For Disney’s new Star Wars trilogy, Carrie Fisher returned in 2015 in her signature role as Princess Leia. Before her death in 2016, she also filmed scenes that were later used for Star Wars 9.
Back in 2015, the actress revealed that she was looking for a exposed to great physical pressure Her long-time friend and musician James Blunt has now revealed new tragic details.
Carrie Fisher’s Star Wars return became an extremely personal burden
In an interview with the women’s magazine Good Housekeeping in 2015, the Star Wars actress spoke for the first time about the fact that she was should lose more than 35 pounds, or more than 16 kilos. During the conversation, she said that she was in a business where appearance and weight were the only important things.
According to Variety, singer-songwriter James Blunt, who had been friends with the actress since the 2000s, spoke at the Hay Festival in Wales about how much pressure Fisher was really burdened by:
She had really abused her body and just got the job again to play Princess Leia in a new Star Wars movie. [Carrie] was really upbeat and positive, but they had put a lot of pressure on her to be thin. She talked about the difficulties women have in the industry, how men are allowed to age and women in film and television are not.
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Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker
Carrie Fisher died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60, after suffering a heart attack four days earlier during a flight from London to Los Angeles. Suffered cardiac arrest In addition to a breathing disorder during sleep, traces of cocaine, heroin, opiates and ecstasy were found in her blood. Blunt said:
She really put a lot of pressure on herself, started taking drugs again, and by the time she got on the plane she had basically killed herself. They say it was some kind of heart failure, but she had taken enough drugs to have a really good party.
Blunt’s statements are the musician’s personal impressions. In the end, only Carrie Fisher knew how much physical pressure she was under and what effect it had on the actress.
What happens next in the Star Wars universe?
Disney+ launches on June 5, 2024 the new Star Wars series The Acolyte. The live-action project takes place 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I in the era of the High Republic and was inspired by martial arts films.
Four new Star Wars films are set to be released in cinemas in the future. These include The Mandalorian & Grogu with the stars from the popular Disney+ series.