Carrie Fisher auditions for STAR WARS at 19 years old 💫

[Nevilledog]

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[targetpractice]

1. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Carrie Fisher...

She will always be my princess... Such a amazing and funny talent...

[GopherGal]

3. The audition Carrie was almost painfully sincere

This one is a nice antidote.

[regnaD kciN]

5. At that point, she hadn't embraced the "princess" aspect of the role...

...and had to figure out how to develop the character into the sassy, somewhat bossy nature one might expect from being in such a station.

[Leghorn21]

2. Great actors make you "leeaannnn innn" to follow what they're saying/doing

Love you, Carrie great to see you

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. No wonder she was Princess Leia (sp).

She had the the role figured out then, before she was hired.

[targetpractice]

9. Yes, and the only actor who demanded residuals...

... Including merchandise... Really smart, and forward thinking.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Is That Harrison Ford She's Running The Scene With?

Sure sounds like him.

[catrose]

12. Yes. He read Solo for the potential Leias.

[louis-t]

7. So cool. I was lucky enough to see her on Broadway

about a year before this audition. She was in a play that her mother had been in as the lead. Irene was the play. I still have the Playbill. Didn't realize she was in it until many years later.

[empedocles]

8. Carrie did a great job roasting her family and herself in an HBO special.

Great wit.

[targetpractice]

10. Wishful Drinking....

...Brilliant... I saw it on Broadway. Unforgettable.

[targetpractice]

11. Resistance...

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. A good friend of mine did a lot of the music for her old show on Oxygen.

That brought her a lot more of my goodwill than did Star Wars, which I never cared about.

[byronius]

14. Excellent.