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Jodie Foster Was Almost Princess Leia In ‘Star Wars’


It’s not the ones you get that haunt you. It’s the ones you missed. Jodie Foster says she almost played Princess Leia in Star Wars, but had a scheduling conflict. Foster recalled her St…

Jodie Foster says she almost played Princess Leia in Star Wars, but had a scheduling conflict. That decision resulted in the forgettable 1977 film Candleshoe, with Foster as Casey Brown, an orphan who is recruited to find a long-lost treasure hidden in a stately home in England. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.

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