The Hollywood mega-star says if you want a quality role these days, you have to go out and make the movie yourself.
Veteran actor Harrison Ford has only made a handful of movies over the last few years, and it's not because he no longer loves acting – it’s just that according to him – Hollywood isn't producing any quality material.
“I grew up in a system where the studios spent a lot of money on the development of stories and ideas and bought books and they really developed the scripts. That doesn’t happen anymore,” Ford told Tarts. “Now, if you want good material you have to develop it for yourself or have a hand in the process. I have been determined to do that over the past few years.”
Ford took matters into his own hands by signing on as executive producer for the new fact-based drama “Extraordinary Measures,” where he plays an unconventional scientist that sets out to develop a cure for Pompe disease alongside John and Aileen Crowley (Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell), whose young children are inflicted with the rare degenerative disorder.
“I was looking to develop material for myself,” Ford added. “I saw an opportunity to tell a very positive human story and the opportunity to craft for myself a part different to what I’ve normally done and a different genre.”
However the 67-year-old “Indiana Jones” star certainly isn’t the first to be dismayed by the caliber of Hollywood roles these days. In fact, it seems to be quite a hot topic, among both male and female actors.
“Where are the roles for the female experience from that (strong, admirable) point of view for the young college girls, mothers and grandmothers? A lot of actresses I speak to find the same thing,” actress Jessica Biel recently told us. “We're all scrambling for it when something good comes out that actually has a good female character.”
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JMC Ministries Response
written by Miranda Caverley
For years now and even decades we have seen the decline in good wholesome family films. Many movies even some PG rated ones have started to have risqué’ subjects and material in their films. What was rated R back in the 80’s and even 90’s is now considered PG-13 today which means teenagers are seeing more and more sex, violence, drugs and practically anything that is immoral.
The fact that actors are now complaining that there are no good roles anymore is quite over do. Harrison Ford is right that if you want a good movie/role you have to make it yourself. That is why so many independent films, directors, producers etc. are popping up all over the place. Take the movie Fireproof for example That was made by a Church. A church people! Because they wanted to make films that were good family films with a message. Hollywood use to make movies like that back in the 30’s 40’s and 50’s.
But now there are hardly any. I will say there are still some but like Jessica Beil said in the article. There are so little good roles out there that when one comes available everyone is jumping on it. When is directors, producers, and the movie companies going to realize people are getting tired and want change!
We need more people like the Church that produced Fireproof to rise up and say no more! That they want to see good wholesome family films again that bring families back together not tear them apart.
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