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Mark Hamill felt "the heart was gone" from ‘Star Wars’ once Carrie Fisher passed away. The 72-year-old actor had starred as Luke Skywalker opposite the late Hollywood icon’s Princess Leia in the sci-fi series’ original and sequel trilogies but admits that his experience in the franchise was diminished by her death from a sudden cardiac arrest in 2016. During his ‘Mark Hamill Live’ panel at Fan Expo Chicago at the weekend, he said: "My wife (Marilou York) came into the bedroom - she gets up earlier than I do - I was still asleep. She had tears rolling down her face saying that Carrie had … "It ...
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A bikini worn by Carrie Fisher in 'Star Wars: Episode VI Return Of The Jedi' has sold for $175,000. The iconic gold costume, which also included hip rings and bracelets and was worn by the late actress when her character Princess Leia was captured and chained up by Jabba the Hut, went under the hammer at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on Friday (26.07.24). The auction also saw a miniature Y-Wing starfighter ship used in a mission to destroy the Death Star in 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' sell for a huge $1.55 million following a bidding war. The model was one of just two 'hero' Y-Wing film...
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Carrie Fisher feared that 'Star Wars' would be a "disaster". The late actress is best known for her role as Princess Leia in the sci-fi franchise but a new memoir from her best friend Griffin Dunne has revealed that she had serious concerns about the part at first. Dunne wrote in 'The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir', an extract of which has been published by The Sunday Times newspaper: "It was 1976 and one day Carrie said offhandedly that she had landed a job in some science-fiction movie shooting in England. "'Is there a part in it for me?' I asked, oblivious to what a normal person w...
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Paul Simon was "exhausted" by his marriage to Carrie Fisher. The 82-year-old singer tied the knot with the late actress in 1983 but they split after less than a year of marriage, though they continued to date on and off for some times afterwards, and he admitted they had very different attitudes to showbiz and fame. In an old interview featured in new documentary 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon', Paul said: “In the middle of the reunion tour [with Art Garfunkel], I got married. I married Carrie Fisher. “Carrie was much more showbusiness oriented. I went along with that — that’s th...
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Jodie Foster turned down the chance to play Princess Leia in 'Star Wars'. The 61-year-old actress was in her early teens when she was approached about the opportunity to play the iconic character in George Lucas' 1977 classic 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' but she was unable to sign up due to a scheduling conflict and the part eventually went to Carrie Fisher, who was 19 years old when she played Princess Leia. Jodie opened up about the missed opportunity during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' after the host asked her: "You’ve been in so many iconic roles, and w...
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Billie Lourd felt her late mom Carrie Fisher's "presence" on the seventh anniversary of her passing. The 'Star Wars' legend died after suffering a cardiac arrest aged 60 on December 27, 2016, and Billie, 31, suffered a double loss as her grandmother Debbie Reynolds passed away the following day aged 84. Billie has battled with immense grief ever since but this year she also felt "grateful" as the losses taught her to appreciate every second. She began an emotional tribute on Instagram: "It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who's counting?? Me I guess?). "Every anniversary brings a differ...
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Matthew Perry has reportedly secretly been laid to rest in an A-list section of a star-studded cemetery. The ‘Friends’ star, who died aged 54 on October 28 in an apparent drowning in the hot tub in the backyard of his $6 million mansion in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, has reportedly had his casket placed within the walls of a corridor called Sanctuary of Treasured Love at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. TMZ, which made the claim, said the private burial site is situated behind gates and also serves as the final resting place for Michael Clarke Duncan, who starre...
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Mark Hamill doesn't expect to return to 'Star Wars'. Although the 71-year-old actor's alter-ego Luke Skywalker died in Rian Johnson’s 2017 movie 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', he appeared as a Force ghost in J.J. Abrams’ 2019 movie 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' but Mark doesn't expect to appear in any upcoming sequels. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I don’t have any expectations of that happening." And, he admitted he was emotional during the scene in 'The Last Jedi' where Luke and R2 watched his Jedi temple burn. He said: "Well, the whole thing was emotional, because when I read [Episode]...
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Mark Hamill often went months without speaking to Carrie Fisher after "big arguments". The actor has opened up about his "tumultuous relationship" with his 'Star Wars' co-star - who died in 2016 at the age of 60 - revealing they were often loving and supporting but they also had explosive rows which led to long periods of silence between the pair. In an interview with Esquire magazine, 71-year-old Mark explained: "I have to tell you, we had a tumultuous relationship. We could be as loving and supportive as possible, then we could have big arguments and say: 'Well, I never want to speak to you ...
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Carrie Fisher's 'Star Wars' costume is expected to fetch up to $2 million at auction. The late actress' all-white outfit she donned as Princess Leia in 1977's 'Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope' is going under the hammer with Propstore Auction and is expected to fetch a hg sum at the end of the three-day sale, which runs from 28 to 30 June. More than 1,400 items of memorabilia from 300 films and TV shows will be part of the auction, with other lots including Batman's Batpod, Chris Pratt's light-up Star-Lord helmet from 'Guardians of the Galaxy', the clown doll from 1982 classic film 'Polterge...
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