CANNES—Harrison Ford teared up as he recalled his years playing Indiana Jones, after the Cannes premiere of what he has said will be his last outing in the blockbuster film franchise.
“I love to work and I love this character and I love what it brought into my life,” he told journalists at the festival on May 19.
“Is it not evident?” the 80-year-old added, when asked why he was setting aside the role now.
He was speaking a day after receiving an honorary award at the film extravaganza for his cinema career.
The new film, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” pits the adventurous archaeologist against a former Nazi scientist, played by Mads Mikkelsen, who is searching for a dial that makes it possible to travel through time….