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Carrie Fisher Had ‘a Lot of Pressure on Her to Be Thin’ for ‘Star Wars’ Before Her Death, Says Friend James Blunt: ‘She Really Put a Lot of Pressure on Herself’
Carrie Fisher once said she lost 35 pounds before reprising Princess Leia in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Musician James Blunt recently said at the Hay Festival in Wales (via People) that his close friend Carrie Fisher faced tremendous pressure to be thin for “ Star Wars ” when she reprised her iconic role of Princess Leia in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Fisher previously told Good Housekeeping UK in 2015 shortly before “The Force Awakens” opened in theaters that she lost 35 pounds for the movie. “She’d been really mistreating her body, and she’d just got the job again of being Princess Leia in a new ‘Star Wars’ movie,” said Blunt at the arts festival, where he was speaking about his memoir, “Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story.” In her 2015 interview with Good Housekeeping UK, Fisher said the studio didn’t “want to hire all of me” when it came time to bring Princess Leia back to the big screen.
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