How Harrison Ford Behaved During 1923’s Cowboy Training, According To Brandon Sklenar – Looper

“Probably the one thing I cling to the most from my childhood is Indy,” said Brandon Sklenar, referencing one of Harrison Ford’s best-known roles. Perhaps that should be no surprise. All of Ford’s action heroes — Han Solo, Jack Ryan, and especially Indiana Jones — bucked the then-dominant trend of the strong and silent type. Sure, Indy ran away from boulders, stole artifacts, and punched Nazis when the occasion called for it. But he also displayed a sense of humor, even sensitive sides and vulnerabilities every now and then. 

Sklenar, at least in his portrayal of Spencer, is roughly in that same vein. He has spoken before about how Spencer is a kind of more vulnerable Clint Eastwood, strong and silent, but willing to be emotionally complex. On one hand, Spencer has hunted big cats and thrown an attacker over the side of an ocean liner; on the other, he’s been willing to fall in love, even letting that love bring him back to his long-estranged family.

Sklenar, and even just us here at Looper, may not be the only ones seeing this. “That dude would make a great [Indiana Jones] IMO,” commented christopher langston on the YouTube video of Sklenar’s interview. “Anyways he’s got it. [Dude’s] gonna be a star.”