Jodie Foster Princess Leia Star Wars

    by Freddenver: Star Wars

    Jodie Foster revealed she had to pass on playing Princess Leia in Star Wars because she was already under contract with Disney at the time. She explained, 'They were going for younger Princess Leia but I had a conflict I was doing a Disney movie and I just didn't want to pull out of the contract.' Adding, 'So I didn't do it and you know.' The full interview can be found at and the original post at

    Transcript (en)

    Yeah, and they were going for younger, you know, Princess Leia. But I had a conflict. I was doing a Disney movie. And I just didn't want to pull out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract, so I didn't do it. And, you know, they did an amazing job. I don't know how good I would have been. And I might have had different hair. You know. You probably would have had, yeah. Was that... I might have gone with a pineapple.