Once an unabashed partier and bad boy, Woody Harrelson unsurprisingly found himself periodically in hot water. At his worst, Harrelson fought the law and the law won. The Solo: A Star Wars Story star recounted his first incident during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Police stopped a young Harrelson and his friend for jaywalking. The actor claimed he didn't have identification but the officer caught him in the lie. Realizing he must have had an ID to enter into the local bars, Harrelson claimed the officer yelled, "Don't lie to me again, punk!"
As Harrelson recalled, after the policeman "smashed [him] against the wall a couple of times," he pushed off and ran away. His getaway was short lived. The officer called for backup and "soon I'm just surrounded by blue, and they had me down on the ground, knee in my throat," according to Harrelson. While in the "paddy wagon," the officers stopped to arrest another man. Once the doors opened, Harrelson ran away for a second time. "I'm handcuffed, and I'm wearing boots, and I'm running," he said. The chase ended, Harrelson wound up with a face full of mace, and he spent the night in jail. Looking back, he said, "And that was my first experience with the long arm of the law, and it had a big impact on me 'cause I really had rose-colored glasses on [in terms of] what I thought the world was."
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