Jodie Foster confirms she was offered the role of Princess Leia in STAR WARS but turned it down

Jodie Foster recently revealed some interesting information about the beginnings of his career. She confirmed that she was offered the role of Princess Leia George Lucas’ Star Wars! There is no doubt that if he had taken on this role, the entire trajectory of his career would have been different. But in the end she refused and the part went through Carrie Fisher.

The actress spoke about all this with Jimmy Fallon ON Tonight’s showand revealed that the reason she didn’t take the job was because she was already locked into a Disney movie contract at the time and didn’t want to break it to Star Wars.

Foster didn’t reveal which Disney movie she was stuck with, but if you look at the timeline it’s very likely Strange Fridayreleased a year earlier Star Wars: A New Hope. Foster was only 13 or 14 when she was offered the role. This would have taken the character in a different direction. That relationship with Han Solo definitely wasn’t going to work!

The conversation started with Fallon saying, “You’ve played so many iconic roles and we love what you do. But I saw this on the Internet: You were offered the role of Princess Leia Star WarsIt is true?”

Foster replied: “I was, yes. They were looking for a younger Princess Leia, but I had a conflict. I was doing a Disney movie and I just didn’t want to back out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract.

Foster spoke about Fisher in the role, saying, “And they did an amazing job. I don’t know how good I would have been. I could have had different hair. I could have chosen a pineapple.

It’s fun to think about how things would have turned out if Foster had played the role of Leia, but ultimately Fisher should have played that character. It’s hard to imagine anyone else inside her.