I had never read any of the Tom Clancy novels before seeing The Hunt For Red October and I also never knew that there were a whole series of stories revolving around the Alec Baldwin character Jack Ryan. Although Clear and Present Danger and Patriot games never quite measured up to Red October standards, they were both nonetheless amazing films, and I loved Harrison Ford in both of them taking over the mantel of Ryan from Baldwin.
Later on, Ben Affleck would become Ryan in “The Sum of All Fears” and he was actually pretty good in the role… but he was no Harrison Ford. Now with all these aging actors returning to roles that made them stars when they were younger (Ford himself for example going back to Indiana Jones) it seems Ford is open to the idea of returning as Jack Ryan. The folks over at MTV give us this:
Ford says the character still has appeal to him. “I think it’s a character I could easily play at this point if people were interested in seeing what happens to Jack Ryan as his life progresses,” he said.
Now keep in mind this is just Ford saying he’s interested in playing Ryan again… not that there’s any plans to make another Ryan movie with Ford in it. Still, I would much rather see Ford as Jack Ryan again then I would as Indiana Jones again.
