In 1990, Alec Baldwin played Tom Clancy’s character Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October . The film is a success and Alec Baldwin intends to reprise the role in the next installments of the adventures of Jack Ryan.
However, Harrison Ford is also interested in the role and is negotiating with the Paramount studio in secret. Naturally, Paramount preferred to give the role to Ford, whose status totally eclipsed that of Alec Baldwin at the box office.
Baldwin recounts the details of the story in his autobiography Nevertheless (2017).
When Ford reportedly learned that Baldwin really wanted the role, he reportedly said, “Fuck him!” » . It was the director John McThiernan who reported this confidence to Baldwin.
Alec Baldwin will therefore be removed from the Jack Ryan franchise and it will be Harrison Ford who will shoot Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger , the two following films.
Baldwin will be angry with Harrison Ford for negotiating behind his back and stealing the role from him. They are still in the cold today because of this.
In his book, Baldwin also says that he later met Ford at a charity gala and he describes him as a short man, thin and nervous, with a small voice.
His resentment has certainly altered his perception of reality, however, because Harrison Ford is still 1m85 tall…