Harrison Ford covers the January 2016 issue of British GQ, promoting the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Suiting up for the story, Ford is photographed by Kurt Iswarienko. Talking to the magazine about how Han Solo has changed in the new film, Ford shares, “I think all the elements of Solo are somewhat preserved in the next movie. The fallibility remains, if we’re to call it that, although we don’t pretend that he is the same person or the same age as he was then. He has been changed inside and out… [He’s been through the] same old shit every man goes through. Disappointment. His disappointments and the disappointments he’s produced in other people.”
Recalling when he felt that Han Solo should be killed off, Ford reflects, “I was happy enough with the character but I thought there ought to be… more. As we did a sequel, there was the romance with Leia and the tensions with Luke that I thought was fine, and in the third one I thought let’s have Solo [killed]. I thought let’s get some bottom in this, add some bass notes to this thing. To me [killing Solo] seemed like the obvious utility, to have him whacked and create some drama. That didn’t happen. And thank God no one listened to me!” Read more on GQ-Magazine.co.uk.