The reason I don't believe it is that Harrison Ford is driven completely and entirely by money. There's no way he would turn down a $40 million paycheck. He turned down the chance to work with Steven Soderbergh in Traffic (a genuine opportunity for an artist). I heard him explain that he is an actor for hire and his going rate is $20 million--if someone pays him that, he stars in the movie. He doesn't care if it's Six Days, Seven Nights or Hollywood Homicide or whatever--he just puts in his time in front of the camera, collects his money, and goes back to the ranch. He is not an artist as much as a businessman and he wouldn't turn down that much money. He doesn't BS about it--he plainly admits that he is doing a job and won't work for less than his going rate, and will happily take work in a less than stellar project to collect his big fat wad of cash.
