Yesterday The Sunday Times ran a couple of stories relating to Star Wars: The Last Jedi — the first of which was an interview with Mark Hamill.
When Mark Hamill discovered he was going to return as Luke Skywalker in the seventh Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, he embarked on a harsh diet and exercise routine. “I lost roughly 50lb in weight. It was torture.”
Carrie Fisher, who was to reprise Princess Leia, was supposed to be on a similar programme. “I never missed a session,” Hamill says, “not like some people — ahem, Carrie Fisher. I went to the gym, they went to her house. She’d had all this equipment installed. Sometimes they’d come and she’d say, ‘Oh, I forgot, it’s today. Not today.’ And she’d close the door. Only Carrie could get away with that.”
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