are you kidding me? Sci-fi is among my least favorite genres, but I'll watch this if only because Jon Favreau is directing and this is a lights-out cast.

[JeremiahA]

04:13 AM on 06/29/2011

Daniel Craig--get back to the Bond films! We enjoy everything you do but people need their Bond fix!

[Reticent2]

08:31 AM on 06/29/2011

Tell it to the MGM bankruptcy attorneys who have been holding up all the property (films).

[JeremiahA]

11:51 AM on 06/29/2011

Like the line from "Jaws"..."All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks...and hold up movies."

[Twrexx]

03:36 PM on 06/29/2011

I believe work on the next Bond film has resumed--at least preliminary stuff. I might be wrong about that but I seem to remember reading an article about it recently. It seems to me the only logical choice right now is to remake Goldfinger, though I generally despise remakes.