There was a castle (Death Star), magic (Force), and swords
(lightsabers). In the galaxy of Star Wars, sci-fi was used in conjunction with fantasy
in all expects but one, the princess. For The Force Awakens however, J.J.
Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan have decided to drop the royal title and give Leia (Carrie
Fisher) a new one.
"She’s referred to as General," said co-writer and director J.J. Abrams in an interview to Entertainment Weekly. "But
… there’s a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her
‘Princess.’"
I wonder who says it and what her response may be.
In the first few moments of A New Hope we are immediately
informed that Leia is an important part in the fight against the Empire, and
that it seems has not changed in The Force Awakens.
"The stakes are pretty high in the story for her,
so there’s not much goofing around where Leia’s concerned," Abrams revealed.
"But it felt historic to have her, especially with Harrison, back in
scenes together. I can only imagine the baggage that they bring to it, I’m just
a fan who loves this stuff, but they’ve been living with it — and living in it — since ’77."
Shooting such a large project is difficult and
stressful enough without adding the amount and complexity of practical effects,
sets, and so on to the mix, which is why for Abrams having people like Fisher and
her sense of humor on the set helped with the whole experience.
"[The shoot] wasn’t without incident; it wasn’t
without difficulty; it wasn’t without tears shed and bones broken and things
that could never have been anticipated happening," Abrams says, referring
to Ford's accident. "But with everything in the aggregate, it was a truly
joyful experience, and I think that that has to do with the fact that people as
funny as Carrie Fisher were simply there."
One of the first scripts Abrams ever sold was
Regarding Henry, which coincidently starred Harrison Ford and was directed by
Mike Nichols, who according to the filmmaker Fisher reminds him of.
"She is crazy brilliant. She’s actually, she
reminds me more than anyone I’ve met of Mike Nichols, which is why, I think,
when they did Postcards from
the Edge, they got along so famously," he says. "It’s an
amazing thing, her sort of free-associative mind, her ability to find humor in
anything — she’s like a divining rod for wordplay. She’s incredible."
From the interviews that Abrams made prior to start
shooting the newest installment in the Star Wars franchise, we can safely say
that he was happy and nervous about tackling something he is a fan of, but apparently
there was another thing that made him stop and think and that was Fisher, who hadn’t
acted in years.
"She’d been writing more than she had been
acting," Abrams says. "So I think that for her, it was a bigger
adjustment, which she made beautifully."
Part of Abrams initial pause was Leia's role in the
film, which the actress describes as "solitary. Under a lot of pressure.
Committed as ever to her cause, but I would imagine feeling somewhat defeated,
tired, and pissed."
Star Wars:
The Force Awakens stars Carrie Fisher,
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, John
Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Lupita Nyong'o, Adam Driver, Oscar
Isaac, Domnhall Gleason, Gwendoline Christie, Max von Sydow, Andy Serkis,
Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, Crystal Clarke, and
Pip Andersen.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December 18.
Source - EW
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