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Young William Jones...

posted 9 years ago by Frequency270
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Anthony Ingruber/Young William Jones struck me more as a young Dennis Quaid than a young Harrison Ford.

Harrision Ford, other than graying like a arboreal depleted mountain, has maintained his basic structure. If you see him in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the structure of the features have barely changed.

Anthony Ingruber came across as a marginally younger Dennis Quaid in The Right Stuff, smirk and everything.

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[–] TxMike 9 years ago

Do you remember seeing Ford in "American Graffiti"? He has a smirk in that movie which seemed to me a lot like we see the actor exhibiting here. To me he reminded me very much of a young Ford.

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[–] Frequency270 9 years ago

I have seen American Graffiti, but it has been awhile(probably over a decade). I would have to see it again to refresh myself.

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[–] TxMike 9 years ago

Here is the classic shot from that movie that reminded me of the young actor in "Adaline":

http://1.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/65/40/b1914721f04e4eb9ed591f3126476073.jpg

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[–] mjz688 9 years ago

I agree completely. As soon as I saw the younger actor, I immediately flashed on Ford's character in American Graffiti. He even sounded like Ford -- so much so that I wondered if his voice was dubbed by Ford.

[–] billymac72 9 years ago

Yeah, he was good. I've been a Ford fan my whole life and thought it was a good imitation, if not a full performance. He certainly nailed the young Ford vibe.

There was a kid on YouTube a couple of years ago that did a read of the cantina scene in Star Wars. He looked just like this guy. I wonder they're the same person?

[–] himura_vbg 9 years ago

It's the same person! Anthony Ingruber.

[–] billymac72 9 years ago

Ha! That's great. That's good to see he turned his Ford appreciation into a paycheck. Very cool. It worked quite well for this flick. That's probably a very interesting story in itself. I would imagine he got to spend a little time with Ford to prepare.

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[–] Blubonnet_Spearman 9 years ago

Well obviously they couldn't deage Harrison. They guy they got is the best they could,possibly do

[–] mattack 9 years ago

Well, nowadays they _could_ "deage" Harrison... make a younger face and face-map it on another actor.

At first I _almost_ thought that's what they did. This guy's Harrison Ford impersonation was fascinating..

[–] tolla36 9 years ago

He was close enough. The film is so *beep* that its irrelevant

[–] mwmtampa 9 years ago

I thought they did a great job at casting the young "William".

Often when I see movies of a character being depicted when they are younger, there is no resemblance whatsoever. This is one of the better ones I have ever seen.

[–] JW-7 8 years ago

Agree, And what sold it was the astounding sound-alike.

Similar thing in Trumbo. They got a real sound-alike for John Wayne, and a visual ringer for Kirk Douglas.

[–] joestl 8 years ago

Hey at least we now know that Ingruber can be passable for a young Dennis Quaid also, so he can do impressions of him also instead of creating his own characters and doing some real acting for once.