Harrison Ford is taking some duty for the stress that developed with Brad Pitt in the course of the making of their 1997 thriller “The Devil’s Own.” The movie, which notably marked the final directorial effort from Alan J. Pakula (“All the President’s Men,” “Klute”), earned blended critiques however grossed $140 million worldwide. Ford has usually stated in previous interviews that it was tough filming “The Devil’s Own.” When Esquire journal just lately requested why, Ford stated it was as a result of artistic variations he had with Pitt.
“Heh. Yeah, I remember why,” Ford stated. “Brad developed the script. Then they offered me the part. I saved my comments about the character and the construction of the thing — I admired Brad. First of all, I admire Brad. I think he’s a wonderful actor. He’s a really decent guy. But we couldn’t agree on a director until we came to Alan Pakula, who I had worked with before but Brad had not.”
Pakula had beforehand directed Ford in 1990’s “Presumed Innocent.” In “The Devil’s Own,” Pitt performs a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who involves the United States looking for black-market missiles. Ford stars as Irish American policeman in New York City caught between his personal ties to the IRA and pursuing Pitt’s character.
“Brad had this complicated character, and I wanted a complication on my side so that it wasn’t just a good-and-evil battle,” Ford stated. “And that’s when I came up with the bad-shooting thing.”
In a facet plot, Ford’s police character witnesses his accomplice illegally shoot somebody. The incident forces Ford character right into a conundrum as he should determine whether or not to show his accomplice in and report the crime.
“I worked with a writer — but then all the sudden we’re shooting and we didn’t have a script that Brad and I agreed on,” Ford stated. “Each of us had different ideas about it. I understand why he wanted to stay with his point of view, and I wanted to stay with my point of view — or I was imposing my point of view, and it’s fair to say that that’s what Brad felt. It was complicated. I like the movie very much. Very much.”
Despite the stress, the movie become a reasonable hit for the celebs however was hardly a breakout. Variety referred to as “The Devil’s Own” a “reasonably engrossing, well-crafted suspense movie” in its unique evaluate.