Director Ridley Scott sat down with GQ magazine for a retrospective video interview and revealed that the financiers on his 1982 sci-fi thriller Blade Runner originally questioned his decision to cast Harrison Ford in the lead role.

"Ford had not been given much of a chance, particularly since Star Wars, to show what he was made of," Deeley is quoted as saying in Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner. "Both Ridley and I felt Deckard's curious mixture of emerging sensitivity and hard-boiled bureaucracy would offer an excellent chance for Harrison to do that."

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Blade Runner director Ridley Scott has recalled a moment that saw those financing the 1982 sci-fi classic questioning the decision to cast Harrison Ford as lead – just a few years after he appeared in Star Wars.

Blade Runner' director Sir Ridley Scott has told how the movie's financiers hadn't heard of leading man Harrison Ford before the movie, so he had to convince them the 'Star Wars' actor would become a huge star.

"I was going to say, 'Harrison Ford, you're my hero,' and he told me, 'There are no heroes here,' " the actress said of meeting the 'Star Wars' icon Karla Sofía Gascón was starstruck meeting ...

"I was going to say, 'Harrison Ford, you're my hero,' and he told me, 'There are no heroes here,' " the actress said of meeting the 'Star Wars' icon

Harrison Ford was not a star. He had just finished flying the Millennium Falcon in 'Star Wars,' ” the director tells 'GQ'

The 1980 interview was captivating and funny, with both Hamill and Fisher showing their wit. When asked what she would do after Star Wars, Fisher said, “I’ll find a waitress job or something.” Hamill discussed the origin of the Star Wars story and revealed it was planned to take place over nine movies, decades before they were finally completed.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher sat down with reporter Harry Martin to talk about the original Star Wars trilogy. The 1980 interview was captivating and funny, with both Hamill and Fisher showing their wit. When asked what she would do after Star Wars, Fisher said, “I’ll find a waitress job or something.”

While speaking with GQ about his iconic films, Ridley Scott recalled the experience of casting Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner: