A Look at ‘The Call Of The Wild’ Premiere Night
This past weekend marked the premiere of 20th Century Studios’ The Call of the Wild at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. We’ve been sharing a lot of the exciting details about this project with you over the last few weeks!
The Call of the Wild features Harrison Ford (John Thorton), Omary Sy (Perrault), Karen Gillian (Mercedes), Cara Gee (Francoise), Michael Horse (Edenshaw), Colin Woodell (Charles) and Adam Fergus (James.) All of the actors above were on hand to walk the red carpet last week alongside director Chris Sanders and Executive Producer, Michael Green.
The film is based on the classic novel written by Jack London.
Ford, who first read The Call of the Wild as a teenager, called it a “pleasure” to star in the film adaptation. “I love the work: the problem-solving, the collaboration, the investment in storytelling,” said Ford, who signed autographs and took pictures with D23 Gold and Gold Family Members at the event. “I’m proud and happy to be part of this.”
The actor added that he identified a lot with his character, who finds companionship with a dog named Buck in the 1890s. “I was interested in the development of the story that showed Thornton’s history to the audience, that allowed the audience to experience the value that Buck brought to Thornton’s life—and the courage that he gained in the context of their relationship, which allowed him to face issues in his life that he’d run away from,” Ford explained. “As Buck is finding his destiny, Thornton is finding himself.”
Like Ford, Green said he grew up loving the American classic and was excited to introduce it to a new generation. “It’s a weighty thing to bring a book this looming to the screen, but I am a fan of this book; this book meant a lot to me,” Green said. “My grandfather got me my first copy—that I still have on my shelf—when I was a kid. He gave it to my brother, actually, and I stole it! I used that copy when I was adapting this.”
“We knew going into this that we wanted to do something that had never been done before, which was to tell Buck’s story. We wanted Buck to be the main character of this film,” Green continued. “But we wanted to give a human story along with it—not just so we could cast the most amazing actor of all time, Harrison Ford, but to tell a tale of two souls finding each other in the most impossible and the most beautiful place on earth. And fate brought these two together to heal in ways that they didn’t know they needed.”
Buck and Thornton’s relationship aside, Ford said the film contains another important—albeit more subtle—message. “Nature doesn’t need people; people need nature. We are not above nature. We’re part of nature,” he said. “When we start to behave with a full understanding of that, then we can begin to understand the world in a different way.”
The Call of the Wild opens in theaters February 21, 2020. You can take a look at the official trailer here:
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