Laura Dern Praises Carrie Fisher, Describes Her Episode VIII Experience.

Laura Dern gave her thoughts on Carrie Fisher’s passing and her legacy as Princess/General Leia. She also broadly described her experience on the set of the film without giving anything away.

 

 

From Entertainment Tonight:

The actress opened up about Fisher to ET’s Nischelle Turner at Elle’s Women in Television event at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Saturday, saying the Star Wars series was a part of Fisher “in her heart and her soul.”

“I don’t know any of us who didn’t play Princess Leia for a Halloween, or in our life,” said Dern, who recalled watching the first Star Wars film in 1977 as a young girl at Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome. “What an incredible gift to to witness that whole legacy.”

“We put a lot of focus currently on what it is to be a female icon, what it is to use your voice, what it is to be comfortable in your own skin,” she reflected. “She has always been one of the most extraordinary beacons, an original screen icon.”

 

Aside from discussing Carrie Fisher, Dern also briefly touched upon her role in the next Star Wars movie, claiming that she’s had “the time of her life” filming Episode VIII. For fairly obvious reasons, she did not go into spoiling the identity of her character or giving away general plot details. She also noted that she was six years old when she saw her first Star Wars movie and that memories of seeing the film on opening day came back to her when she attended a recent premiere. The full interview can be seen below:

 

 

 

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

32 thoughts on “Laura Dern Praises Carrie Fisher, Describes Her Episode VIII Experience.

  • January 18, 2017 at 10:08 am
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    “She also noted that she was six years old when she saw her first Star Wars movie”

    LIES! DECEPTIONS!
    There was no such thing as a Star Wars movie back in 1973.

    • January 18, 2017 at 11:43 am
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      It seems this “I loved it as a child” is just a mandatory PR line…
      Although she might’ve just misremembered the date.

      • January 19, 2017 at 6:17 am
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        I remember Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett) got SLAMMED by fans when it came out he hadn’t actually seen a Star Wars film before being cast.

        That being said, before filming Episode II, George Lucas personally showed him the original trilogy, and said “Now, interpret Boba Fett however you want.” And he did, and he did a great job.

        Nowadays, Logan LOVES interacting with Star Wars fans. He’s one of the biggest ones himself, and he always geeks over it just as much as the rest of us. So just because he started loving Star Wars a little later than 6 years old, doesn’t mean that much. But I’m sure the fact that he was slammed for it back when has something to do with the “I was 6” quote here.

    • January 18, 2017 at 11:55 am
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      Born in 1967, Laura Dern must indeed have been ten when she watched the first movie in 1977.

      • January 18, 2017 at 2:51 pm
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        She simply forgot how old she was, us people past 40 tend to do that at times, especially when we weren’t obsessed with something. She got it within 5 years, give her a break, she hasn’t made it her whole life like some of us do.

        • January 18, 2017 at 11:06 pm
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          Exactly… I’m 43 and, I’ve caught myself telling a couple of people that I’m 34. LOLTotally unintentional but, I don’t FEEL 43 so, It was just a slip.

      • January 18, 2017 at 5:39 pm
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        Women and their ages…..!

    • January 18, 2017 at 11:58 am
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      I was 82 when Star Wars came out. It also took me 3 hours to type this post.

    • January 18, 2017 at 12:05 pm
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      You found her out. She has never seen a Star War, she just made that up.

      Or maybe she just doesn’t remember exactly how old she was when put on the spot.

    • January 18, 2017 at 10:20 pm
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      Isn’t it weird to think that one of the most memorable lines out of Forest Whitaker’s character in Rogue One was him shouting “LOYS!!” in a weird pseudo-English accent?

      • January 19, 2017 at 12:13 am
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        “bor gullet knows when you are lying.”

        • January 19, 2017 at 5:31 am
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          “HE CAN SENSE YOUR FEELINGZ”

          • January 19, 2017 at 6:30 am
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            BOR GULLET!!!

          • January 19, 2017 at 7:57 pm
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            Can’t you just see Bor Gullet’s tentacles closing around Laura Dern’s head, to find out whether she is LYING about her age when she first saw Star Wars?

            Either that, or she is locked up in a cell and Vader enters with a hovering torture droid behind him. “And now, Ms Dern, we shall discuss just how old you were in 1977 …”

          • January 19, 2017 at 10:45 pm
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            I prefer the Bor Gullet method of interrogation..CALL THE BEAST!!!!

      • January 19, 2017 at 2:52 pm
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        I actually liked his eccentric ways of speaking.

        • January 19, 2017 at 5:59 pm
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          I agree, I think it indicated certain things about his character. I just think it’s kind of a funny thing.

          • January 19, 2017 at 10:46 pm
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            What was really funny was when he had that COME AT ME BRO! Stance when facing death lmao..I’m waiting for someone to make it into a gif.

    • January 19, 2017 at 9:26 am
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      I think he started writing it in 1973 but I may be off by a year or two.

  • January 18, 2017 at 2:59 pm
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    I’ll be really excited and heartbroken watching Leia in Episode 8. I sure hope her scenes are memorable

  • January 18, 2017 at 6:50 pm
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    Is Rey and Mon Mothma the only major Star Wars female players who didn’t die? (Because I’m assuming Leia is going to die.)

    • January 18, 2017 at 10:19 pm
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      Within the movies, yes.

    • January 18, 2017 at 10:47 pm
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      Aside from Leia, the OT didn’t really have any major female players so I guess it’s not hard for that to be the case, given that Padme and any female Jedi in the prequels had to bite the bullet.

      • January 19, 2017 at 3:57 pm
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        RIP Aunt Beru. Forever shall we treasure the memory of your delicious blue milk.

    • January 19, 2017 at 12:15 am
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      the male characters aren’t doing much better.

      • January 19, 2017 at 5:40 am
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        All the major players basically have to have a cool emotional deaths scene in the tradition of Star Wars, so I’d say that everyone’s doing pretty badly.

    • January 19, 2017 at 9:24 am
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      Mothma got to die of old age in the old EU which I hope isn’t still canon since I’d like to see Blakiston return before she dies unless she’s rude about turning it down like Lawson.

      • January 19, 2017 at 2:51 pm
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        Reading recent EW interview with Blakiston she seemed open to it and would love to meet for tea with younger version of Mothma. (O’Reilly)

      • January 20, 2017 at 9:43 am
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        She died of old age before TFA in the new canon as well, it´s mentioned on Bloodline

  • January 19, 2017 at 9:25 am
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    I always thought she was much older in Jurassic Park. This is kind of interesting since wasn’t there rumors of drama between her and Fisher on set?

    • January 19, 2017 at 2:49 pm
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      Not personal drama, but in character story drama, supposedly their characters butt heads over issues.

      • January 19, 2017 at 7:45 pm
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        There were some tabloid stories about Laura Dern and Carrie Fisher not getting along well on set, but they are not well substantiated and must be treated as just rumors, or maybe gross exaggerations of trivial disagreements.

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