IT SEEMED, quite surreal last year writing this, and even more so, today
. . . TWO years on. Today, I am sure many Star Wars fans and lovers of
Carrie's work will be feeling the same, sharing posts and photographs of
a woman, who was never dull, touched all she met, was a mountain of
energy and fun and yet sadly, like many of us, carried another life,
that sometimes worked against her, making even the sunniest of days,
dark and exhausting. On December 27th 2016, the day we lost CARRIE
FISHER, the shock rippled around the world, and I am sure today, many
will again feel that disbelief. Many here of course will know her
connection to Peter Cushing, through the movie, STAR WARS.
WITH CUSHING playing the evil TARKIN and Carrie the vulnerable PRINCESS LEIA Tarkin, together they played a key scene, with Peter cranking up his
performance, as the cruel and most Machiavellian of characters in the
Star Wars universe. Carrie later shared how difficult it had been for
her to find the motivation, to hate Peter's Tarkin. She too,like many
before her, had been charmed and moved, by his kindness and manner on
set, it was quite a task to actually say those lines. Even though she
left us a wonderful library of work on screen and on the page, it's a
weird feeling, knowing, she isn't around to cheer us up and make us
laugh in her interviews. As a teen she was my first crush, she dazzled
and shone very brightly . . on screen and in life, a real Princess! 🙂 We remember Carrie today . ..
