Owen Wilson’s Nose (And 9 Other Hollywood Imperfections Explained)

2) Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford’s inch-long scar is apparent in every one of his movies, but in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the writers make a direct reference to the fact that Indiana Jones himself inhabits the scar of the very actor playing him. In that movie, Indy’s scar comes from the accidental lashing of a bullwhip (in which River Phoenix, playing a young Indiana Jones, attempts to frighten away a lion and hits himself). Working Girl also attempted to give reasoning for the scar, pinning it as the result of Ford’s character having fainted as a teenager and hitting his chin on a toilet seat.

Ford was granted his actual scar as the result of a car accident in 1964, achieved as he was fumbling to put his seatbelt on. After crashing into a telephone pole, he stood by the side of the road for hours, bleeding, until somebody drove by and took him to the hospital. There, he was treated by somebody who appeared to be 11-years-old.

Talking about his renowned facial feature on David Letterman, Ford denied giving the scar much glory: “A fast car crash, a real mundane way of earning it.”