Jodie Foster talks about the roles she turned down.
On Wednesday, the 61-year-old actress and director appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed that she had other filming commitments when she was offered the iconic role of Princess Leia in Star Wars in the 1970s.
“You are [played] so many iconic roles, we love what you do. But I saw this online, you were offered the role of Princess Leia Star Wars, is that true?” Fallon asked Foster on his chat show.
“I did, yes,” Foster replied. “They wanted a younger Princess Leia, but I had a conflict. I was working on a Disney movie and I just didn’t want to quit because I already had a contract.”
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Jodie Foster during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon.
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“So I didn’t do it and you know, they did an amazing job,” she said.
“I don’t know how good I would be. Maybe I had different hair, you know. Maybe I went with a pineapple,” the actress jokingly added, referring to Princess Leila’s infamous hairstyle.
Princess Leia first appeared in Star Wars franchise in 1977, and was played by the late actress Carrie Fisher.
Meanwhile, Foster recently revealed that the day she turned 60 was “one of the best” days of her life and that this new decade made her feel “happy” and “satisfied”.
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Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia.
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The Oscar winner, who turned 61 in November, explained on Today show on Wednesday that so far her 60s have been far better than her “confusing” 50s.
“In your 60s, where are you today, is the place where you feel that your heart can rest, that you are at home? Describe what is happening,” host Hoda Kotb (59) asked the film legend.
“I think it was some kind of hormone or something that was injected into my system, where suddenly the day I turned 60 was one of the best days of my life,” Foster replied.
“I don’t know, I just feel like suddenly nothing matters anymore and everything is a bonus,” she added.
“I was just happy and content, and I wasn’t competing with my old self. I had no expectations for what was happening, and I was ready for what was to come.”
Foster has a son, Charles “Charlie” Bernard, 25, and a son, Christopher “Kit” Bernard, 22, with ex Cydney Bernard, from whom she split in 2008. She then married Alexander Hedison in 2014.
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