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Ben tried to step out of his father’s shadow by excelling in a different field.

In an 1985 interview with theLos Angeles Timesabout Ben’s then-emerging baseball career, Harrison spoke on this topic.

Ben Ford and Harrison Ford smiling

“I certainly hope Benjamin doesn’t see me the same way that strangers do,” he said.

It won’t make a bit of difference who I am."

But somewhere along the way, Ben’s career path changed direction entirely.

Ben Ford on a baseball field

“I always was cooking, I always was doing dinner parties,” he added.

Ben toldThe Boston Heraldin 2010, “We were at Mason’s Restaurant in San Francisco… That was his passive-aggressive answer to me.”