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Unlike most of his A-list contemporaries, Harrison Ford<\/a> isn\u2019t interested in anything other than acting. He hasn\u2019t directed anything, he\u2019s never been credited as a writer, and his only behind-the-scenes credits came when he was listed as an executive producer on K-19: The Widowmaker and Extraordinary Measures.<\/p>\n To be honest, that\u2019s perfectly on-brand. The Star Wars and Indiana Jones icon is modern Hollywood\u2019s ultimate no-frills superstar, having spent the last five decades cutting through the bullshit, getting straight to the point, and refusing to deal with the nonsense that comes with being a world-famous celebrity.<\/p>\n He reads the script, learns the lines, does the job, finishes the movie, and then goes home. Whereas many of cinema\u2019s biggest stars like to spread their creative wings and plunge their fingers into as many pies as possible, Ford likes to do his bit and then call it a day<\/a>. He constantly downplays his designation as a living legend, but you need some amount of power to make a studio push back the release date of a film you\u2019re not even in.<\/p>\n Not just any film, either, but James Cameron\u2019s Titanic, the most expensive production in cinema history, the industry\u2019s first $200 million motion picture, and a record-tying Academy Award-botherer that would shatter almost every box office benchmark under the sun when it became the highest-grossing release of all time, and by a quite considerable distance, too.<\/p>\n In the summer of 1997, Ford and Wolfgang Petersen had their sights set on a July 25th release date for their bombastic action flick, Air Force One. It was virtually guaranteed to do a decent turn, but with Paramount\u2019s Titanic and Warner Bros\u2019 Richard Donner-directed Mel Gibson vehicle, Conspiracy Theory, planned to debut on the same day, the trio were in danger of cannibalising their audience.<\/p>\n Having been one of the studio\u2019s top-drawing names for years after headlining the likes of the Indiana Jones trilogy, Witness, and his two outings as Jack Ryan, Ford made a phone call to Jonathan Dolgen, the head of Paramount\u2019s owners, the Viacom Entertainment Group, threatening to sever ties with the company if it refused to budge.<\/p>\n