23 May 2003

So is there a famous person of the last 10-20 years who has had a more publicly perplexing mid-life crisis than Harrison Ford? Consider that his career is going gangbusters, he's fresh off of hits playing Jack Ryan and the President in Air Force One, and then...

1. He doesn't learn the lesson of Sabrina and starts trying to be a romantic lead in Six Days, Seven Nights and Random Hearts.

2. Turned down leads in The Perfect Storm, The Patriot, and Traffic, but takes the lead in K19: The Widowmaker.

3. Bails out of a 20 year marriage to take up with Calista Flockhart by way of Minnie Driver - both of whom were born after the day Ford was first married (June 18, 1964).

4. Takes the lead in Hollywood Homicide, which wouldn't be that bizarre except for the ads with 50 Cent's "In Da Club" featuring prominently. That just mixes things up.

Kudos to Cooch for catching the last point, as it was that ad that got me thinking along these lines to begin with.

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