Carrie Fisher on why Star Wars was 'low-budget' | BBC Global
This Star Wars Day - May the Fourth be with you - we're revisiting a funny and frank BBC archive interview with Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia, from a long time ago… in 1977.
Fisher spoke to the BBC three weeks before Star Wars’ UK cinema release, describing the film as “the most expensive low-budget film ever made".
She discusses the qualities that made both the role of Princess Leia and the script appealing to her, some of the extraordinary techniques employed by the special effects department, and filming the rope swing scene with Mark Hamill.
This clip is from Nationwide, originally broadcast 6 December, 1977.
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She was only about 20 years old when she did this interview, but comes across as so mature. She was such a unique person (I'm a huge fan of her writing),; it was a significant loss when she passed away.
@purefoldnz3070
28 күн бұрын
thats because she came from Hollywood royalty.
@edaudio
27 күн бұрын
She was brilliant, funny, had an Acerbic wit, and was fearless (in the outside, at least). Gone too soon.
@M.Kutrzeba
23 күн бұрын
But he said something about "when you read the script several years ago" and Carries was around 19 when he was involved in first film.
@snowwhite7677
12 күн бұрын
Most 20 year olds were mature back then. They were not these 20 year old toddlers we have running around today.
@MultiPetercool
12 күн бұрын
I had a crush on her.
I'm impressed at the way she randomly described the VFX process and budget, like that.
Carrie Fisher. OUR Space Princess. R.I.P.
Our Princess
“And then we did the swing across. I was very frightened, but we did it and I liked it, but we did it right so I didn’t get to do it again and enjoy it” Carrie Fisher, what an absolute gem.
I would love to see the entire interview.
@ScrewyDriverTheMan
29 күн бұрын
There's a longer version available on the same channel
@danieljakubik3428
18 күн бұрын
Same here. Carrie Fisher, 20, in this interview shows a maturity and seriousness uncommon in the youth now of the 2020's.
@ScrewyDriverTheMan
18 күн бұрын
@@danieljakubik3428 The heck you talking about. Smart kids don't go to Hollywood any more is why lmao
@jerk_store
8 күн бұрын
Rumor has it that Fisher later snorted the rest of the interview.
I'm in love. Again.
I saw this in the theatre at the time when I was a kid. There were huge line ups outside the theatres at the time. It became the world’s number one movie of all time by late 1977. Nobody expected this type of success prior to the film being released. The movie had everything
@amann2547
2 күн бұрын
I saw it in the theater in 1977 as well, in the US. Packed theater, lines around the block, all showings sold out. It was amazing. Everyone was paying full attention to the movie, and everyone left excited about it. I saw people leave one viewing, and get right back in line for the next show.
Rule No 1: Always know what the lunch break is like
Still our Princess, still our General, still the Huttslayer.
I liked that her character _wasn't_ supposed to be the standard "damsel in distress", which in Sci-Fi was so common, back to the Dan Dare, Flash Gordon era. (Didn't hurt that she _was_ very attractive of course.) Although that earphones hairstyle … I suppose you have to say it _was_ original! Must have been a pain to maintain (and, for that matter, hear through").
Well informed about special efx, among other things. Gotta love Carrie.
I think they blew the through the effects budget building special equipment and cameras and when George came back from London he panicked, they had only finished a few shots. Not only was ILM under a crunch but he had to ask for more money to film the Cantina scene and shoot the death star trench battle. Dykstra won an academy award but he wasn't asked back for Empire.
@gbonkers666
22 күн бұрын
Yep...And Lucas even had to create ILM on his own.
@mikek0135
10 күн бұрын
@gbonkers666: Not sure what you mean. ILM was being built while George was shooting in Tunisia and London.
When they swung across, a huge cheer went up in the cinema i was in. One of those old style double decker cinemas that must have held about 800 people. The atmosphere was incredible. I was 6 years old and i thought it was all real.
In the past, people were much more mature and wise even though they were young. Carrie Fisher is only 20 years old during this interview and speaks very calmly and knowledgeably. Now 20-year-old people are like children. I remember her with respect.
@kamsitheprince
19 күн бұрын
Actors are generally more mature in general it’s not about time
@gabbleratchet1890
12 күн бұрын
I can’t even imagine a 20 year old these days managing to speak without every other word being “like.”
@fractalelf7760
12 күн бұрын
@@gabbleratchet1890Or “ you know”…😊
@mikek0135
10 күн бұрын
Mark Hamill got into a major motorcycle accident before the first Star Wars even hit the theaters, Carrie Fisher was into drugs, Carrie and Harrison Ford were having an affair while shooting Star Wars (and Harrison was married), and the list goes on and on... More mature? Maybe a little (mostly just on camera), but not alot more.
@YashKnowsBest
9 күн бұрын
they way they talk is entirely dependent on what their PR guy says lol. You think Glen Powell is actually that calm and white? Dude has a script to follow in public so middle america keeps watching his movies.
Love you Carrie ❤❤❤❤legend 🥰 beautiful
But, but, I thought only modern Hollywood women knew about being strong female characters.
@shitholeworld
10 күн бұрын
Nah, Hollywood has always been pushing Satan's agenda, including gurrl power.
The others didn't think much of the script but Carrie certainly enjoyed her lines.
@timonsolus
2 күн бұрын
George Lucas was a visionary when it came to camera shots and special effects, and excellent at “world building”, but completely hopeless at writing adult dialogue. His writing style was best suited to children’s movies.
@grahamblack1961
2 күн бұрын
@@timonsolus No, Carrie enjoyed her ‘lines’
Rip Carrie.
@shitholeworld
10 күн бұрын
Sadly not.
Carrie… beautiful inside and out ❤
@shitholeworld
10 күн бұрын
Apart from the deal she did with Satan, and we all saw how that wrecked her. Ah well, she's got a long time in hell to consider her stupidity now.
Dorothy-Princess Leia, Toto-R2D2, Tin Man-C3PO, Straw Man-Hans Solo, Lion-Chewbacca. The eternal storytelling never dies.
What a voice.
So intelligent I believe she had some struggles in life but when she was on her game she was the very top.
If you be my bodyguard, I will be your long lost pal. I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me, you can call me Al.
"I've got her in my head At night when I go to bed And I know it sounds lame, but She's the girl of my dreams And of course I'd do anything for her I'd search the moons of Endor I'd even walk naked through The deserts of tatooine Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone And even though I'm not as cool as Han I still want to be your man You're exactly the kind of Alderranian that I need But when you were available, I was Drinking colt 45's with Lando I was hanging out in the cantina On Mos Eisley Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone Princess Leia Princess Leia Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone"
Saw this 35 Years ago 🤔💯
Because Fox didn't give them a lot of money. GL even had to start his own FX company.
that era in which young people tried to appear as adults, unlike our age in which they try to appear as children
@dennischristopher9952
14 күн бұрын
When you are negative, it's easy to find things to look down on or be mad about.
@gabbleratchet1890
12 күн бұрын
It’s really hard to ignore the wild difference in maturity and, especially, speech. No ums, uhs or likes. No vocal fry or uptalk. She does have a trace of that old mid-Atlantic accent movie stars in the 30s and 40s used, but it sounds fine.
@taemien9219
6 күн бұрын
Gen X decided to parent in a different way than their Boomer parents, the results are different levels of maturity in their children compared to themselves or their parents.
@herrbonk3635
52 минут бұрын
@@gabbleratchet1890 As a swede, I loved that transatlantic accent. Sadly, there is almost nothing left of it (or similar) in the UK either.
Great Movie...Great Trilogy...everything that has followed...not so much...
What?! I thought they only used blue-screen for the movie 🤔 (1:13)
@doltBmB
12 күн бұрын
they used bluescreen extensively for the miniature spaceship effects, what she's talking about is the dykstraflex motion control system for the camera that allowed them to replicate the same shot multiple times exactly with different miniatures so it would all line up.
@sem_skywalker
12 күн бұрын
@@doltBmB The point I was making is that in that picture the screen behind the Tantive IV is green. :P
That’s a clever person.
Gorgeous
There are many beautiful women, but very few real ladies...
@chaleej5571
2 күн бұрын
yep - she presents herself smoothly on film but in real life, she was a coke-head homewrecker...
It was a B movie. It just caught lightning in a bottle.
@timonsolus
2 күн бұрын
No ‘B’ movie of the time had a budget as big as Star Wars.
This haircut would've been nice to see on her in one of the movies.
@NuntiusLegis
26 күн бұрын
And it's not even her best haircut.
@derrinpickett9948
20 күн бұрын
She had small part in Blues Brothers, she looks arguably the best in that scene than any other movie she was in. That's just my humble opinion
Not a great fan of the film series, but it was groundbreaking, and Carie Fisher was the best thing in it if you wasn't a nerd.
@TreforTreforgan
Ай бұрын
GET OUT!
@NuntiusLegis
26 күн бұрын
I guess a lot of the nerds also pause their Blu-ray players most often for Leia.
@user-io7lf3go4w
22 күн бұрын
She was amazing ❤ fan or not , respect mate
What's a shassum?
Your lightsaber is showing.
😮
"George didn't want a damsel in distress", jump forward 6 years to Jabba's barge scene....
@CaptainFSU
Ай бұрын
She kills her captor, and she was deliberately part of a ploy...more femme fatale
@NeganJeff
28 күн бұрын
Leia killed Jabba.
@jedijones
28 күн бұрын
Han, Chewie and the droids were in distress also. Well, R2 had a plan.
@analogecstasy4654
27 күн бұрын
She strangled a thousand pound slug monster-TO DEATH-with a chain, AND she got a cute new outfit FOR FREE.
@shitholeworld
10 күн бұрын
She was held captive by Vader and was rescued by the boys.
That was in the 70s. An NOW, 50 years later, we have to fight for women’s rights and blah blaj
Poor Carrie, used her body as a chemistry set 😢 RIP
You defined by a job you do with tools of your choice, which is any game engine tools + blender - something like this. It's not considered to be any scientific process you can do with your smartphone and it's only a habit controlling your recording machines.
The original Star Wars released May 25, 1977 had a budget of $10 million, a little higher than average cost to make a movie at that time. It was not really a low budget movie.
@doltBmB
12 күн бұрын
It was low budget relative to the ambition of what they wanted to do, is what she's saying.
Short answer; they spent the budget on Carrie Fisher's drug habit lol
First
She was soooooo depresssed here. She had major daddy issues.
Lord Low Budget saying that to a man from the country where Doctor Who was made on an actual low budget.
In the film, she LITEARALLY played a princess and is a damsel in distress rescued by the masculine heroes from prison. WTF is she talking about?
0:37 We all know now why She wonder about "lunch breaks". Yes, cocaine break.
Ray is so much stronger and independenter than Leia was!
@NuntiusLegis
26 күн бұрын
Wasn't bad for the 70s though. But wait: Ellen Ripley bullied the Alien in 1979.
@gbonkers666
22 күн бұрын
No.
@HR-yd5ib
21 күн бұрын
@@gbonkers666 have you even seen Ray? She is super cool and stronger than Leia ever was!
@gabbleratchet1890
12 күн бұрын
Who is Ray? Ray Charles? The Mary Sue you are referring to is spelled “Rey” and she is the dullest character imaginable.
@HR-yd5ib
12 күн бұрын
@@gabbleratchet1890 don't try to defame Ray! Most best well written character ever! So strong!
Why? Because they didn't have much money. Duh. 🙄