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Jodie Foster reflects on the iconic role she turned down in the ’70s: “I don’t know how good I would have been”

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True Detective and her award-nominated movie, Nyad.On Wednesday she appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. He asked her about a rumor he’d heard about her being offered the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars.Foster confirmed this to be true, saying before opting for Carrie Fisher the makers had been considering a younger actress.

Foster was born in 1962 and began acting as a child. She found fame in 1976 with three very different movies: Bugsy Malone, Freaky Friday, and Taxi Driver.

She received her first Academy Award nomination for the last one.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“They were going for a younger Princess Leia but I had a conflict,” Foster said, recalling her dilemma. “I was doing a Disney movie and I just didn’t want to pull out because I was already under contract.”“So, I didn’t do it and, you know, they did an amazing job,” she said.“I don’t know how good I would have been.

I might have had different hair, you know. I might have gone with a pineapple,” she joked. Carrie Fisher (born 1956) famously sported buns on the side of her head in the 1977 sci-fi blockbuster.Foster was only 12 when she shot Taxi Driver.

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