Goldie Hawn the Playboy Interview. Her last film of the 1980s was opposite partner Kurt Russell, for the third time, in the comedy "Overboard" (1987). In 1990 she starred in the action comedy "Bird on a Wire", a critically panned but commercially successful picture that paired Hawn with Mel Gibson. Hawn had mixed success in the early 1990s, with the thriller "Deceived" (1991), the drama "CrissCross" and opposite Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep in "Death Becomes Her" (both 1992). Earlier that year, she starred in "Housesitter", a screwball comedy with Steve Martin, which was a commercial success. Hawn was absent from the
Goldie Hawn recalls Hawn's reaction when she first described the idea for the story: "Private Benjamin", also stars Eileen Brennan and Armand Assante, and garnered Hawn her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress. Hawn's box office success continued with comedies like "Seems Like Old Times" (1980), written by Neil Simon, "Protocol" (1984), co-written by Nancy Meyers, and "Wildcats" (1986)—Hawn also served as executive producer on the latter two—and dramas like "Best Friends" (1982) and "Swing Shift" (1984). At the age of thirty-nine, Hawn posed for the cover of "Playboy" January 1985 issue, in which she was the subject of