Harrison’s misplaced punch

Harrison Ford is every interviewer’s worst nightmare, said Chris Heath in GQ. The notoriously grouchy actor has built up a reputation for offering journalists the bare minimum over the years—reacting with stony silences to questions about both his personal life and his movies. “It’s always better not to talk about it, I think,” says Ford, 75. “Just f---ing do it. Don’t ’splain it. Especially if you’re getting away with it.” Besides, anything that needs to be said, he already said long ago. “I haven’t changed my mind last night. It’s the same old s---.” Still, he’s fully capable of telling a good story—such as about the time he punched heartthrob Ryan Gosling in the face while filming a fight scene for a new Blade Runner sequel. “Ryan Gosling’s face was where it should not be,” Ford explains. “His job was to be out of the range of the punch. My job was also to make sure that I pulled the punch. You know, I threw about a hundred punches in the shooting of it, and I only hit him once.” Ford took a bottle of scotch to Gosling’s dressing room afterward, to apologize. He poured his co-star a drink— and then walked out with the bottle. “What—did he f---ing expect the whole bottle? You know, I figured one drink would fix it.”