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Phillip Noyce: Have You Directed a Ford Lately? (June 1992 Movieline article)


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In 1990, Alec Baldwin originated the character of Jack Ryan in the hit thriller, The Hunt For Red October. Paramount was eager to continue the series based on Tom Clancy’s novels. But they were less enthusiastic over the prospects of working with Baldwin. When the actor played hardball with the studio, Paramount was all too happy to replace Baldwin with a bigger star in Harrison Ford. Clancy was a vocal critic of the casting, but Aussie director Phillip Noyce (who would go on to direct Ford again in Clear and Present Danger) had nothing but praise for his Patriot Games star in this interview from the June 1992 issue of Movieline magazine.

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