Harrison Ford Gets Emotional Talking About an Indiana Jones ‘With the Weight of Life on Him’

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Come on, Harrison.”Ford was in a reflective mood throughout the press conference, talking about a lengthy career that allowed him “to learn from my experience a little bit of craft … and not get my ass kicked out when I didn’t do as well as I wanted to.” Harrison Ford addresses the de-aging technology in the new Indiana Jones movie – he looks decades younger in first 20 minutes: “it has to serve the story” #cannes @thewrap pic.twitter.com/qwl5rY9jkqThe film premiered on Thursday night in Cannes’ Grand Theatre Lumiere, where it drew the usual extended standing ovation from an audience of more than 2,000 in the huge theater.

Prior to the screening, Ford was surprised by a film reel showing footage from throughout his career, and then by the presentation of an Honorary Palme d’Or for his body of work.“The warmth is unimaginable,” he said of his reception in Cannes. “And it feels good.” “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is the first Indiana Jones movie not directed by Steven Spielberg, with “Ford v.

Ferrari” and “Walk the Line” director Joseph Mangold stepping in for the fifth and presumably final installment in the series that began in 1981 with “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “He more than filled the shoes that Steven left for us,” said Ford.Late in the press conference, Ford returned to the subject of age when he was asked about the opening sequence of the movie, in which visual effects technology de-ages him by a few decades. “This iteration of the technology seemed to me to be very realistic,” he said. “It’s not some Photoshop magic — it’s what I looked like 35 years ago.”He paused.