They are saying by no means meet your heroes however for Joel Edgerton, he had a ball of a time assembly his – Harrison Ford.
The Aussie actor and director, who admits he dressed as Indiana Jones as a child, directed the Star Wars alum in a brand new marketing campaign for Glenmorangie whisky and described Ford as a “legend” for his perspective on-set.
Ford even acquired right into a kilt for the collection, titled As soon as Upon a Time in Scotland, which was styled by Edgerton’s long-time love and editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia, Christine Centenera .
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“Once I was youthful, I by no means thought I would ever have lunch with Harrison so I actually may by no means have imagined that at some point I would be working with Harrison Ford and that these phrases have been going to come back out of my mouth, ‘Harrison, can I get you to put on a kilt?’,” Edgerton instructed Selection of the surreal expertise.
They shot 12 completely different quick episodes throughout three days, displaying Ford travelling to Andross Fortress in Scotland.
Recalling their first assembly, over lunch, Edgerton mentioned the actor was the gruff character he is grow to be well-known for however warmed to the Aussie’s concepts.
“Whereas he was shaking my hand, he mentioned, ‘I heard they need me to journey a horse and fly a aircraft, and I am not doing any of that’,” Edgerton instructed the US commerce publication.
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“I felt good as a result of that is precisely what the primary spot was going to be about – him going, ‘I do not wish to do what they need me to do’.
“We hit it off and by the top of the assembly, he was like, ‘I am going to do no matter you need me to do'”.
It was a equally surreal expertise for the photographer behind the marketing campaign, fellow Aussie Lachlan Bailey, who additionally grew up a Ford fan.
He shared a narrative of his first assembly with The Fugitive star in a submit on Instagram.
“I grew up on Star Wars and Indiana Jones, so after I was requested to shoot the stills for this marketing campaign – alongside fellow Aussie and director Joel Edgerton – I could not have been extra excited… and nervous,” he wrote.
“The night time earlier than the shoot, I used to be invited to a group dinner with Harrison. I anticipated an enormous gathering the place I may mix into the gang, however as a substitute, I discovered myself in a small, firelit room, face-to-face with somebody I would spent numerous hours watching on display screen.
“For half-hour, I stood subsequent to him, barely saying a phrase. Fully starstruck, I simply stared at his face like I used to be watching him on TV – mouth open, captivated by that unmistakable voice.
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“This was presumably probably the most nervous and intimidating week on set however on the identical time what a bloody dream come true.”
Edgerton is the most recent antipodean to take a flip as an advert director with a Hollywood identify spruiking a spirit, after Taika Waititi’s Belvedere vodka advert with Daniel Craig.
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