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Carrie Fisher feared that 'Star Wars' would be a "disaster". The late actress is best known for her role as Princess Leia in the sci-fi franchise but a new memoir from her best friend Griffin Dunne has revealed that she had serious concerns about the part at first. Dunne wrote in 'The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir', an extract of which has been published by The Sunday Times newspaper: "It was 1976 and one day Carrie said offhandedly that she had landed a job in some science-fiction movie shooting in England. "'Is there a part in it for me?' I asked, oblivious to what a normal person w...
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Paul Simon was "exhausted" by his marriage to Carrie Fisher. The 82-year-old singer tied the knot with the late actress in 1983 but they split after less than a year of marriage, though they continued to date on and off for some times afterwards, and he admitted they had very different attitudes to showbiz and fame. In an old interview featured in new documentary 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon', Paul said: “In the middle of the reunion tour [with Art Garfunkel], I got married. I married Carrie Fisher. “Carrie was much more showbusiness oriented. I went along with that — that’s th...
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Carrie Fisher lost her virginity to her friend Griffin Dunne, even though she had a boyfriend at the time. The This Is Us actor recalled how he agreed to “do a favor” for his late pal by having the “honor” of deflowering her because she didn’t want her partner to realize how inexperienced she was. Griffin told the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column: “I was doing her a favor. She had a boyfriend and she didn’t want him to know she was a virgin and she trusted me and gave me the honor.” But despite the clinical nature of the arrangement, the 68-year-old actor insisted they were both “into...
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Jodie Foster turned down the chance to play Princess Leia in 'Star Wars'. The 61-year-old actress was in her early teens when she was approached about the opportunity to play the iconic character in George Lucas' 1977 classic 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' but she was unable to sign up due to a scheduling conflict and the part eventually went to Carrie Fisher, who was 19 years old when she played Princess Leia. Jodie opened up about the missed opportunity during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' after the host asked her: "You’ve been in so many iconic roles, and w...
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Billie Lourd felt her late mom Carrie Fisher's "presence" on the seventh anniversary of her passing. The 'Star Wars' legend died after suffering a cardiac arrest aged 60 on December 27, 2016, and Billie, 31, suffered a double loss as her grandmother Debbie Reynolds passed away the following day aged 84. Billie has battled with immense grief ever since but this year she also felt "grateful" as the losses taught her to appreciate every second. She began an emotional tribute on Instagram: "It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who's counting?? Me I guess?). "Every anniversary brings a differ...
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Matthew Perry has reportedly secretly been laid to rest in an A-list section of a star-studded cemetery. The ‘Friends’ star, who died aged 54 on October 28 in an apparent drowning in the hot tub in the backyard of his $6 million mansion in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, has reportedly had his casket placed within the walls of a corridor called Sanctuary of Treasured Love at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. TMZ, which made the claim, said the private burial site is situated behind gates and also serves as the final resting place for Michael Clarke Duncan, who starre...
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Mark Hamill doesn't expect to return to 'Star Wars'. Although the 71-year-old actor's alter-ego Luke Skywalker died in Rian Johnson’s 2017 movie 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', he appeared as a Force ghost in J.J. Abrams’ 2019 movie 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' but Mark doesn't expect to appear in any upcoming sequels. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I don’t have any expectations of that happening." And, he admitted he was emotional during the scene in 'The Last Jedi' where Luke and R2 watched his Jedi temple burn. He said: "Well, the whole thing was emotional, because when I read [Episode]...
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Mark Hamill often went months without speaking to Carrie Fisher after "big arguments". The actor has opened up about his "tumultuous relationship" with his 'Star Wars' co-star - who died in 2016 at the age of 60 - revealing they were often loving and supporting but they also had explosive rows which led to long periods of silence between the pair. In an interview with Esquire magazine, 71-year-old Mark explained: "I have to tell you, we had a tumultuous relationship. We could be as loving and supportive as possible, then we could have big arguments and say: 'Well, I never want to speak to you ...
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Carrie Fisher's 'Star Wars' costume is expected to fetch up to $2 million at auction. The late actress' all-white outfit she donned as Princess Leia in 1977's 'Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope' is going under the hammer with Propstore Auction and is expected to fetch a hg sum at the end of the three-day sale, which runs from 28 to 30 June. More than 1,400 items of memorabilia from 300 films and TV shows will be part of the auction, with other lots including Batman's Batpod, Chris Pratt's light-up Star-Lord helmet from 'Guardians of the Galaxy', the clown doll from 1982 classic film 'Polterge...
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Billie Lourd paid a heartfelt tribute to her late mom, Carrie Fisher, on Mother's Day (14.05.23). The 'Star Wars' actress passed away in December 2016, aged 60, and although she has a family of her own now, Billie - who has Kingston, two, and Jackson, five months, with her husband Austen Rydell - still considers the celebratory occasion to be for honouring her late mom, rather than herself. Billie, 30, wrote on Instagram: "Even though I’ve been a mom for almost 3 years and now have 2 kids of my own the first thing I think of when I hear happy Mother’s Day is her. Even though it’s been over 6 y...
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