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2. She hated the costumes she had to wear
She hated the white dress from A New Hope, but it was the famed metal bikini in Return of the Jedi, which she despised most of all. When I laid down, the metal bikini stayed up,” she once said. “So Boba Fett could see all the way to Florida.”

3. She has drugs named after her.
Fisher discovered there is a marijuana called Princess Leia after her daughter’s boyfriend tried to get a discount.

4. She beat some big names to land the role of Princess Leia
More than two dozen actresses auditioned for the role. These included Sissy Spacek, Farrah Fawcett, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Cybill Shepherd, Jane Seymour, Anjelica Huston, Kim Basinger, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis.

5. She was forced to strap down her boobs
Her breasts were taped down with gaffer tape, as her costume did not permit any lingerie to be worn underneath. She joked later, “As we all know, there is no underwear in space.”

6. She didn’t like her bagel bun hair style
She disliked the “bagel bun” hair style she wore in the original Star Wars, but she didn`t say anything about it because she was afraid that director George Lucas would get angry and fire her.

7. She clashed with her mother about the role
Due to the limited budget the American cast members and crew flew economy class to England, rather than first class. When Carrie Fisher’s mother, film star Debbie Reynolds, heard about this she called George Lucas to complain. Lucas handed the phone to Carrie who simply said, “Mother, I want to fly coach, will you fuck off?!” and hung up.

8. She thinks she did a bad job playing Leia
She doesn’t thinks she’s a very good actress and often quotes her awkward half British, half American accent as an example.

9. She did some of her own stunts
Stunt doubles were not used for the scene in which Luke and Leia swing to safety. She and Mark Hamill performed that stunt themselves, shooting it in just one take.

10. Her role was heavily promoted to attract women viewers
Initial research from 20th Century Fox using the title and a brief synopsis came back with the results that only males under 25 were interested in seeing the film. Fox then deliberately marketed the film with a view to attracting older and female cinema goers by pushing images of humans, including Princess Leia, center stage and referring to the film in more mythic tones, rather than science fiction.

11. She loves nerds
She once sarcastically claimed to have got the role of Princess Leia Organa by sleeping “with some nerd.”

12. She found her dialogue a real challenge
After one especially difficult scene she said to Lucas “You can type this stuff, but you can’t say it”.

13. She was nearly cut from the script.
Lucas toyed with the idea of changing Luke Skywalker into a woman and cutting Princess Leia from the script. He also entertained the notion of casting the principal characters as dwarfs.

14. She loved arguing with Han Solo
When asked what her favorite moment from the Star Wars trilogy are, she replied that her favorite moments were the arguing scenes between her and Harrison Ford.

15. Her character never got to meet Obi-Wan Kenobi
The closest they get to meeting is when she sees him from a distance during the light saber duel.

16. She has a common ancestry with Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are of Swedish and Jewish ancestry, respectively. In the prequels, their parents would be played by Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, who also have Swedish and Jewish ancestry.

17. In the book her character is the first to speak.
In George Lucas’ paperback novelization of the film, the book begins with a short prologue recited by Princess Leia. In the prologue, she tells the story of the fall of the “Old Republic”, the rise of the Empire, and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.

18. She wanted to play Han Solo
Upon receiving the script prior to her audition, Carrie Fisher read it aloud with her friend, actor Miguel Ferrer. They loved it so much both of them wanted to play Han Solo!

19. She was addicted to cocaine while filming
In an interview in Australia, she revealed that she had a cocaine addiction during filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and also survived an overdose. “Slowly, I realized I was doing a bit more drugs than other people and losing my choice in the matter” she said.

20. She was too short for some scenes
She stood on a box for many of her scenes with Harrison Ford in the Star Wars trilogy, owing to the fact that she was roughly a foot shorter than him and didn`t fit into the frame.

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- Yo mamma's so stupid, it takes her 2 hours to watch 60 Minutes.

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- Yo mamma's so stupid, on her job application where it says emergency contact she put 911.

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facts about sleep

With an average lifespan of 6 – 8 years mattresses have plenty of time to gather some nasty stuff and one study even linked them to sudden infant death syndrome.

Another study showed that people getting only 6 to 7 hours of sleep every night have a longer life expectancy than those who sleep 8 hours.

Both whales and dolphins literally fall half asleep. Their brain hemispheres take turns so they can continue surfacing to breathe

The world record for not sleeping was set by 17-year-old Randy Gardner in 1964 when he was awake for 264 hours and 12 minutes.

An adult bedbug can survive up to one year without feeding.

Upon joining the European Union, Spain launched a campaign to get rid of its world famous siestas, or afternoon naps, in order to show that it was intent on integration.

Although people born blind don’t see images when they dream, they do have an increased auditory, tactile, and olfactory experience

Scientists haven’t been able to figure out why exactly we need sleep.

The average person wakes up about six times per night.

to masturbate?

Somniphobia is the fear of sleep.

12% of people have black and white dreams. Before color television though, the number was 75%.

You can only dream about faces you have already seen.

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty is a surgical procedure used to fix snoring by tightening the throat. Possible side effects include changes to the tone of your voice.

If it takes you less than five minutes to fall asleep then very likely you are sleep deprived. The ideal amount of time is about 10 minutes.

Scientists have determined that counting sheep is ineffective for putting oneself to sleep. Evidently it is too boring and imagining a calming landscape generally works much better.

In 1998 scientists scientists seemingly showed that shining a bright light on the back of a person’s knee could reset their biological clock.