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To: EveningStar

Is this thing on the level? Cindy “Shirley Feeney” Williams as Princess Leia?


4 posted on 08/26/2010 9:38:23 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Is this thing on the level? Cindy “Shirley Feeney” Williams as Princess Leia?

Not exactly. She auditioned for the role but lost out to Carrie Fisher.

7 posted on 08/26/2010 9:41:02 AM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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Yes it is. Cindy Williams, Terri Lynn, Farrah Fawcett, Glenn Close, Barbara Hershey, Bernadette Peters, Bonnie Bedelia, Dianne Wiest, Margot Kidder, Jessica Lange, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Cybill Shepherd, Christine Lahti Jane Seymour, Anjelica Huston, Catherine Hicks, Christine Baranski, Kay Lenz, Kim Basinger, Kathleen Turner, Debra Winger, and Geena Davis all auditioned for the role of Princess Leia.
Terri Nunn of the band Berlin was also in the runing for the role along with Melanie Griffith.

Kurt Russell, Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Bill Murray and Perry King were all candidates for the role of Han Solo.

James Caan, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and Burt Reynolds all turned down the role of Han Solo.

13 posted on 08/26/2010 9:58:02 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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