Jodie Foster Almost Played Princess Leia in Star Wars, But a Disney Movie No One Remembers Anymore Prevented Her

Even though we all remember the actors and actresses who played the most iconic characters of Star Wars , many stars were poised to be a part of one of the most successful franchises in the entire industry. One of them was Jodie Foster, who, after more than 45 years, explained the real reason she didn’t end up playing the Princess Leia .

Through an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Foster comments on everything that happened around his Star Wars audition. Apparently, she met the standards asked at the time by George Lucas to play the unforgettable princess, but a contract with Disney prevented this due to the conflict of interest it could bring at that time.

« When a Princess Leia is younger, but you have a conflict. You have a Disney movie and you don’t want to withdraw from the movie because you have a contract. So you don’t have a problem. You have an incredible job. You don’t have to worry about it. I ».

Although he doesn’t specify which film it was, we do know that around this time Foster participated in a film under the Mouse brand: black friday . This film was released in early 1977, so everything indicates that it was the film that pushed the actress to leave George Lucas aside.

The film was not a total failure at the box office and even had a sort of sequel in 2003 with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, but it is clear that it was forgotten by the vast majority and, if it is compared to the absurd After the success of Star Wars, it is clear that the actress did not make the best decision of her career.

Yet her performances in the world of film and television have shown that she is one of the best actresses of our time and that whether or not she was in Galaxy War or not, he had a very successful career.