Harrison Ford paid tribute to Star Wars director George Lucas in his 1997 movie Apocalypse Now.
According to Screen Rant, the Indiana Jones star’s character, Colonel Lucas, bared a lot of resemblance to the filmmaker.
To start with, the character’s last name was a clear nod to the director’s own name.
In the hit war/ action film, Colonel Lucas – a military officer – assigns Captain Benjamin Willard (played by Martin Sheen) to kill a rogue colonel.
By the time the film was initially released in 1997, Ford and Lucas had already built a rapport with each other by working on various films together.
Ford played the iconic role of Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise, and Bob Falfa in 1973’s American Graffiti – both directed by Lucas.
But despite working the Hollywood star, Lucas did not recognise Ford when he saw him in Apocalypse Now, let alone put together that Ford’s character was a tribute to him.
However, Ford took that as a compliment, since it meant he did his job well.
“I’m an actor. You weren’t supposed to recogise me,” he said.
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