Carrie Fisher, the icon who portrayed Princess Leia in 'Star Wars,' was outspoken on what she appreciated and what she wished was different. Fisher died in 2016 at the age of 60 from a heart attack.
had a love/hate relationship with the franchise that defined her career,"Star Wars."
Fisher explained that she auditioned for the role at 19 and was almost passed up because she was"too fat." She was 5-feet-1-inch and weighed 105 pounds.A specific line in"Star Wars" bothered Fisher so much that it encouraged her to become a writer.In 2016, she attended the Tribeca Film Festival and was a member of a Q&A panel. At the time, she recited the line three times to the crowd, still remembering it decades later.
In 1983, Fisher told People magazine that the outfit was not the easiest to wear when filming scenes in"Star Wars." Carrie Fisher and Jabba the Hut in a scene from"Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi." "‘Where am I in all of this?’ … I have to stay with the slug with the big tongue! Nearly naked, which is not a style choice for me. … It wasn’t my choice. When [director George Lucas] showed me the outfit, I thought he was kidding and it made me very nervous. I had to sit very straight because I couldn’t have lines on my sides, like little creases. No creases were allowed, so I had to sit very, very rigid straight," she told the outlet.In the end, everything worked out.
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