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Carrie Fisher on why Star Wars was 'low-budget'


BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDao_uies4Q

On this Star Wars Day, we're revisiting a funny and frank BBC archive interview with Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia, from a long time ago… in 1977.

It was a role that would make Carrie Fisher one of the most famous faces on the planet.

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I see a lot of people on here being critical of present day actresses like Sydney Sweeney. I think the difference comes down to charisma.

Carrie doesn't have a perfect face or statuesque body, but she does have an interesting and down to earth aura, and this shines through in her roles. Today's actresses just don't have this quality, it's a gift.

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Maybe by statuesque you mean chiselled? Carrie Fisher was immensely beautiful in the 70s.

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Yes, Carrie was beautiful, but she was not an Ann Margret/Sharon Stone-type bombshell. Her personality however made her 100 times more interesting than them & most other actresses, whether in her films or anytime she was interviewed.

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Good interview, but the youtube title is clickbait since she didn't say it was low-budget.

Star Wars was far ahead of its time including Leia.

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