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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  • @tigertom2020
    @tigertom2020Ай бұрын

    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

    @purefoldnz3070

    28 күн бұрын

    thats because she came from Hollywood royalty.

  • @edaudio

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @MultiPetercool

    12 күн бұрын

    I had a crush on her.

  • @TH33QUALIZ3R
    @TH33QUALIZ3RАй бұрын

    I'm impressed at the way she randomly described the VFX process and budget, like that.

  • @crazycappy01
    @crazycappy013 күн бұрын

    Carrie Fisher. OUR Space Princess. R.I.P.

  • @MorningThief_
    @MorningThief_11 күн бұрын

    Our Princess

  • @jello_cudgel9213
    @jello_cudgel921311 күн бұрын

    “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.

  • @PaulRubino
    @PaulRubinoАй бұрын

    I would love to see the entire interview.

  • @ScrewyDriverTheMan

    @ScrewyDriverTheMan

    29 күн бұрын

    There's a longer version available on the same channel

  • @danieljakubik3428

    @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

    @ScrewyDriverTheMan

    18 күн бұрын

    @@danieljakubik3428 The heck you talking about. Smart kids don't go to Hollywood any more is why lmao

  • @jerk_store

    @jerk_store

    8 күн бұрын

    Rumor has it that Fisher later snorted the rest of the interview.

  • @publiusrunesteffensen5276
    @publiusrunesteffensen5276Ай бұрын

    I'm in love. Again.

  • @sidneymcdavid
    @sidneymcdavid10 күн бұрын

    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

    @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.

  • @ndrupereira
    @ndrupereira5 күн бұрын

    Rule No 1: Always know what the lunch break is like

  • @derekbroestler7687
    @derekbroestler76876 күн бұрын

    Still our Princess, still our General, still the Huttslayer.

  • @G6JPG
    @G6JPG4 күн бұрын

    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").

  • @rabit818
    @rabit81829 күн бұрын

    Well informed about special efx, among other things. Gotta love Carrie.

  • @matthewgaudet4064
    @matthewgaudet406424 күн бұрын

    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

    @gbonkers666

    22 күн бұрын

    Yep...And Lucas even had to create ILM on his own.

  • @mikek0135

    @mikek0135

    10 күн бұрын

    @gbonkers666: Not sure what you mean. ILM was being built while George was shooting in Tunisia and London.

  • @FoobsTon
    @FoobsTon3 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @Serkan77100
    @Serkan7710023 күн бұрын

    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

    @kamsitheprince

    19 күн бұрын

    Actors are generally more mature in general it’s not about time

  • @gabbleratchet1890

    @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

    @fractalelf7760

    12 күн бұрын

    @@gabbleratchet1890Or “ you know”…😊

  • @mikek0135

    @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

    @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.

  • @user-io7lf3go4w
    @user-io7lf3go4w22 күн бұрын

    Love you Carrie ❤❤❤❤legend 🥰 beautiful

  • @fredericklockard3854
    @fredericklockard385413 күн бұрын

    But, but, I thought only modern Hollywood women knew about being strong female characters.

  • @shitholeworld

    @shitholeworld

    10 күн бұрын

    Nah, Hollywood has always been pushing Satan's agenda, including gurrl power.

  • @grahamblack1961
    @grahamblack19619 күн бұрын

    The others didn't think much of the script but Carrie certainly enjoyed her lines.

  • @timonsolus

    @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

    @grahamblack1961

    2 күн бұрын

    @@timonsolus No, Carrie enjoyed her ‘lines’

  • @Workerbee-zy5nx
    @Workerbee-zy5nx16 күн бұрын

    Rip Carrie.

  • @shitholeworld

    @shitholeworld

    10 күн бұрын

    Sadly not.

  • @RuggerDez
    @RuggerDez17 күн бұрын

    Carrie… beautiful inside and out ❤

  • @shitholeworld

    @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.

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich46362 сағат бұрын

    Dorothy-Princess Leia, Toto-R2D2, Tin Man-C3PO, Straw Man-Hans Solo, Lion-Chewbacca. The eternal storytelling never dies.

  • @robertgolden1080
    @robertgolden1080Сағат бұрын

    What a voice.

  • @FoundingFathersUSA
    @FoundingFathersUSA11 күн бұрын

    So intelligent I believe she had some struggles in life but when she was on her game she was the very top.

  • @semipenguin
    @semipenguinАй бұрын

    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.

  • @trevisz182
    @trevisz18224 күн бұрын

    "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"

  • @toyninja5959
    @toyninja595926 күн бұрын

    Saw this 35 Years ago 🤔💯

  • @gbonkers666
    @gbonkers66622 күн бұрын

    Because Fox didn't give them a lot of money. GL even had to start his own FX company.

  • @DisorderPurposingOrder
    @DisorderPurposingOrder18 күн бұрын

    that era in which young people tried to appear as adults, unlike our age in which they try to appear as children

  • @dennischristopher9952

    @dennischristopher9952

    14 күн бұрын

    When you are negative, it's easy to find things to look down on or be mad about.

  • @gabbleratchet1890

    @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

    @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

    @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.

  • @anarchorepublican5954
    @anarchorepublican595427 күн бұрын

    Great Movie...Great Trilogy...everything that has followed...not so much...

  • @sem_skywalker
    @sem_skywalker23 күн бұрын

    What?! I thought they only used blue-screen for the movie 🤔 (1:13)

  • @doltBmB

    @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

    @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

  • @rhysmeyrick615
    @rhysmeyrick615Күн бұрын

    That’s a clever person.

  • @stevensgoodallsg
    @stevensgoodallsg5 күн бұрын

    Gorgeous

  • @user-xv3fe2xs3d
    @user-xv3fe2xs3d13 күн бұрын

    There are many beautiful women, but very few real ladies...

  • @chaleej5571

    @chaleej5571

    2 күн бұрын

    yep - she presents herself smoothly on film but in real life, she was a coke-head homewrecker...

  • @docsavage8640
    @docsavage864010 күн бұрын

    It was a B movie. It just caught lightning in a bottle.

  • @timonsolus

    @timonsolus

    2 күн бұрын

    No ‘B’ movie of the time had a budget as big as Star Wars.

  • @jedijones
    @jedijones28 күн бұрын

    This haircut would've been nice to see on her in one of the movies.

  • @NuntiusLegis

    @NuntiusLegis

    26 күн бұрын

    And it's not even her best haircut.

  • @derrinpickett9948

    @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

  • @76ToneCrome
    @76ToneCromeАй бұрын

    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

    @TreforTreforgan

    Ай бұрын

    GET OUT!

  • @NuntiusLegis

    @NuntiusLegis

    26 күн бұрын

    I guess a lot of the nerds also pause their Blu-ray players most often for Leia.

  • @user-io7lf3go4w

    @user-io7lf3go4w

    22 күн бұрын

    She was amazing ❤ fan or not , respect mate

  • @shitholeworld
    @shitholeworld10 күн бұрын

    What's a shassum?

  • @elgonzo5
    @elgonzo527 күн бұрын

    Your lightsaber is showing.

  • @m.mickeypayne9811
    @m.mickeypayne9811Ай бұрын

    😮

  • @relwalretep
    @relwalretepАй бұрын

    "George didn't want a damsel in distress", jump forward 6 years to Jabba's barge scene....

  • @CaptainFSU

    @CaptainFSU

    Ай бұрын

    She kills her captor, and she was deliberately part of a ploy...more femme fatale

  • @NeganJeff

    @NeganJeff

    28 күн бұрын

    Leia killed Jabba.

  • @jedijones

    @jedijones

    28 күн бұрын

    Han, Chewie and the droids were in distress also. Well, R2 had a plan.

  • @analogecstasy4654

    @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

    @shitholeworld

    10 күн бұрын

    She was held captive by Vader and was rescued by the boys.

  • @user-microburst
    @user-microburst2 күн бұрын

    That was in the 70s. An NOW, 50 years later, we have to fight for women’s rights and blah blaj

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn28 күн бұрын

    Poor Carrie, used her body as a chemistry set 😢 RIP

  • @Netryon
    @Netryon29 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @danieljakubik3428
    @danieljakubik342818 күн бұрын

    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

    @doltBmB

    12 күн бұрын

    It was low budget relative to the ambition of what they wanted to do, is what she's saying.

  • @infozencentre
    @infozencentre11 күн бұрын

    Short answer; they spent the budget on Carrie Fisher's drug habit lol

  • @drtrowb
    @drtrowbАй бұрын

    First

  • @davedaves3489
    @davedaves348914 күн бұрын

    She was soooooo depresssed here. She had major daddy issues.

  • @mannyxart
    @mannyxart29 күн бұрын

    Lord Low Budget saying that to a man from the country where Doctor Who was made on an actual low budget.

  • @SeattlePioneer
    @SeattlePioneerКүн бұрын

    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?

  • @stevemuzak8526
    @stevemuzak852623 күн бұрын

    0:37 We all know now why She wonder about "lunch breaks". Yes, cocaine break.

  • @HR-yd5ib
    @HR-yd5ib26 күн бұрын

    Ray is so much stronger and independenter than Leia was!

  • @NuntiusLegis

    @NuntiusLegis

    26 күн бұрын

    Wasn't bad for the 70s though. But wait: Ellen Ripley bullied the Alien in 1979.

  • @gbonkers666

    @gbonkers666

    22 күн бұрын

    No.

  • @HR-yd5ib

    @HR-yd5ib

    21 күн бұрын

    @@gbonkers666 have you even seen Ray? She is super cool and stronger than Leia ever was!

  • @gabbleratchet1890

    @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

    @HR-yd5ib

    12 күн бұрын

    @@gabbleratchet1890 don't try to defame Ray! Most best well written character ever! So strong!

  • @coachhannah2403
    @coachhannah24036 күн бұрын

    Why? Because they didn't have much money. Duh. 🙄