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The Telegraph - Carrie Fisher: why I'm glad to be back in Star Wars
Carrie Fisher is looking forward to the new Star Wars film because she "can get Princess Leia right this time" and ditch the British accent.
The actress said her performance in the 1977 original had strange British overtones because she had just left drama school in London.
Speaking about the new film, the 57-year-old star joked that she was hoping to revisit the famous Princess Leia hairstyle - only this time in grey.
"We are doing it over again so I can get Princess Leia right this time. I think less British. I looked a little pretentious faking the accent," she told a packed house at the Hay Festival.
"I was 17 when I went to drama school so I dropped out at 19 to play Princess Leia, partly with a British accent. It was sort of a viral accent - it came and went.
"That hairdo can never really be repeated without gales of laughter. I've begged them to put the hair back on in grey and just catch me cooking with the hair, like Granny Leia."
Episode VII in the Star Wars franchise will also see the return of Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill, alongside new cast members including Max von Sydow and Adam Driver. It will be directed by JJ Abrams.
Fisher was asked what it was like to be back in a room with the old crew. "We all look a little melted. It's good to see other melted people," she joked.
"And it is good to have us all in a room because it's unique. I mean, I don't suppose they have reunions for the Gone With The Wind gang.
"I think people should be forced to do it 30 years on, classic films that they had, either to make another film or put together an anecdote."
Details of the script are being kept strictly under wraps. When asked about the plot, Fisher replied: "I would get in trouble no matter how I answer that question. But they are very talented. They've got the writer Larry Kasdan, who wrote the Empire Strikes Back; I thought that was the best of the three that we did. He's back, and JJ Abrams is incredibly talented. So you do the math."
Fisher, daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, will live in Britain while the film is being made.
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Who was the funniest of the Star Wars crew? "Me. But there wasn't a lot of competition. We were up against the Dark Side and that's not funny."
What was her favourite moment from the films? "I had a lot of fun killing Jabba the Hutt. They asked me on the day if I wanted to have a stunt double kill Jabba. No! That's the best time I ever had as an actor. And the only reason to go into acting is if you can kill a giant monster."
Of Princess Leia, she admitted: "I would rather have played Han Solo. When I first read the script I thought that's the part to be, always wry and sardonic. He's always that. I feel like a lot of the time Leia's either worried or p---ed or, thank God, sort of snarky. But I'm much more worried and p---ed than Han Solo ever was, and those aren't fun things to play."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...sher-why-Im-glad-to-be-back-in-Star-Wars.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...und-the-new-Star-Wars-film-is-like-D-Day.html
