--- title: Harrison Ford Reflects on Accidentally Punching Ryan Gosling description: The original 'Blade Runner' star explains the back story of hitting Gosling in the face while filming the sequel to the sci-fi film. canonical: https://time.com/4939750/harrison-ford-ryan-gosling-punch/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-13T16:47:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:14.077Z og:title: Harrison Ford Reflects on Accidentally Punching Ryan Gosling og:description: It happened on the set of 'Blade Runner 2049' og:url: https://time.com/4939750/harrison-ford-ryan-gosling-punch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b3e118a33fe5e12/6988dd9ccf40a844eec495f7/ryan-gosling-harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5520 og:image:height: 3105 og:image:alt: Comic-Con International 2017 - Warner Bros. 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Pictures "Blade Runner 2049" Presentation during Comic-Con International 2017 at San Diego Convention Center. Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 13, 2017 4:47 PM UTC Hollywood legend [Harrison Ford](http://time.com/4869807/harrison-ford-reboot-franchises-comic-con-san-diego/) has been in his fair share of action movies — and executed his fair share of stunts. But there’s one on-set anecdote, from the upcoming [_Blade Runner 2049_](http://time.com/4867732/blade-runner-2049-footage-comic-con-san-diego/) starring Ryan Gosling, that suggests a misstep in his work. In [an interview with _GQ_](https://www.gq.com/story/harrison-ford-gq-cover-story-2017), Ford shared his side of the story. “I punched [Ryan Gosling](http://time.com/4710893/ryan-gosling-on-oscars-mixup/) in the face,” he explained of the stunt snafu. “Ryan Gosling’s face was where it should not have been.” He went on to tell the interviewer: “His job was to be out of the range of the punch. My job was also to make sure that I pulled the punch. But we were moving, and the camera was moving, so I had to be aware of the angle to the camera to make the punch look good. You know, I threw about a hundred punches in the shooting of it, and I only hit him _once._” Ford also suggested that Gosling should be grateful it only happened once. Plus, he brought Gosling a glass of scotch afterwards to numb the pain — not the whole bottle, though. “You know, I figured one drink would fix it,” he joked. He further noted that Gosling, who famously began in showbiz as a kid with Disney’s [Mouseketeer](http://time.com/4933690/disney-mickey-mouse-club-reboot/) program, was no slouch on set. “I like him a lot. He’s a smart guy… He knows what he’s doing.” Looks like the punch was definitely unintentional after all. _Blade Runner 2049,_ the followup to Ford’s 1982 sci-fi classic from director Ridley Scott, is out Oct. 6. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4939750/harrison-ford-ryan-gosling-punch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4939750/harrison-ford-ryan-gosling-punch/"},"headline":"Harrison Ford Reflects on the Time He Punched Ryan Gosling in the Face","datePublished":"2017-09-13T16:47:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:14.077Z","description":"The original 'Blade Runner' star explains the back story of hitting Gosling in the face while filming the sequel to the sci-fi film.","url":"https://time.com/4939750/harrison-ford-ryan-gosling-punch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Ryan Gosling","harrison ford"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b3e118a33fe5e12/6988dd9ccf40a844eec495f7/ryan-gosling-harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b3e118a33fe5e12/6988dd9ccf40a844eec495f7/ryan-gosling-harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comic-Con International 2017 - Warner Bros. 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