Here's a wild one: actress Jodie Foster has revealed she could've been in Star Wars. We mean the original film. As she told Jimmy Fallon this week, Jodie, not Carrie Fisher, was George Lucas's initial choice to play the character of Princess Leia.
"I was [offered the role], yeah," Foster said. "They were going for a younger Princess Leia but I had a conflict. I was doing a Disney movie and I just didn't want to pull out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract." Given the time period, this could have either been Freaky Friday or Candleshoe.
But she has no regrets...her career took off anyway, so why would she? "[Fisher] did an amazing job," Foster said. "I don't know how good I would have been. I might have had different hair. I might have gone with a pineapple." The differences would have gone beyond hair, however. So much of Star Wars as we know it could have been affected by this casting.
In 1976, the year Star Wars was filmed, Foster would have been 13 years old. Luke and Han's rescue mission would have been to save a child, and the romantic subplot that developed between Leia and Han would not have been possible. Luke and Leia could still be siblings, but not twins. And since Foster is still alive, the Leia character could have appeared throughout the sequel trilogy that was made in the 2010s.
Mind-boggling to think about. Star Wars as a movie franchise is currently stalled, but Disney is experimenting behind the scenes with different ideas. The one thing we know we're getting is a Mandalorian and Grogu feature.
"I was [offered the role], yeah," Foster said. "They were going for a younger Princess Leia but I had a conflict. I was doing a Disney movie and I just didn't want to pull out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract." Given the time period, this could have either been Freaky Friday or Candleshoe.
But she has no regrets...her career took off anyway, so why would she? "[Fisher] did an amazing job," Foster said. "I don't know how good I would have been. I might have had different hair. I might have gone with a pineapple." The differences would have gone beyond hair, however. So much of Star Wars as we know it could have been affected by this casting.
In 1976, the year Star Wars was filmed, Foster would have been 13 years old. Luke and Han's rescue mission would have been to save a child, and the romantic subplot that developed between Leia and Han would not have been possible. Luke and Leia could still be siblings, but not twins. And since Foster is still alive, the Leia character could have appeared throughout the sequel trilogy that was made in the 2010s.
Mind-boggling to think about. Star Wars as a movie franchise is currently stalled, but Disney is experimenting behind the scenes with different ideas. The one thing we know we're getting is a Mandalorian and Grogu feature.
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