Tuesday, 27 December 2016

5 Things Carrie Fisher Left Us

Just a year after many of us saw Carrie Fisher strongly reprise her role as Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the actress died on Tuesday morning (December 27). This was only days after she suffered a heart attack while flying back to Los Angeles from London. 

Growing up, Star Wars was part of my parents' repertoire to introduce me to pop culture. And while seeing what space could be like and getting to know Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO, it was awesome to meet Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher for the first time. While she's known for her signature cinnamon bun-like hair and how well she can sling a blaster, Carrie proved that she was more than her sci-fi counterpart. As we try to comfort our broken hearts, let's look back at what this legendary woman has given us. 

Whether or not you're obsessed with Star Wars or not, you'll want to know how Carrie Fisher has impacted pop culture as well as society.

 

She Made Sure That We Got Her Obituary Right

While doing her one-woman-show-made-book, Wishful Drinking, Carrie recounted what happened when she played Princess Leia. Director George Lucas told her that she wasn't allowed to wear a bra under her dress because "there's no underwear in space."

George apparently said, "You go into space and you become weightless. Then your body expands but your bra doesn't, so you get strangled by your own underwear."

She finished her story by saying, "I think that this would make for a fantastic obituary. I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra."

 

She's More Than Princess Leia

While she'll forever be known for being Leia, Carrie Fisher had some pretty memorable roles in other films like Shampoo, When Harry Met Sally and the remake of The Women in 2008.

 

She Wasn't Afraid to Tell Us What She Thought

From her thoughts on Hollywood's standards of beauty to being a survivor, Carrie was a feminist to the core. While she will be the first tell people that she's not always the most confident, she'll also be down to take a leap when needed. She's best known for saying the following:

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."

 

Carrie Put Mental Health in the Spotlight

She has openly spoken about being mentally ill and wants people not to avoid it, but look it straight in the face. And she also advised those who suffered from mental illness to never stop dreaming, despite all of the obstacles.

"I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital ... I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I’m still surviving it, but bring it on."

 

She Supported the Future Generations of Star Wars

While she was one of the OGs, Princess Leia was always a supporter of the next classes of the Star Wars family. Before her death, she was in London to see Star Wars: Rogue One.

 

See more tributes to late, great stars be visiting our In Memoriam page.



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