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The “Blade Runner” Financiers Apparently Had No Idea Who Harrison Ford Was, Even After “Star Wars” Came Out


In a conversation with GQ, Ridley Scott shared that the big guns behind <i>Blade Runner</i> seemingly took a little convincing when it came to casting Harrison Ford.

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