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Jodie Foster Confirms Princess Leia Offer; She Turned Down ‘Star Wars’ Because of a Disney Contract She ‘Didn’t Want to Pull Out Of’
Jodie Foster was offered Princess Leia, but she was already contracted to do a Disney movie at the time.
The two-time Oscar winner told Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” that she was already locked into a contract for a Disney movie at the time and didn’t want to break it in order to join a galaxy far, far away. Foster did not reveal what Disney movie, but the timeline suggests it might’ve been “Freaky Friday,” which was released a year before “Star Wars.” She’s an Oscar contender for her supporting turn in the Netflix swimming drama “Nyad,” in which she stars opposite Annette Bening, and she’s also headlining the fourth season of HBO’s “True Detective.”
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