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Alison Hammond rekindles unlikely friendship with Harrison Ford five years after viral interview
ALISON Hammond has reunited with Hollywood legend Harrison Ford - five years after her last interview with the Star Wars actor went viral.
The This Morning presenter, 47, spoke to the Indiana Jones actor, 80, from her home in Birmingham while he was in Las Vegas promoting his new film, 1923.
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Alison looked glamorous with her hair in sleek waves and a shimmering black top as she appeared over video link to chat to the legendary actor about his prequel to Yellowstone where he stars alongside Helen Mirren.
In 2017 Alison struck up an unlikely friendship with the film star when she interviewed him alongside Ryan Gosling, 42, for their sci-fi movie Blade Runner 2049.
The former Big Brother contestant broke the ice with the notoriously grumpy Harrison at the start of the chat by admitting that she had never seen the classic 1982 original.
She then stated: "Bleak, dystopian, an absolute nightmare to be honest... and that's just my interviewing technique.
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"But let's talk about the movie Blade Runner 2049..."
The veteran star also struggled to contain his laughter after Alison poked fun at Ryan’s knitted jumper in the clip which has since garnered 15 million views.
Speaking last year about the viral interview, she told Fabulous: “Everyone told me Harrison Ford doesn’t like interviews, but he was amazing.
“I’ve had some bad ones too. Bradley Cooper had a late night and he was like: ‘I don’t want to play with you today’.
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"But I carried on because you gotta keep going. With Leonardo DiCaprio, I got a kiss. He had a cold and I said: ‘I’m more than glad to take your germs.’ But that’s gonna go now, isn’t it? There will be no more kissing celebs post-Covid and I’m a little bit upset about that.”
The “When Alison Meets Harrison” interview will be shown on ITV1’s This Morning next Monday at 10am.
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