Harrison Fords 1923 co-star Helen Mirren reveals how actors real-life plane crash impacted his acting

Helen Mirren saw Harrison Ford’s plane crash trauma firsthand while filming a scene in Taylor Sheridan’s “1923.”Ford was on the cover of the Wall Street Journal’s February issue to discuss his six-decade acting career, and his “The Mosquito Coast” co-star, Mirren, weighed in on her experience working with the acclaimed actor.Mirren recalled the very first scene with Ford in “1923,” which was the aftermath of an ambush against the Dutton family.Ford’s character, Jacob Dutton, was left riddled with bullet wounds.“He’s been carried into the kitchen, dying and covered in blood, and later Harrison did say to me, ‘That was how I was after the accident,’” Mirren told the outlet, referring to his plane crash.

“I think, maybe, going through that experience just gave him a very different understanding of what it is to be a sentient human being.”Ford has touched on his near-fatal plane crash in 2015, which affected his acting in “1923.” “When the scripts were coming, I was struck by how many major moments in my character’s life had a substantial and not coincidental shadow of the same things in my life,” Ford said during an interview with People in 2023.“I watched a rehearsal with a stand-in being brought into the kitchen, and Helen [Mirren] coming in, sweeping everything off the counter, taking command.”“Even when I talk about it now, it emotionally relates to the airplane crash I had and what my wife went through,” he added.Although the “Indiana Jones” actor has been flying for years, Ford’s extreme plane crash in 2015 was the incident that loomed over his family the most. Ford suffered from head injuries, broken bones and a scraped arm when his vintage plane crashed into a Los Angeles golf course.At the time, Ford reported an engine failure during his flight. The “Star Wars” alum has courageously moved on from the life-altering crash and is proud to tell the tale through his character in “1923.”“...