A PRODUCTION company behind “Star Wars” has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges after Han Solo actor Harrison Ford broke his leg on set.
The 74-year-old was hit by a hydraulic metal door on the Pinewood set of the Millennium Falcon in June 2014.
Foodles Production (U.K.) Ltd., a subsidiary of Disney, admitted two of four criminal charges at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court. The company will be sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on Aug. 22. The other two charges were withdrawn.
Prosecuting, Andrew Marshall told the court Ford had gone through the door on the set of “Star Wars Episode Seven: The Force Awakens” and hit a button before starting to walk back through it, believing the set was not live and that it would not close.
But it was remotely operated by another person, and as Ford passed underneath it, he was hit in the pelvic area and pinned to the ground.
(SD-Agencies)
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