Harrison Ford broke his pelvis and ankle in his plane crash. Photo / AP
Harrison Ford broke his pelvis and ankle in his plane crash. Photo / AP
First Princess Leia prangs her car, then Han Solo’s plane crashes.
Actress Carrie Fisher has blamed the "curse of Star Wars" for Harrison Ford's dramatic plane crash.
Fisher, who plays Princess Leia in the films, told the Mail on Sunday that she had a car smash in Los Angeles last Sunday - and now fears that one of her other co-starswill also suffer an accident.
'Things happen in threes,' she said. 'I'm about to call Mark Hamill [who plays Luke Skywalker] to make sure he's okay. I have a horrid feeling there's a curse going on here.'
Superstar Ford, 72, remained in hospital yesterday after crashing his vintage single-engine plane on Friday. It is believed he suffered a pelvic fracture, ankle injuries, and multiple bruises and cuts.
He was hailed as a hero for avoiding a densely populated area of Los Angeles after the engine failed and crash-landing on a golf course.
Fisher, 58, met Ford when they starred in the original Star Wars film in 1977, in which he played Han Solo.
They have remained close friends and appear in the next instalment of the franchise. It was filmed in Britain last summer and is due for release in December.
Fisher, who is known for her eccentric views on life, said: "What is funny is that last Sunday it was raining hard in LA. I was driving to the art store and I got into an accident. It wasn't that serious and I wasn't hurt but it's the first car accident I've ever had. I drove home and that's when the wheel came off my BMW. My assistant told me I could have died if the wheel had come off when I was on the freeway."
Laughing, she added: "Then I was watching the news and saw Harrison had his crash."
"I'm a bit worried it's the curse of Star Wars.
Carrie Fisher.
"The thing about Harrison is that he's always the coolest dude in the room. He just oozes manly manliness. I'm not surprised he landed the plane in one piece and survived."
Fisher has not spoken to Ford since the crash, but has sent him some beer, part of an on-going joke.
Ford's wife of five years, Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart - who was photographed leaving the hospital teary-eyed - has urged him to "take it easy".
According to the Los Angeles Times, Ford is "uninsurable". In 1999 the father of five crashed his helicopter in the desert north of Los Angeles after the motor failed. A year later he crash-landed a plane in Nebraska.
Fisher said Ford's accident last year on the set of Star Wars VII - when the door of the Millennium Falcon dropped on to his leg, shattering it - was "more serious than was let on".
