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Fisher spilled her 40-year secret to People magazine this
week while promoting her memoir, "The Princess Diarist," which
goes on sale on Tuesday. The book is based on Fisher's diaries
from the time and is billed as telling behind-the-scene stories
of the first "Star Wars" movie.
Fisher said the three-month affair started, and ended, during
the filming in 1976 of "Star Wars: A New Hope," in which she
played Princess Leia to Ford's romantic, maverick hero Han Solo.
"It was so intense," Fisher, now 60, told People on Tuesday. “It
was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during
the weekend."
Harrison, who at the time was married to his first wife, Mary
Marquadt, did not respond to requests for comment. Fisher said
the "Indiana Jones" actor, who is known for guarding his
personal life, had received an advance draft of her book.
Fisher and Ford reprised their roles last year for the new
blockbuster movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Back in 1976, Fisher said the pair spent their first night
together following a birthday party for "Star Wars" creator and
director George Lucas. She was 19, and Ford was 33.
"I looked over at Harrison," she wrote in the memoir, according
to excerpts published by People. "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? I was so inexperienced, but I
trusted something about him. He was kind."
Fisher said she had never spoken of the affair for 40 years but
felt the time for secrecy was over.
"Harrison’s very private, but I think I waited an appropriate
amount of time," she told People. "How much longer could I
wait?"
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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