As his new movie Paranoia earns early pans, and he joins the cast of "The Expendables 3," Harrison Ford talks fanboys, fat suits, and the industry's urge to revive his many iconic roles with the New York Times Magazine. Highlights below. On the difference between his leading man days in the 1970s-90s, and his "character actor" career now:The form of film in the '70s and '80s and early '90s, when I was working more and playing leading-man roles, was such that I always felt the burden of having to carry the audience along. Of making sure that they identified with the emotional condition of the character. And knowing that if they lost sympathy or investment in that character, that happened at the peril of the film. The pleasure of being a character actor is that you don't have to think about that. On the level of engagement in fanboy properties:It's another form of engagement. I think the success of Comic-Con is based on the partnership between the fans and the service ...
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