Harrison Ford as Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr.
It's by no means a good story. Carrie recalls in that book that she was drunk and being hit by a lot of guys right before Harrison appeared on the picture to "rescue" her by getting her out of that place, only to get her into his car to have sex with her (by the way, he was 33 and she was 19). I guess it's less creepy because she agreed to it and continued to have sex with him afterwards, but it's still a bit weird. At the end of the day, it was something they both wanted to do, so I guess it's okay, but you cannot deny that a 33 year-old man shouldn't really sleep with an underage girl.I loved it when Carrie Fisher revealed, just before she passed, that she had a passionate affair with Ford while making Star Wars. It was right before the junket for the new Star Wars film he was in, as I remember, and he got asked about the book a lot, and did a lot of blushing.
Here they are promoting the original Star Wars on TV in 1977:
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I mean, seriously, who in their right mind would not have hit that in 1977?
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It's by no means a good story. Carrie recalls in that book that she was drunk and being hit by a lot of guys right before Harrison appeared on the picture to "rescue" her by getting her out of that place, only to get her into his car to have sex with her (by the way, he was 33 and she was 19). I guess it's less creepy because she agreed to it and continued to have sex with him afterwards, but it's still a bit weird. At the end of the day, it was something they both wanted to do, so I guess it's okay, but you cannot deny that a 33 year-old man shouldn't really sleep with an underage girl.
Either way, like I said, they both seemed to want it, so I guess it's okay. But still, I don't think the story is as charming or romantic as some people I've heard made it out to be. In the book, Carrie says that they barely spoke, even while they were doing it or right after they've done it. In her case it was about having someone she could experiment with, and in his case, having someone to do it with while they were shooting. So, in a way, they were both using each other.I'm not sure how 19 could be considered underage, under any circumstances, especially when the age of consent in the UK, where this presumably happened during filming, was 16 at the time.
I have to admit I didn't read the book, but neither of them presented it as anything awful when they spoke about it while promoting the new Star Wars movie. The bigger issue for the moral brigade seemed to be that he was married at the time.
Well, another fine example of handsome mature men. Sean Connery can be seen as another one in that order even being 90! Incredible! Thanks for posting! Ted
Well, another fine example of handsome mature men. Sean Connery can be seen as another one in that order even being 90! Incredible! Thanks for posting! Ted