Harrison Ford, 80, will be the first to admit he’s not the ideal parent! During a May 31 interview with Esquire, the father of five opened up about the mistakes he’s made as a famous father. “I can tell you this: If I had been less successful, I probably would have been a better parent,” admitted Harrison. “I accept my flaws and my failings — I don’t own them, I own them. And of course more persistent gardeners are better parents, and I’ve been out of town for most of my life.” .
What’s more, the 80-year-old revealed that his wife, Calista Flockhart, 58, still tells him about those things. “Which I still get from my wife, like I don’t take mental health seriously. I take mental health seriously,” he continued. “What I was trying to say, as I explained to him: is that I accommodate all the flaws that people go to psychiatrists to accommodate, because I accept my imperfections.” Calista and Harrison have an adopted son, Liam, 22.
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"Me, asshole! I don’t want to fucking make shit up like that. I mean, what are you asking me that crap for?" ─ Esquire, 2023. pic.twitter.com/2o4TwTfkZx
The longtime Hollywood heartthrob is also the parent of four other adult children from his previous marriages. Their eldest, Ben Ford, 55, was born in 1967 to Harrison and his first wife, Mary Marquardt. Later, in 1969, the actor and his ex-wife welcomed another son, Willard Ford, 54. During his second marriage to the late Melissa Mathison, the former couple welcomed two children, Malcolm Ford, 35, and their only daughter, Georgia Ford. , 32.
During the interview, Harrison also revealed that he only watches his films when they are in the process of being made. When asked if he saw them he quipped, “F*** yeah—as long as I can’t do anything about it.” He continued, “Yes. When it’s done, it’s done. I’m making something else. He explained that in his early years of acting, he portrayed “anybody but the leading man”. Although he is best known for playing Indiana Jones in the hit film franchise of the same name, he has also starred as Han Solo in the Star Wars films. His role as Han Solo in particular was Harrison’s breakout role.
Finally, a month away from the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Harrison explained why he wanted to make a fifth Indiana Jones film in his 80s. “I wanted an ambitious film to be the last,” he said. “And I don’t mean that we haven’t made ambitious movies before—they were ambitious in a lot of different ways. But not necessarily as ambitious with the character as I wanted the last one to be. He also explained that he is an “old guy” and despite trying to help stuntmen fall on set, he wanted to “look like that!” The Chicago native stars alongside Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and actor Mads Mikkelsen in the upcoming film .
