What was the purpose of incorporating Harrison Ford's real life scar into the story?
Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford as Jack Trainer and Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill depicts a scene showing Jack and Tess in bed having a discussion on how Jack acquired a scar on his chin that Tess has noticed while she is stroking his face with her fingertips:
TESS: How'd you get this scar?
JACK: Some guy pulled a knife in Detroit.
TESS: Really?
JACK: No. No. I was 19 and I thought it'd be cool to have a pierced ear. My girlfriend stuck the needle through and I fainted and hit my chin on the toilet.
It is well known that Harrison Ford has an actual scar on his chin due to a car accident when he was younger. Steven Spielberg actually incorporated the scar into the script for another one of Harrison Ford's films, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Unlike the explanation of the scar in the Indiana Jones series, the discussion surrounding the scar in Working Girl does not have anything to do with the plot of the movie and does not seem to add anything significant to the story.
What was the reasoning behind the filmmakers decision to incorporate Harrison Ford's real life scar into the script of the film? Is there any evidence to indicate that filmmakers chose to add this into the script after Harrison Ford was cast in the film?
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Why does Harrison Ford have scars on his face?
Harrison Ford The well-known scar on Ford's chin has even been written into some of his movies \u2014 it was from a whip in Indiana Jones and an ear piercing gone wrong in Working Girl. In real life, Ford earned the scar when he lost control of his car putting on his seatbelt while driving.How did Harrison Ford get discovered?
Harrison Ford's career started in 1964 when he travelled to California in search of a voice-over job. He never received that position, but instead signed a contract with Columbia Pictures where he earned $150 weekly to play small fill in roles in various films.How old was Harrison Ford in the first Star Wars?
Harrison Ford was the oldest member of the main cast in Star Wars. According to Hello!, Harrison Ford didn't become Han Solo until he was 35. For contrast, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were each 26 and 21 when they assumed the roles of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia (via ASmoothSea).Harrison Ford on the importance of rainforests at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019
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