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Star Wars company fined £1.6m for crushing Ford on set


Harrison Ford was reprising his role as Han Solo at Pinewood Studios in June 2014 when he was hit by a steel door ROB GRIFFITH/APA production company owned by Disney has been fined £1.6 million after Harrison Ford was crushed by a hydraulic door on the set of the most recentStar Wars film. Ford, now 74, was filming at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, in June 2014 when he nearly came to as grim an end as his character Han Solo, a role that he was reprising for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Aylesbury crown court heard yesterday that the impact, equivalent to the weight of a small car, could well have killed him. Judge Francis Sheridan said that Foodles Productions (UK) Ltd, which admitted two…


Source: The Times October 12, 2016 23:04 UTC



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