Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren Drop Bombshell About ‘1923’ Season 3

The stars of Paramount’s Western TV series 1923, Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, recently shared their thoughts on a potential third season of the show. The second season of 1923 premiered on Feb. 23.

1923 is a prequel to Paramount’s Yellowstone series as well as a sequel to the 1883 television show, with Ford and Mirren starring as Jacob and Cara Dutton. The family navigates the hardships of the Prohibition, drought and the Great Depression, which affected Montana well before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. When series creator Taylor Sheridan first pitched the series, he had a two-season saga planned. But Paramount+ has yet to confirm if 1923 will end with its second season.

When asked by The Hollywood Reporter about the future of the series, Mirren and Ford had slightly different answers about whether they would return for a third season.

“Well, if any other job came my way where I got to work with Harrison, I would say yes in a nanosecond. If it happens to be an extension of this story, absolutely. As long as Harrison is in it, I’ll be there,” Mirren said. The actor previously praised Ford’s approach to acting while working alongside him in 1923.

Ford’s response focused more on the show’s themes, but he didn’t give a concrete answer about returning. “I value this relationship that we’re responsible for. It’s a demonstration of how to get through life with a domestic partner,” he explained. “It is a partnership as well as a love story, and that partnership is very powerful and instructive. I’ll leave it at that.”

1923’s Lead Stars Discover The Plot While Filming

The first season of 1923 premiered on Paramount+ on Dec. 18, 2022, and Ford and Mirren ended up shooting the first three episodes of the series and then ended up discovering the plot as filming continued. The actors confirmed the same thing happened while filming season two. “We didn’t know. That’s the other amazing thing about the whole thing,” Mirren said.

“Like life, you don’t know what’s coming. We get our scripts probably three or four weeks [ahead],” Mirren continued. “There’s this amazingly beautiful machine at work. You’re not quite sure where it’s going, but you know you can rely on the machine, absolutely, and so you’re in very safe hands. I never had a feeling of insecurity ever.”

Ford concurred, stressing the busy schedule that accompanies filming a series like 1923, while also praising Taylor Sheridan’s writing.

“I think when you’re working at the rate that we are, we often get scenes maybe just a week before we shoot it. But we’re so busy with what we’re doing that day that we don’t really have time to reflect on it. But the writing is so strong that when you arrive in a scene with those words, you just have to say the words,” he said. “You just have to say the words and be in the room.”

New episodes of 1923 air Sundays on Paramount+.