Leonard Nimoy is 80 so Let’s go Back to the Eighties!

Happy 80th birthday Leonard Nimoy!  To celebrate the entry of one of the planet’s most recognisable actors in to his eighties, we are happy to take you back a few years to show you an interview Leonard Nimoy had with the legendary Bobbie Wygant. 

We thought it would be a good idea, now that Nimoy is in his eighties, to take you back to the future, as it were - to 1982.  This interview was conducted on the release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.  This was at the point when the whole is Spock dead debate was goint at full throttle.

It is quite an eye opener at some points - but what makes our eyes really open wide is the amazing suit and tie combo that Nimoy is wearing.  Super cool eighties guy!  The world may have been a mess but Mr Nimoy’s tailoring was perfect!

Archive Harrison Ford Star Wars Interview from 1977

In 1977 a little known actor by the name of Harrison Ford got his big break when Star Wars was unleashed on the world.  Here a remarkably fresh faced Ford is interviewed by Bobbie Wygant, the legendary NBC 5 reporter who is still going strong today.  Wygant questions Ford about the film and his role within it - neither particularly hiding the fact that they don't really get it - that much - at all.  He does, however, wax lyrical (or as lyrical as he gets) about the opening shot.  And who wouldn't?

Ford is famous not only for his acting but his dislike of the publicity machine which surrounds movies and in particular the interview treadmill.  What makes this particularly special is that the interview was conducted just after the premier when Harrison Ford could still walk the streets without being recongnized by one and all.

What comes across here (apart from his general disinterest in science fiction as a genre) is how laid back Ford is with the whole issue of fame.  He is certainly thankful for Star Wars in terms of opening doors for him as an actor - in his own inimitable and unforced way.  A very cool blast from the past.