Harrison Ford Connects Mysterious Pieces of Time in “The Age of Adaline”
One of cinema’s greats, Harrison Ford, who have
starred in the most successful and acclaimed films in history, including the
landmark “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” franchises plays a pivotal role in the
latest unforgettable love story to unfold on screens, “The Age of Adaline” with
Blake Lively in the title role along with Academy Award winning actresses Kathy
Baker and Ellen Burstyn.
In
the movie, having miraculously remained 29 years old for almost eight decades,
Adaline Bowman (Lively) has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself
to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with
charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) reignites her passion
for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents (Ford and Baker)
threatens to expose the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her
life forever.
Harrison Ford plays Ellis’s father, William, a
college professor. “Harrison Ford was the first and only choice to play William
as far as I was concerned,” says Krieger. “We needed someone who brought real
intelligence to the role and was clearly a heartthrob in his day. Harrison has
always been great playing an academic, be he also captures the ethereal side of
William.”
Lively admits she was a little nervous to meet the Oscar®-nominated actor she says. “Maybe I should not have watched the Indiana Jones trilogy before shooting. He is a brilliant actor, and true personal hero.”
The script’s whimsical premise
paired with its down-to-earth approach to Adaline’s miraculous life caught the
actor’s fancy. “This is very different from anything I’ve done before,” says
Ford. “It’s one of those movies that is about being transported into a fantasy,
but played very realistically. It’s a very clever construction. It was a
delight to work on an ambitious movie that has a magical thinking to it. The
audience is taken to an extraordinary world, but not the world of high-tech
science fiction. It has roots in everyday life plus just enough magic to excite
your imagination and open your heart.”
The film’s leading lady made a
lasting impression on the Star Wars star, “She works very hard at what she is
doing and is terrific in the part,” says Ford. “As an actor, she’s fully
prepared, she’s inventive, she’s patient and she’s very generous with the other
actors.”
Ford’s character is celebrating
his 40th wedding anniversary when his son brings home a girl who looks, sounds
and acts exactly like a woman he was in love with 45 years earlier. “William is
a scientist,” says the actor. “He knows there’s no realistic way this can
happen. His wife, played by Kathy Baker, thinks he’s pining for this long-ago
romance.”
Ford has special praise for
Baker, whose work he says he has admired for many years. “Kathy was terrific in
helping make that part of the story come alive,” Ford says.
Baker
shared Ford’s sentiment, “The Age of Adaline was a dream job for me. Harrison
is fun and funny and smart and professional and witty and wise, and I was very
lucky to have the opportunity to work with him. The film is beautiful to look
at and is full of romance and magic; I am looking forward to sharing it with
our audiences."
Lively
says the film is unlike any she's ever seen in its exploration of that idea.
"It's about love and loss and what they mean if you were able to live
forever," she says. "Is that a gift or is it a curse? I walked away
from Adaline's story thinking that life happens exactly the way it's supposed
to. To live life surrounded by the people you love, to come and go with them,
that feels like the perfect order to me."
An
unforgettable journey in time starts when “The Age of Adaline” opens May 20 in
cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films.
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