There’s a pretty good interview with Carrie Fisher over at Popeater, where she’s doing promotion for her latest book and one-woman act, Wishful Drinking. I’ve liked Fisher post-Star Wars for her bluntness, both on herself and her career, and there’s more of that to be found in the interview. The dialogue runs the gamut from her family, to her breakout in Star Wars, to her post trilogy struggles with bipolar disorder and a drug addiction. Among the topics discussed:
Does it bother you that when you die they’ll run a picture of Princess Leia with the bagels on the side of your head?
No, that would be stupid because that’s what’s going to happen. When I
die and they do the Academy reel, they will show Princess Leia.
Did you think [Star Wars] was going to be a goofy low-rent film?
No, not low-rent at all. The script was fantastic, so I thought I will
like this. It will be this hip little whatever film off to one side.
That’s what I thought. What it did in my opinion was misbehave.
Didn’t you tell people off for publishing unflattering photos of you last year?
They didn’t run unflattering photos. They said I looked like Elton
John. Tell them off, no. My point was a) I’m 53, and b) [I look like
that] because I take medication. This is the worst thing about being
bipolar. It makes you feel better, but then you look like s**t, so
whatever you’ve gained in terms of feeling better you’ve lost because
you look like s**t and in a world where appearance is huge. So I said,
I did not realize that I had signed an invisible contract when I wore
the metal bikini stating that I would stay looking the exact same way
for the rest of my life. I wore the metal bikini 30 years ago, and now
I am killing myself to try to get my body back, but between age and
medications it’s an uphill battle.
The erstwhile Joliet Jake castoff also comments on what it was like to have Elizabeth Taylor as a stepmom, her thoughts on her own performance as a mother, electro shock therapy, President Obama and the Tea Party movement. HBO recently announced that they will be presenting a special on Wishful Drinking soon. You can click over for more.
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Certainly the most honest of the Star Wars bunch. Get better Carrie, and do some more comedy – you're a natural.
Yeah, her unapologetic, no-bullshit bluntness has always made her appealing. And, at 53, she still looks damn good. She doesn't need the 20-something body and the golden bikini to still be all kinds of sexy.
I enjoy the original trilogy and as such i kept track of what Mark, Carrie and Harrison did post Star wars. It wasn't all highpoints for them but it still interesting. Always loved Carrie's honesty and the humour.:-)
Did she bang harrison ford on the set of star wars? I thinks so..
Funny as hell, she is. Sad thing is that she will be best remembered as Princess Leia; not that that is a bad thing in any way. The sad thing is that most people may not take the time of day to actually see PAST the whole Princess Leia get up; which happened 30+ years ago. I wish you all the best Carrie!
Ugh. Princess Leia is a pretty fantastic thing to be remembered for. Maybe it's not the most important thing in HER life or the life of her readers. But she'll likely be remembered for decades more and by the world over. I only pity that she can't embrace how wonderful that is. I understand the role hijacked her career. I wonder if she would have had an enduring career without Star Wars. Buck up, Carrie Fisher! btw…I seem to remember seeing somewhere a picture of fat Carrie Fisher compared to a picture of Jabba the Hut. Hmm. Where did I see that?
I just saw Soap Dish to which she had a minor roll but goddamn her body was amazing. She's got nice jiggles.
Aren't all women bipolar?
To bad about hitting middle age, but it happens to all of us. And I assure her that she still has her pick of just about any of us who graduated high school circa 1985. She's Leia, for petes sake. Its a pretty damned good legacy.
And for the record, her voice work on Family Guy was hilarious. Hope she keeps doing the character.
aaahhhh, poor rich girl!!
Carrie is and will always be a classy woman who can poke fun at herself and will eternaly be that babe in Episode IV. That;s right, she was hotten in the closing scene of Episode IV than she was in the bikini. Prove me wrong.
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