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Harrison Ford Nearly Had A Heart Attack When David Blaine Came Over To His House

Highlights

  • Harrison Ford’s reaction to David Blaine’s magic trick was filled with amazement.
  • Blaine performed a mind-boggling trick with a deck of cards and an orange.
  • While the exact method behind the trick remains unknown, it likely involved a bit of luck.

Harrison Ford isn’t exactly known for being the most enthusiastic man in Hollywood. In fact, he appears to relish the fact that so many see him as a curmudgeon. That energy has also been channeled in his most iconic roles leading him to make an absolute fortune. Many of his movies have grossed over $100 million at the box office.

But even with Harrison Ford’s rather grumpy demeanor, he is not above amazement or pure joyous fun. But these were only two of the emotions he seemed to have felt when acclaimed magician David Blaine stopped by his house. During a magic trick, Ford was so blown away he told Blaine to get out. Here’s what happened…

What Card Did Harrison Ford Find In An Orange During David Blaine’s Magic Trick?

David Blaine has a habit of absolutely shocking his audience. And this audience often includes A-list celebrities. While Harrison Ford’s reaction to Blaine’s magic trick is perhaps the most famous and crazy, Jeff Bezos was left speechless after witnessing one. Similarly, Margot Robbie almost burst into tears.

The same kind of amazement was seen strewn all over Harrison Ford’s face when David Blaine came to his house in 2013. The clip was made famous in recent years after appearing on TikTok. However, the original clip was from Blaine’s ABC special David Blaine: Real or Magic?

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The 2013 special included Blaine going over to Harrison Ford and wife Calista Flockhart’s home. The three stood in their kitchen with the camera team for a trick that would eventually become huge on social media a decade later. In the clip, Harrison Ford was asked to pick any card from a deck handed to him by the iconic Las Vegas magician.

“Are you thinking of a card?” David Blaine asked Harrison Ford after he was handed the deck of cards. “Do I know what card you’re thinking of?”

Ford shook his head, “no” with a playful gleam in his eyes.

“Your card just left the deck. Just now. Look through the deck. Your card isn’t there. Go ahead. Look,” Blaine said as Ford refiled through the deck.

Harrison Ford Nearly Had A Heart Attack When David Blaine Came Over To His House
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The deck, which appeared larger than a normal deck, did not seem to have the card Ford was looking for. However, he didn’t get to go through the whole thing before Blaine asked him to grab a piece of fruit from his kitchen counter. “Like one that we can open up…”

Ford then turned to his fruit bowl and selected an orange off the top.

As soon as Blaine asked if they could cut it open, Ford started to smile. It’s clear that at this point, he was more than aware that the card he chose was likely to end up inside the fruit.

“Can we take a knife and put it right there?” Blaine asked of the fruit in Ford’s hand.

“Yeah,” Ford responded, almost as if he was Indiana Jones finally discovering the lost artifact he’d been looking for the entire film.

“Say your card out loud.”

“Nine of hearts,” Ford responded.

“Nine of hearts?” Blaine responded before asking Ford to turn the orange sideways.

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Blaine then took the knife himself and cut into the orange… And low and behold, there was a card hidden within. Ford then unfurled the card to reveal that it was, in fact, his nine of hearts.

Ford was notably taken aback. His breath was unsteady, almost as if he were about to have a heart attack. As The Fugitive star tried to catch his breath he turned to David Blaine and simply said, “Get the f*** out of my house.”

The comment was met with laughter as Harrison Ford said one final word… “Wow!”

How Did David Blaine Do The Orange Trick With Harrison Ford?

Given that David Blaine is a professional magician, and magicians famously never reveal their secrets, we don’t know precisely how he pulled off his orange trick on Harrison Ford. So, there is no way anyone can officially confirm precisely how Blaine did this.

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However, numerous sources have attempted to break it down for the non-magically inclined. This includes Secrets Explained who stated that the trick really comes down to a lot of luck on Blaine’s part.

In their article, Secrets Explained stated that the deck of cards that Blaine likely handed Harrison Ford included numerous repeated cards. Thus narrowing down which card Ford was likely to pull. On top of this, David Blaine likely only chose cards that people don’t usually think of when they are asked to think of a card.

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Whichever card Ford would have thought of likely would have been rolled up and on Blaine’s person. As for the fruit, it really didn’t matter which Ford chose. After all, the fruit was then handed to the magician who then cut it open with a knife. With a quick sleight of hand, he could make it appear as though the rolled-up card was trapped within the fruit. In this case, and orange.

So, no, there was no card actually in the orange.

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Upon rewatching the video, it’s clear that there are a few moments where Blaine could have taken the rolled-up card from his sleeve or pocket and slipped it into the orange. Specifically when he takes the knife and slices it open.

Harrison Ford in a suit at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Since David Blaine asked Harrison Ford to verbally reveal which card he was thinking of, it also gave him enough time to grab the right rolled-up card. Had Blaine let Ford cut the orange himself, there would have been no way for him to have pulled off this magnificent trick.

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The trick was such a success that it caused Ford to playfully tell David Blaine to get out of his house. In all likelihood, anyone else who had no idea how this trick was pulled off would have said the same…

Source: NewsFinale

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