And usually the victims of this disease don’t live longer than nine years of age. It fills up the cells and doesn’t metabolize and creates a built-in weakness in the muscles – of the heart, of the diaphragm, of the liver. It tells the story of a man whose two children are beset by a rare genetic disease called Pompe syndrome in which the kids suffer from a lack of capacity to metabolize sugar. And the story of John Crowley, his story I ran across in the Wall Street Journal and then in a follow-up book by Geeta Anand called The Cure. A movie that I could help assure the quality of. Harrison Ford: Well I was looking for material that I could develop for myself, to develop a film in which I could play a character that was different than what people might expect from me. Question: What interested you in the role of Dr. Such was the case with his new film, Extraordinary Measures, about which the Chicago Maroon was lucky enough to take part in a round table interview with the actor. Ford acknowledges the meaty roles don’t pile up in his mailbox anymore, and it’s become necessary to develop projects for himself. But asking the actor about whips and lightsabers is just off-topic these days-those roles were 20 and 30 years ago he just wants to talk about what he’s up to now. He’s also infamous for his reticent interview personality.Īn Illinois native (Park Ridge to be exact) and former carpenter of Francis Ford Coppola, Ford got into acting thanks to a lucky break from Coppola, and it’s paid off. He’s soft-spoken, pensive, and shrewd, and surprisingly does not smell like sweaty jungle. But who is Harrison Ford in real life? At 67, Ford is now, truthfully, old. For those who’ve seen Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Witness, Working Girl, The Fugitive, or (“Get off my”) Air Force One, you’re familiar with Ford as a devil-may-care charmer, a cocky romantic, and a bit of a rugged cowboy. If not, I’m sure that rock you’ve been under is also hiding Osama bin Laden, and the CIA would like you to please give them a description of your whereabouts. Harrison Ford is an actor you might be familiar with.
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