A decision by Jeep to enlist actor Harrison Ford for a Super Bowl commercial was a last-minute gambit that almost didn't suceeed

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"It’s not the in-your-face big splash kind of Super Bowl commercial," Ford tells PEOPLE of his ad for Jeep. "It's a soft sell"Harrison Ford has long forged his own path, both in life and as an American big-screen legend for nearly six decades.

Super Bowl commercial hit patriotic notes as actor Harrison Ford argued that freedom was “the roar of one man’s engine, and the silence of another’s,” showing gas, hybrid and electric models. “We won’t always agree on which way to go,

Legendary actor Harrison Ford headlined Jeep’s two-minute Super Bowl commercial, Owner’s Manual, which aired on Sunday, February 9.

Harrison Ford initially turned down his surprise commercial for Jeep but the chance to reteam with his 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' director James Mangold ultimately persuaded him.

Harrison Ford is like the Millennium Falcon lately — everywhere. The 82-year-old actor, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars of all time, makes his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in this week’s “Captain America: Brave New World.