Earlier this month, reports surfaced online that Marvel was spinning off Harrison Ford as a potential newcomer to the MCU. The 80-year-old actor was rumored to be joining one of the new titles announced at Disney’s annual event, D23. Now, these reports have been confirmed by a number of outlets.
According to Jeff Sneider of The Hot Mic Podcast, Ford will join the franchise as Thaddeus Ross. This character has been in the MCU for years, and has been instrumental in a number of conflicts.
He got up on the neck of the Avengers in Captain America’s Civil War when he served them at the Sokovia Accords, and his daughter had an affair with Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk.
Ross still has an important role in the franchise. Going forward, it will be crucial to the upcoming events of Captain America 4 and the recently announced Thunderbolts.
Thunderbolts is Marvel’s answer to the DC Comics series The Suicide Squad. A team of villains, including Black Widow, Yelena, Taskmaster, US Agent, and The Winter Soldier – to name a few – will go on a mission to save humanity.
They will do all this with the support of a suspicious government official, which will certainly turn out to be Russians.
However, Ross has played a major actor in the past few Marvel films: William Hurt.
Ford is said to be replacing Hurt following the death of the American actor earlier this year.
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In the Marvel comic books, Ross often had the alter ego of the Red Hulk – one of the Hulk’s enemies over the years.
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If these reports turn out to be true, Ford will be the only actor to have spanned between three of Disney’s biggest properties.
On top of now appearing in the Marvel series, he recently finished his story as Han Solo in the Star Wars saga.
Ford’s hero was killed in the 2015 film The Force Awakens, after he starred in the original 1977 film.
When asked why he’s returning to the series after so many decades, he joked that it was all about “the money.”
Ford also wrapped up his final film in the Indiana Jones franchise, the fifth untitled film in the series.
Similar to Star Wars, Ford began playing an archaeologist in the 1980s.
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