Carrie Fisher's Best Friend Reveals Her First Thoughts On Star Wars

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Summary Carrie Fisher initially thought that Star Wars was a "really stupid script" and believed the movie would be a disaster.

Despite Fisher's low expectations, Star Wars became a massive success, earning millions and spawning a beloved franchise.

Griffin Dunne, Fisher's best friend, shared Fisher's frustration with the film, highlighting her disdain for acting alongside certain characters.

Carrie Fisher did not expect Star Wars to succeed when she first began production. Fisher, who became an integral part of the Star Wars movie universe as Princess Leia, was just 19 years old when she began playing Leia. She starred in A New Hope alongside Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, and Alec Guinness. While she hardly expected the movie to be anything successful, it earned an initial $410 million on a budget of $11 million and has earned $775 million after its various re-releases.

Griffin Dunne, Fisher's best friend, spoke to The Sunday Times about Fisher's earliest days in Star Wars and her initial frustration with the franchise. She found the script "really stupid" and was constantly infuriated about acting alongside Chewbacca and R2-D2. Fisher believed that the movie would be "a f***ing disaster" and did not foresee any of its success. Check out Dunne's explanation below:

"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 would say, like “Congrats” or “That’s great!” [Fisher said,] "The only one you would have been right for is being played by Mark somebody. It’s a really stupid script and you would have turned it down, I promise... I’m acting with an eight-foot yeti and a four-foot Brit in a rolling trash can! We shoot at shit we can’t see on green screens with ray guns that don’t even have a trigger. This movie is going to be a f***ing disaster.”

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Source: The Sunday Times