Harrison Ford could’ve died from an on set accident that a court of law has deemed to be an act of gross negligence.
And now a production company has pleaded guilty to two breaches of health and safety legislation stemming from an accident on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that broke Harrison Ford’s leg.
The actor, who reprised his iconic role as Han Solo in last winter’s blockbuster, was injured on the film’s set at Pinewood Studios near London in June 2014 when a hydraulic metal door on the Millennium Falcon fell and shattered his leg in several places.
During a hearing at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court in Britain on Thursday, prosecutor Andrew Marshall said the door “could have killed somebody” had an emergency stop button not been hit, the door’s weight was reportedly the equivalent to that of a small car…
Foodles Production Ltd., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co., will be sentenced next month. A lawyer for the company said that while Foodles pleaded guilty, it would contest the level of risk involved.
No word as to whether or not Harrison Ford himself will be privy to any of the suit winnings.
The shooting schedule on The Force Awakens was shifted after Ford’s accident to allow him time to recover. “I knew that my leg was likely broken, and I didn’t know what other injuries there were,” Ford later told EW. “I was mostly concerned about the long ambulance ride to London.”
Despite the ugly mishaps The Force Awakens went gangbusters at the box office, as Ford was back on his feet in short order to finish the film.
Ford has proven to be a resilient man as of late, shortly after his scare on the set of Star Wars he went on to survive a crash landing of a vintage prop plane he was piloting, plowing expertly into a Santa Monica golf course without risking the lives of anyone on the ground.
Sounds like the Force was with Harrison…
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