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
Foul Play (1978 film) turned it down he offered it to Dudley Moore instead. It was Moore's American film debut and led to his being cast in "10" by Blake Edwards the following year. Higgins says when he sold the script he wanted to direct it so badly he did not care who was going to play the lead roles. He met with Farrah Fawcett to play the female lead before going with Goldie Hawn. His first choice for the male lead was Harrison Ford (who had been Higgins' carpenter) who turned it down. Steve Martin was also offered the role but did not