Los Angeles Dec 23 (IANS) Actress Carrie Fisher left the world too soon but she had just enough time to add a few special touches to her last performance as Princess Leia in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
The actress who died in December 2016 at the age of 60 left a lasting impression in the franchise but she truly cemented her legacy in the latest entry in the Star Wars universe by writing her character s scene stealing moments reports people.com.
Director Rian Johnson 44 says that Fisher came up with many of her character s scenes including a funny moment in which she reunites with Mark Hamill‘s Luke Skywalker and points out that she changed her hairstyle.
"That was her " Johnson said. "That was a Carrie Fisher line. Of course it was."
That wasn t the only line in the script that the talented screenwriter and author created.
She also tackled a scene with Admiral Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern) in which Leia says "You go I ve said it enough " in reference to the much loved saying "May The Force Be With You."
Johnson added that "every single part of her performance" was imbued with Fisher s ideas which she gave him while filming.
"I would sit down with her and she would just give me … After an hour I would have filled up pages and pages writing down the notes and one-liners that she would pitch " he said.
"And so we tried to work them in whenever we could " added Johnson.
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