Emilia PérezStar Karla Sofía Gascón Says She and Harrison Ford Both Cried When They Met at Golden Globes

Mar. 15, 2025

Karla Sofía Gascónwas starstruck meeting movie iconHarrison Ford.

TheEmilia Pérezactress, 52, dished on meeting Ford, 82, during her Monday, Jan. 13 appearance onThe Tonight Show. She and Ford met after the 2025Golden Globe Awardson Jan. 5, where Gascón’s movie musicalwon four awards.

“It was wonderful. It was an honor. The fact that we were able to hug, because I was going to say, ‘Harrison Ford, you’re my hero,’ and he told me, ‘There are no heroes here.’ "

“I’d rather not say all the wonderful things he said to me, but it was— I cried. So did he. And now I’m only missing Chewbacca,” she added, after describing meeting otherStar Warsfigures likeGeorge LucasandMark Hamillin recent months.

Karla Sofía Gascón on Jan. 5, 2025.Michael Buckner/GG2025/Getty

Michael Buckner/GG2025/Getty

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The actress described herself as a majorStar Warsfan and said meeting Lucas, 80, at theCannes Film Festivalin May 2024 “was amazing.” Gascón also noted she and her daughter Victoria, 14, met Hamill, 73, in Toronto recently and took a selfie with the actor.

“When I look at him, he’s the first person in my life that I’m feeling like a fan for me,” said Gascón, whose performance inEmilia Pérezhas earned her nominations at the Golden Globes,SAG AwardsandCritics Choice Awards.

Gascón previously reflected on her meaningful meeting with Ford in anInstagram postshared Jan. 6 featuring photos of the pair together.

“For me, really, the most important moment of the last night was this,” she wrote. “The words of affection that Harrison Ford dedicated to me at the end of the gala, which brought tears to my eyes as I watched his. Thank you hero, you are one of the people who made me love cinema and choose this profession, what luck to have been able to embrace you.”

Karla Sofía Gascón and Harrison Ford.Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty(2)

Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty(2)

Gascón is next nominated alongside Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Angelina Jolie (Maria), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Demi Moore (The Substance) at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, whichwill be heldSunday, Jan. 26 in Los Angeles.

Emilia Pérezis now streaming on Netflix.

source: people.com