Billie Lourd (from right), daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, kneels next to her mother’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame war of stars Characters R2-D2, C-3PO and a stormtrooper watch in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Billie Lourd (from right), daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, kneels next to her mother’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame war of stars Characters R2-D2, C-3PO and a stormtrooper watch in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Carrie Fisher brought sparkle wherever she went, her daughter Billie Lourd said Thursday — and even threw glitter on it war of stars Fans she met at conventions. So Lourd brought some to the unveiling of Fisher’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star and sprinkled it on after the ceremony.
Fisher, best known as Princess Leia from The war of stars The honor was honored on May 4th, Star Wars Day, because of the date’s resemblance to one of the series’ slogans, “May the force be with you.”
Leia’s star is not far from that of her twin brother – the star for Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, is just a few feet away. At Thursday’s ceremony, Hamill described his meeting with Fisher prior to filming war of starswhen he was 24 and she was 19.
“Any expectations I had were just shattered,” he said. “She was so charming, so funny, so adorable, so wise beyond her years, I just couldn’t believe it. And brutally open!”
Fisher also had memorable film roles When Harry met Sally And The Blues Brothers and was nominated for a guest appearance on Emmys 30 skirt And catastrophe and for her own one woman show, wish drinking. The latter was based on her book of the same name, one of several novels and memoirs she wrote.
But it was for Leia’s role—first as a princess, later as a general—that she would most like to be remembered for. However, that wasn’t her daughter’s first reaction.
Billie Lourd said Thursday that when Fisher first tried to introduce her to the space saga as a kid, she responded, “It’s too loud, mom,” and “Are you the lady on TV?” It wasn’t until she did reached middle school and impressed classmates began asking about her mother, she absorbed the films.
“That day, as I stared at the screen, I realized that nobody is going to be as hot or cool as Princess Leia,” Lourd said.
She added that she’s fully embraced the fandom by snapping up Leia items and adding decorative elements war of stars touches her home and even lands a role in the later films herself. She also recalled attending fan conventions with Fisher — and admitting that her mom was actually cool.
“People stood in line for hours just to meet her, people got tattoos of her, people named their kids after her,” Lourd said.
Actress Carrie Fisher attends the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on December 14, 2015. The late actress will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.
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Actress Carrie Fisher attends the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on December 14, 2015. The late actress will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.
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And while Fisher was “an incredible actress who brought her strength and wit to each of her roles,” Lourd said she would remember her mother as one of the funniest writers she’d ever met. Fisher wrote seven books, but also eminently quotable tweets, her daughter said — and some very persuasive notes apologizing for school.
Fisher died in 2016, just a day before her own mother, actress Debbie Reynolds. While Lourd said she was saddened that her own children never met their grandmother, she was thrilled that through Leia she was still able to pass a piece of Fisher on to them.