Carrie Fisher Once Shared the ‘Star Wars’ Moment That Was the Worst Day She Ever Had
Fisher admitted to being a bit anxious when reprising her role as Princess Leia in The Force Awakens. The actor hadn’t portrayed the character since Return of the Jedi, and she felt pressure having to do the role justice decades later. This led to Fisher making a few errors while revisiting Leia.
“I’m the custodian of Princess Leia, so it’s my job to kind of protect her. It’s my whole life, so I was very nervous. The first day I had was this massive scene. I was scared that I would make mistakes, and I made mistakes,” Fisher once said in the documentary Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (via
Star Wars brought back the late Carrie Fisher as the iconic Princess Leia. But there were a few incidences that occurred while filming the anticipated sequel where Fisher felt she embarrassed herself.
Carrie Fisher thought this was the worst day she’s ever had on a film set
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Fisher admitted to being a bit anxious when reprising her role as Princess Leia in The Force Awakens. The actor hadn’t portrayed the character since Return of the Jedi, and she felt pressure having to do the role justice decades later. This led to Fisher making a few errors while revisiting Leia.
“I’m the custodian of Princess Leia, so it’s my job to kind of protect her. It’s my whole life, so I was very nervous. The first day I had was this massive scene. I was scared that I would make mistakes, and I made mistakes,” Fisher once said in the documentary Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (via Yahoo).
The actor began to stress over flubbing a few lines in the feature.
“It was basically the worst day I ever had on a film set in my life,” Fisher said. “It ended, and I got to go to sleep and come in another day, and it was better.”
The film’s director, J.J. Abrams, contributed the mistakes she made to rust.
“She hadn’t acted in a while, and I think she was nervous going into this,” Abrams said. “Once we started to do it, she seemed to fall into it very easily. To bring a character to life that you hadn’t played in 30-some years … I understand for all of them how daunting that could be.”
Carrie Fisher thought ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ was cursed
A few mishaps occurred while Fisher was filming The Force Awakens. Ford was famously involved in a plane crash around that time. But shortly after that, Fisher experienced her own accident, although not as severe as Ford’s.
“I’m about to call Mark Hamill to make sure he’s Ok. I have a horrid feeling there’s a curse going on here… What is funny is that last Sunday it was raining hard in L.A. I was driving to the art store and I got into an accident. It wasn’t that serious and I wasn’t hurt but it’s the first car accident I’ve …
Source:: Showbiz Cheat Sheet
