Jedi Priestess
Feel free to move this to the OT forum if need be, I just thought because of the weekends events it could go here for a day or two.
Return of the Princess: Carrie Fisher
While talking about the DVD release of the Star Wars Trilogy, Steve Sansweet welcomed a special guest to the Comic-Con stage. Carrie Fisher, the actress behind Princess Leia, stepped forward to a huge round of applause, and even one enthusiastic cry of "I love you, Carrie!" from a fan.
"I love you," Carrie said, acting relieved to get such a revelation off her chest. "There, I said it."
Steve Sansweet: You gave some really wonderful interviews for the documentary on the DVD. And I wonder if that process triggered any memories in you? Did you wake up screaming?
Carrie Fisher: I always wake up screaming. ... I actually did the voiceover for the DVD... After saying no, George called me at home, like he always does, and then I agree to do whatever he's asked me.
Lately, part of my career, my job description, is giving George Lucas awards, and doing as he bids me. So, I watched all three movies in a day. And that was like making a jump to lightspeed, I suppose.
Sansweet: Like making a trip in a time machine?
Fisher: I don't know what I remember. I remember that Skylab fell during Empire... directly on the film. Mark went around wearing a hat that said "Skylab is Falling." I remember that. I do remember, permanently, the hologram speech, because we had to reshoot it. So whenever I get lost on the way to someone's house, or I just forget your name, it's because I remember the speech... "General Kenobi, years ago you served my father during the Clone Wars..."
... I'm a thousand years old and I still remember that thing. It's very disturbing. I have to take medication, and yet it still won't go away.
Sansweet: How about the gaffer tape marks? Are they gone now?
Fisher: I still wear gaffer tape.
Sansweet: There's some really great photos of you and the other actors behind-the-scenes in the photo gallery on the set. It really looks like you were having fun.
Fisher: That's a lie! We sobbed every day! No, sometimes we did have fun. They made fun of me. One time on Cloud City I had to make an entrance, and they were all supposed to be waiting, and they cleared the set. So that when I walked in, no one was anywhere. Oh, that was very fun.
Sansweet: Are you looking forward to seeing the films on DVD?
Fisher: I'd like to show them to my daughter because I'd like to tell her when the iron bikini thing comes on that she's getting that body! I want her to get enthusiastic.
Sansweet: I know you've talked about this before -- last question -- there's a lot of Princess Leia merchandise out there. Some of it a little bit unusual. Do you have any Princess Leia merchandise or favorites?
Fisher: Well, I always liked the shampoo where you twist my head off and pour liquid out of my neck. That's very Freudian. Even the Pez where you can take a little thing and tilt your head back and a wafer comes out of your neck... If I dreamt that, what would you think it meant?
Return of the Princess: Carrie Fisher
While talking about the DVD release of the Star Wars Trilogy, Steve Sansweet welcomed a special guest to the Comic-Con stage. Carrie Fisher, the actress behind Princess Leia, stepped forward to a huge round of applause, and even one enthusiastic cry of "I love you, Carrie!" from a fan.
"I love you," Carrie said, acting relieved to get such a revelation off her chest. "There, I said it."
Steve Sansweet: You gave some really wonderful interviews for the documentary on the DVD. And I wonder if that process triggered any memories in you? Did you wake up screaming?
Carrie Fisher: I always wake up screaming. ... I actually did the voiceover for the DVD... After saying no, George called me at home, like he always does, and then I agree to do whatever he's asked me.
Lately, part of my career, my job description, is giving George Lucas awards, and doing as he bids me. So, I watched all three movies in a day. And that was like making a jump to lightspeed, I suppose.
Sansweet: Like making a trip in a time machine?
Fisher: I don't know what I remember. I remember that Skylab fell during Empire... directly on the film. Mark went around wearing a hat that said "Skylab is Falling." I remember that. I do remember, permanently, the hologram speech, because we had to reshoot it. So whenever I get lost on the way to someone's house, or I just forget your name, it's because I remember the speech... "General Kenobi, years ago you served my father during the Clone Wars..."
... I'm a thousand years old and I still remember that thing. It's very disturbing. I have to take medication, and yet it still won't go away.
Sansweet: How about the gaffer tape marks? Are they gone now?
Fisher: I still wear gaffer tape.
Sansweet: There's some really great photos of you and the other actors behind-the-scenes in the photo gallery on the set. It really looks like you were having fun.
Fisher: That's a lie! We sobbed every day! No, sometimes we did have fun. They made fun of me. One time on Cloud City I had to make an entrance, and they were all supposed to be waiting, and they cleared the set. So that when I walked in, no one was anywhere. Oh, that was very fun.
Sansweet: Are you looking forward to seeing the films on DVD?
Fisher: I'd like to show them to my daughter because I'd like to tell her when the iron bikini thing comes on that she's getting that body! I want her to get enthusiastic.
Sansweet: I know you've talked about this before -- last question -- there's a lot of Princess Leia merchandise out there. Some of it a little bit unusual. Do you have any Princess Leia merchandise or favorites?
Fisher: Well, I always liked the shampoo where you twist my head off and pour liquid out of my neck. That's very Freudian. Even the Pez where you can take a little thing and tilt your head back and a wafer comes out of your neck... If I dreamt that, what would you think it meant?
