Life is ready material for a movie. Raised in the spotlight, she had no role models. It was at the insistence of her mother that she first turned to drugs, and the addictions she fell into haunted her until her death. Although she was successful in the world of cinema, she never experienced true happiness. She is remembered as one of the most important characters in George Lucas’ Star Wars trilogy, in which she played Princess Leia Organa. But when she entered the production plan, she did not count on a career, but on a romance. However, she did not know that the relationship with the 14-year-old actor would overwhelm her with a broken heart.
The movie “Star Wars” ruined her life. Carrie Fisher got the most important role in her career through her bed
When Carrie Fisher auditioned for a low-budget production in 1976, she had already made her screen debut in Hal Ashby’s melodrama Shampoo. She went to the audition completely unprepared and without any expectations. Although the director had already chosen a candidate for Leia Organa, he eventually changed his mind and handed the script to the then 19-year-old Carrie. The news of the sudden change in the cast came as a surprise to many, as Lucas rejected many talented actresses who already had significant achievements to their credit.
Only years later did Fisher admit that she got the most important role in her career through her bed. However, she wasn’t sure if she slept with the director or someone else because she was under the influence of drugs and completely lost touch with reality.
Almost 40 years ago, George Lucas ruined my life. Of course, in the nicest way possible.
— in a biography about a role in the star saga. She admitted then that the director wanted to present her as a sex object in the film from the beginning. She confessed that during the shoot, Lucas suggested she lose a few kilos to look more “appetizing”, and then instructed her to get rid of her underwear, because it is not obligatory in space. When five years later she appeared in Return of the Jedi, the main element of her make-up was a gold bikini made of metal.
She hoped to have an affair on the set of “Star Wars”. The object of her sighs was her film partner, Harrison Ford
Entering the set of Episode IV, Carrie secretly hoped to get into an affair with one of the actors. She was young and inexperienced, but that was about to change. At least that was her plan. In the film, she starred alongside two, at the time, not very well-known artists, Mark Hamill and . The latter had been the object of her sighs from the beginning and she secretly hoped that she would be able to seduce him, especially since the characters they played also shared a passionate feeling.
However, Ford was 14 years older than Carrie and had a wife with whom he raised two sons. Although she initially tried to avoid him, over time she realized that she was madly in love with him. “I was obsessed with Harrison long before it was fashionable. I was somewhat of a trendsetter – publicly in 2000 at the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Awards. The actress began to implement her plan and did everything to get Harrison’s attention to her. He successfully resisted her charms and advances, for a time.
She thought they were made for each other. The affair, which lasted only three months, was hidden for over 40 years
After one of the parties organized for the crew working on the movie “Star Wars”, Carrie got drunk. Harrison offered her help. When he drove her home, they ended up in bed together for the first time. Since then, the feeling between them bloomed. They had secret trysts behind the scenes of the production, and soon began to meet off-set, first during the day and then also at night. “We were Han and Leia during the week and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend,” the actress recalled the romance. Carrie had genuine feelings for him, for he was her first man. She deluded herself that it was more than just a fleeting affair for the actor, especially since his marriage was in decline at the time.
Deep down in my heart, I felt that I had won this man in the lottery. We fit together like a glove
— in her book The Princess Diaries. Ford did not have far-reaching plans for this relationship, and he treated the affair as a quick springboard from marital problems. With the completion of the filming of “Star Wars”, he also decided to put an end to the relationship with Fisher. “It was a very long one-shot. It lasted three months. It consisted of drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana and having sex – a star four decades later. Although Fisher suffered from rejection painfully, over time she understood that it was loneliness that pushed them together. “I didn’t accept myself. I loved him and he let me – a star.
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Source: Gazeta
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