Carrie Fisher beat some big names to land the role of Princess Leia.
More than two dozen actresses auditioned for the role. These included Sissy Spacek, Farrah Fawcett, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Cybill Shepherd, Jane Seymour, Anjelica Huston, Kim Basinger, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis.
She hated the white dress from A New Hope, but it was the famed metal bikini in Return of the Jedi, which she despised most of all.
She disliked the “bagel bun” hairstyle she wore in the original Star Wars, but she didn’t say anything about it because she was afraid that director George Lucas would get angry and fire her.
