Harrelson 'Cheers Saved My Life'

2 months ago 17th Sep 06:30

Playing a barman on 1980s sitcom Cheers saved Woody Harrelson from death in Croatia.

Playing a dim-witted barman on hit 1980s sitcom Cheers helped Woody Harrelson avoid a vicious death in Croatia.

The actor recalls befriending the wrong red-hot girls during a day out at the beach in Dubrovnik and becoming a target for their angry boyfriends, who were part of a tough gang.

I swear if I had not been on Cheers, I'd have died right there on that beach in CroatiaWoody Harrelson

He tells Playboy magazine, "These guys were coming down from the hillside. They were the toughest-looking motherf**kers you ever saw - some kind of Croatian judo gang or something - and they were coming down basically to kill me for being with these red-hot girls. "They were ready to tear me apart, and it got mind-blowingly tense.

But then one of these f**king guys recognises me from American TV, so we end up going out for drinks with them.

"I swear if I had not been on Cheers, I'd have died right there on that beach in Croatia".