Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford played one of the most remembered couples in cinema, and like their characters, the actors also shared an affair. Below we reveal all the details.
In 1977, George Lucas created one of the most iconic and important films in the science fiction genre. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope was the first in a saga of films that gave rise to an extensive franchise that continues today. At that time, it was released only by the name Star Wars, but after the premiere of episodes 5 and 6, it was given the name that everyone knew.
Princess Leia, leader of the rebel movement that wishes to restore the Republic to the galaxy in the ominous times of the Empire, is captured by the Imperial Forces, led by the ruthless Darth Vader, the Emperor's most faithful servant. The intrepid and young Luke Skywalker, helped by Han Solo, captain of the spaceship "The Millennium Falcon", and the androids, R2D2 and C3PO, will be in charge of fighting against the enemy and trying to rescue the princess to reestablish justice within the galaxy.
Mark Hamill was placed in the shoes of the young Luke Skywalker, while Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford played Princess Leia and Han Solo respectively. The rest of the cast was completed by Alec Guinness, Peter Crushing, and David Prowse, among others. It was about, except for a few exceptions, a cast of new faces, who after the success of the film, did not hesitate to return for other sequels.
In the second film, The Empire Strikes Back, fans finally got to witness the kiss between Leia and Han Solo. The truth is that the chemistry between the two characters had been beating since the previous installment, so many people finally wanted together on the screen. And what few know is that the actors were also very close outside of it.
During the filming of the first Star Wars, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher had an affair that lasted the three months of shooting the film. At that time, the actress was only 19 years old, while he was 34 years old, and was married to Mary Marquardt, with whom he had two children. All this was revealed by Fisher in her autobiographical book.
In it, which was titled The Princess Diarist, the actress gave details about the romance she had with the actor and how he "rescued" her from a party. From that moment on, the actors began an intense love affair in private, while in the public eye, they ignored each other, especially Ford.
The truth is that for a while, Carrie Fisher had hoped that the actor would leave his family to be with her but that never happened, and as soon as the filming of A New Hope finished, the actor returned to his family and adventure is over. Two years later, Ford separated from his wife but did not resume his affair with Fisher during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back.
Eventually, they both turned the page and she married singer Paul Simon in 1983. That same year, Harrison Ford married Melissa Matheson, with whom he had two more children. Still, both Ford and Fisher remained very good colleagues and friends, to the point that we got to see them together in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Their friendship lasted for years until the death of the actress in 2016.
