Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford's romance is one of Hollywood's most famous and widely discussed on-set relationships, particularly because it occurred during the filming of the original Star Wars trilogy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The two stars, who portrayed Princess Leia and Han Solo, had a brief, but passionate affair while filming Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope in 1976. Carrie Fisher later described the romance in her memoir Wishful Drinking and in various interviews. According to Fisher, she was 19 at the time and deeply infatuated with Ford, who was 14 years older and married to Melissa Mathison, a screenwriter. Ford has been more reticent about the relationship, but it was widely known that they had a fling, though they both kept it mostly private for many years. Fisher admitted that their romance was more of a fling than a deep love affair, but she spoke candidly about how emotionally impactful it was for her. She was young and vulnerable, while Ford, who was already a major movie star by the time of A New Hope, was not looking for a long-term relationship. The affair ended before filming wrapped, and they continued working together on the Star Wars films without letting their personal history affect their professional dynamic.
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