Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Helen Mirrenhad to keep her cool while filming bedroom scenes with her1923costarHarrison Ford.
At The Wrap’s2023 Awards Season Screening Serieson Thursday, the 77-year-old actress recalled filming a scene in which their characters, Jacob and Cara Dutton, were together in bed.
“I had to be in the bed with him, you know. I’m dressed up to here,” she shared. “But I’m lying there and I’m thinking, ‘I’m in bed with Harrison Ford.’ I was so excited, I can’t tell you. I had to pretend to be cool. Don’t tell him. Promise me.”
The Oscar winner also praised Harrison, whoshe first worked withon the 1986 filmThe Mosquito Coast, for his kindness on set.
“He’s amazing. He really is,” Mirren shared. “The stature he’s held, as a major, humongous movie star, all that time, at the same time as somebody who doesn’t love the limelight. He has this interior quality to him.”
“He’s come to a place where he can be easy with other actors,” she added. “It’s immensely generous and incredibly professional. Not remotely spoiled movie star, at all. I genuinely love him. If I wasn’t married …”
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in1923.James Minchin III/Paramount+
Harrison, 80,returned the complimentwhen appearing onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertin February. He told hostStephen Colbertthat Mirren was a “big draw” for him to sign on to star in the Paramount Network show before reminiscing about his timestarring opposite the actressinThe Mosquito Coastafter Colbert, 58, pulled out an on-set picture of the two.
“Sexy and still sexy,” the late-night host raved, as Ford,grinning, replied, “She’s still sexy,“to an eruption of cheers from the in-studio audience.
Colbert then asked Ford if he has “ever made out” with Mirren. “I ask because Ihavemade out with Helen Mirren,” he said. “First time she came on here, first time I ever met her, she came on and plants a wet one on me. Really grabs my head. I was paralytic for about five minutes.”
As Ford expressed that Mirren “is out there,” Colbert replied, “She’s hot, she’s very hot,” which theStar Warsactor then agreed with.
“It’s been remarkable to watch her,” Ford told Colbert ofMirren’s work on1923. “There’s a lot of physical action, and she just jumps right in and does stuff you don’t imagine Helen Mirren would do.DameHelen Mirren.”
The spinoff follows 2021’s1883, theYellowstoneprequel that starred real-life coupleTim McGrawandFaith Hillas James and Margaret Dutton, and followed their story as they traveled to Montana.
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Season 1 of1923is now streaming on Paramount+.
source: people.com
