“It was intimidating at first”: Rachel McAdams Didn’t Dare Confide in Harrison Ford About Her Obsession With His Most Celebrated Role

Rachel McAdams Didn't Dare Confide in Harrison Ford About Her Obsession With His Most Celebrated Role
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Actors admiring actors comes rather regularly with how much fame some of the biggest actors hold. Rachel McAdams also has an actor she loves dearly. Even though she is a highly loved actress within the Hollywood industry, it does not stop her from picking favorites. Getting an opportunity to work with her favorite actor was an even bigger opportunity, one which she did not know she could get.

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Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams

When actors fawn over each other, they do it just as energetically as fans. Their love for other celebrities does not go unnoticed and it would only get better for them if there was a way to actually interact with them. It has happened on quite a few occasions where celebrities went out of their way to surprise their famous fans. From Dwayne Johnson surprising Adele to them just going out of their way to surprise fans, it is absolutely heartwarming. However, what may be the opportunity of a lifetime is to actually get a chance to work with them.

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Rachel McAdams Was Fawning Over Harrison Ford

Rachel McAdams is a big actress on her own, but one actor she is absolutely obsessed with just so happens to be Harrison Ford. The actor has a great number of iconic roles in his name. However, the one that McAdams heavily admires is that of Indiana Jones.

Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark

“I watched him growing up, I loved ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’” she stated. “It was like my favorite movie of all time, not just my favorite Harrison Ford movie, but my favorite movie of all time. And so it was intimidating at first.”

When the actress got the opportunity to work with him in Morning Glory, she could not believe it at first. When she was face to face with him, she was more than happy. During a scene where her character was supposed to obsess over Ford’s character, she did not have to act at all and just let her inner fan take over. Moreover, her favorite movie also was Ford’s.

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Harrison Ford Was Also Fawning Over An Actress

Harrison Ford also got an opportunity to work with Diane Keaton, something he hadn’t done before the movie. He was absolutely ecstatic about working with her as he had always been a fan of hers and loved her work as well as her personality.

Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton

“I had not met Diane before, strangely enough, although we’d been in the same business for about 200 years, we had never met,” he added. “So, I was delighted to have the opportunity to work with her. I really have admired what she had done in the past, and it was a real pleasure to work with her, she’s very quick, very smart, very willing.”

Both Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford got an opportunity to work with people who meant a lot to them and were more than happy to do so.

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An avid writer fluent in everything Marvel, Adya Godboley is an Assistant Content Lead for FandomWire. She has rich experience in critically analyzing all that is said in between the lines. Hopelessly obsessed with Greek Mythology, she is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in English. Adya has written over 1300 articles on various topics expressing her passion and love for all things entertainment.