Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart's Wedding: He Wore Jeans, Her Son Was Ring Bearer

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 23rd 2010 01:56PM

We know, marriage is special. Still, it seems for Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, it wasn't such a big deal, but rather the icing on the cake of their eight-year relationship and 16-month engagement. Proof it was casual? PEOPLE reports Ford, 67, wore Wrangler jeans for the low-key June 15 ceremony. Flockhart, 45, donned a white sundress.

Flockhart's 9-year-old son Liam was the ring bearer. PEOPLE in turns calls the wedding "simple," "intimate" and "no-frills." The nuptials were held outdoors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at Governor Bill Richardson's scenic mansion. Ford is filming 'Cowboys & Aliens' in the state and had a day off from work.

"This [marriage] will only enhance what they already had," Ford's pal and costume designer Bernie Pollack told the magazine. "They're both honest in their approach to life and to each other."

The relationship between the 'Indiana Jones' hunk and the 'Ally McBeal' starlet kicked off in 2002, after the two met at the Golden Globes. Flockhart, currently 45, said in 2003 that dating Ford, now 67, "doesn't faze me" in the age department. "Sometimes I even say, 'Wow, I keep forgetting that he's [22] years older than me.' It doesn't factor into our relationship at all."

She even goes on to say that while Harrison has more than two decades on her, he actually reminds her of a little boy at times.

"I like the way he looks first thing in the morning ... It's not handsome. It's more cute. He looks like a little boy. You know how when you wake up in the morning and you're kind of puffy and rumpled and you look kind of vulnerable? That's what he looks like," she told PEOPLE in 2003.

Flockhart quickly became not just Harrison's girlfriend, but also a part of his family. In 2001, she adopted her then-1-year-old son Liam, which brought the father figure back out of Ford at the age of 65.

"She's brought a child back into my home ... My youngest, other than Liam, is 17. It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up, which is always an endless springtime. You see the blossoming and the growing and the nurturing and the payoff," Ford said of his new son and of Flockhart in a Reader's Digest interview.

Ford also said that even at his age, he was still learning. "I still work on being a better father. I work at being a better mate. I've learned a lot from my relationships, and I have learned a lot from my kids. I think I have made some progress," he said.

Then, after happily dating with no strings attached (save for Liam) for nearly eight years, Ford shocked Flockhart -- and the Hollywood couple-watching world -- when he proposed to her in March 2009. He popped the question on Valantine's Day while they were on vacation with Liam in tow.

More than a year later, just as surprising as the proposal, the couple secretly eloped and tied the knot in New Mexico -- with none other than Governor Bill Richardson presiding over the ceremony.

Though neither Ford or Flockhart have made a public statement since the wedding (hey, it's their honeymoon, right?), Ford's son, Ben, is ecstatic over the impromptu nuptials. He told PEOPLE: "I think it is wonderful that they finally made it legit. It is really terrific news."

Tags: Calista Flockhart, Harrison Ford

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Wednesday 23 June

By jess

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WOW !!! OMG !!! With news like this who cares about the oil spill ???

By Sally

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OMG - Lighten up jess. We can't have 24 hr news coverage on the oil spill. It's nice to see a couple date for 8 years before they decide to marry. Good luck to both of them.

By Kathleen

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You are soooo right!! HAHA

Thursday 24 June

By claire

Did anyone read the article? The math is all wrong!

By steve

Claire, I thought the same thing when I read this!
LOL I'm sure a good group of people here won't even realize, though

By MISS SWEET D

WONDERING WHY HIS OLDER FIRST BORN KIDS WERE NOT AT THE WEDDING. WERE THEY NOT INVITED OR JUST FORGOTTEN WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE CASE IN SO MANY OF THESE SECOND, THIRD OR WHATEVER MANY MARRIGES. SO WHAT IF THEY ARE GROWN, ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT HER KID WITH HIM BUT NEVER ABOUT HIM WITH HIS OR HIS GRANDKIDS.

By lind

Sounds like you may be bitter and speaking from personal experience.

NOPE NOT BITTER,JUST CURIOUS. IT ALWAYS SEEMS THAT WAY WHEN THEY MARRY SOME ONE ELSE. THE FORST BORN ARE FORGOTTEN ABOUT

By mroneoftheguys

So he wore jeans to his wedding...took a day off from wk...did he shave, cut his hair, clip and clean his nails, how about shower and brush his teeth...what is Ford now about 70????....Hmmmmmmm....lets see now....wedding in morning...hmmmmmmm...wash the truck in the afternoon....watch some old Amy Mcbeal reruns at night..................

By Lynn reiber

IT'S ALI MORON NOT AMY?

By rk235

so what????

By Angiebaby

I wish them Happily Ever After!

By islandmanspirit

He is the worst 'actor' in Hollywood. He has no depth of character and about three facial expressions that he's capable of from througout his entire pathetic career. Who cares that the worst actor in Hollywood got married?

By Barbara

he's not the worst actor..kevin costner is..."bad horse..."

By Jo

I agree he isn't the worse Kevin Cosner. I like Harrison Fords roles. I also like the roles Clarissa Flockhart has played.

WHAT ROLES HAS SHE PLAYED OTHER THAN ALLY MCBEAL, AND THAT SHOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS. DON'T KNOW ANY MOVIES SHE HAS STARRED IN, IS THERE ONE CALLED SKIN AND BONES, I MAY HAVE SAW THAT ONE.

Yes, Harrison's behavior shows how much he thinks of her and the whole process. Easy Ali...slept with so many all these years and him for so long...who cares, not to mention he could find another dozen young enough to be his daughter who would marry him for his money and fame in jeans or shorts, and he knows it. No fool quite like and old fool!!!!!

By Karen

I agree. I love how she says that she keeps forgetting he's 22 years older than her. Who does she think she's kidding? Are we supposed to believe that this guy doesn't need Viagra every day he is with her? We all understand the allure of a young thing to an old geezer,but I am still trying to figure out what these young things see in the old geezers! Looking for a father figure? Awestruck by a big star? Power? I can't figure it out.

By SPIKE

OMG!!!!!!! Lighten up people! Everyone deserves to be happy! JEEZ!

By Cat

Love them both...if marriage were in my future...this is what I would like.

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