In her recent memoir, The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher, confirmed something people had already assumed happened, that she and co-star Harrison Ford were schtupping on the down-low while filming the first Star Wars.
Not only that but Mark Hamill (AKA Luke Skywalker), apparently almost caught the pair in the act.
"Once, on one of the rare occasions when we did have a sleepover at Harrison's apartment, Mark... dropped by unannounced," Fisher writes. "Clearly I hadn't just dropped by for brunch."
Fisher and Ford in 1976, probably thinking about getting down. Image: PA
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Ford, a veteran to this kind of situation, simply held Fisher's hand and told Hamill the two were engaged.
"It was hiding in plain slight," Fisher adds, "mocking the suggestion there was anything going on... a technique I like to use to this day."
It worked, but the dalliance didn't. As for other aspects of her time doinking Han Solo, she can't recall due to "the memory loss that comes with marijuana use."
She spoke of her insecurity, saying: "I looked over at Harrison. A hero's face - a few strands of hair fell over his noble, slightly furrowed brow. How could you ask such a shining specimen of a man to be satisfied with the likes of me?"
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Chin up, Carrie.
Featured image credit: PA
Topics: Star Wars, Mark Hamill