Plastic bikinis and a kissing contest. 15 most interesting stories from the filming of "Star Wars" (19 photos)

Yesterday was Star Wars Day around the world. With the premiere film in 1977, cinema was forever changed, a painting by George Lucasa reinvented adventure blockbusters and laid the foundation one of the most successful franchises in history.





George Lucas was very worried about Leah's underwear



When Carrie Fisher was cast as Princess Leia Organa, she was still quite an inexperienced actress. Her introduction to blockbusters turned out to be very strange - mainly due to a strange obsession George Lucas underwear heroine. He insisted that Leia should not wear a bra. In one of her books, Fisher recounted a strange discussion that took place between her and the director:

"When you go into space, you become weightless. So far so good, right? But then your body expands? A your bra doesn't expand - that's why your own suffocates you brassiere. I think this would make a great obituary. So I I tell my younger friends that no matter how I die, I want it to be told like this: I drowned in the moonlight, strangled by my own bra."

Lucas's flight of fancy is also noticeable in the film "The Return Jedi." At its beginning, Leia is enslaved by a creepy cosmic a monster that chains her up and forces her to wear a golden bikini.

As it turned out, the famous costume was made of plastic, and therefore, Fischer did not always move along with the body. That is, the outfit turned out even more frank than it may seem to the viewer:

“I remember that golden bikini I wore in "Episode VI". This is what supermodels will wear when they hit Seven. circle of hell... The actor who played Boba Fett stood behind me when I wore bikini, and he had a view right up to Florida."





Alec Guinness hates Star Wars



Respected and famous actor Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, over time hated the series. Although participation in the filming brought him a fortune, the actor was angered by something else: a whole generation of viewers began to associate him exclusively with Obi-Wan.

Because of this, Guinness repeatedly publicly scolded Star war" and once even told an interviewer that he had asked George Lucas to kill his hero - just so he doesn't have to say such banal remarks.

Real blizzard filmed in The Empire Strikes Back



While filming the climax of the series, the team I tried to get the most out of the chosen location, the Norwegian village Finse. When a Terrible Snowstorm Covered the Set Directed by Irvin Kershner saw this as a great job opportunity. He took advantage of the weather as a setting for the scene in which Luke escapes from the cave on the planet Hott, so actor Mark Hamill had to play in extreme conditions.

Khan mothballed due to Harrison Ford's insecurities



Harrison Ford as the charismatic smuggler Han Solo, doubted his involvement in the final film of the trilogy - his original contract included only two pictures. That is why in the finale of "Empire" Khan is placed in carbonite - so the writers could easily write off the hero of Ford in case of his refusal.

Rumor has it that the producer Howard Kazanjian managed to convince Harrison to return to the role - before that they were together worked on Indiana Jones.

Ford once almost sawed through the Millennium Falcon



About the attitude of Harrison Ford to his space role go all sorts of rumours. According to one, Ford was talking about "Star Wars" dismissively, as about the necessary side work for the sake of financial the well-being of your family. However, there are other stories about how Harrison tried to bring his image to perfection.

The actor is said to have constantly argued furiously with George Lucas. about specific lines in the script. One day he shouted, "George, you you can print this slop, but you definitely can't say them out loud." Mar told about similar cases.to Hamill:

“He took notes in the margins, saying essentially the same the most, but in his style. He was surprisingly good at keeping sense, but to play the character in a completely different way."

Sometimes Ford's zealous attitude to work manifested itself in a completely wild way. According to Hamill:

"Did you hear about how Harrison went to the Falcon millennium” with a saw because he got very angry? People came up to me and said: “You have to stop Harrison, he sawing "Falcon". The ship was made of wood, and he brought a saw. I love Harrison. I could stop him because I was able to make him laugh when he's really, really angry."



Darth Vader actor spoiled the main moment of the saga - completely by accident



When people think of Darth Vader, they first think turn about the iconic lines spoken by James Earl Jones. However, on the set of the main antagonist of the trilogy, another played the man is bodybuilder David Prowse. He was very lucky to keep his job after an accidentally thrown spoiler of that very moment in "Empire strikes back."

In 1978, two years before the release of the iconic fifth episode rental, Prowse visited an exhibition in California, where he told a jubilant the crowd that in the sequel, Luke and Vader will meet "in a duel to the death", during which Luke learns that Vader is his father.

“A father cannot kill a son, a son cannot kill a father. Therefore, they will survive again to appear in the next film.

In fact, David could not have known about this plot twist. IN In the original script, Vader tells Luke that Obi-Wan killed his father - and it wasn't until post-production that Jones delivered the iconic line, which they tried to keep in the strictest confidence. Essentially Prowse is just inventing spoilers - and accidentally hit the bull's-eye.

Carrie Fisher and Ford had an affair



Although, when talking about Star Wars, Ford often mentions his family, he is silent about one important detail. During filming, he had fling with 19-year-old Carrie Fisher, whom he pulled out of a drunken party in honor of Lucas' birthday. Fisher shared the details in the book 2016 Princess Leia's Diary:

"I beg your pardon," Ford says to a member film crew claiming that Fischer needed to breathe a little, “but the lady herself does not really understand what she needs. Argument begins, Ford drags Fischer out of the party into the car and starts kissing her. He is married and with two children. He is 14 years older than her. She is drunk and he just said she wasn't aware enough of what was going on to make rational decisions. And so begins their romance.

According to various sources, Ford and Fisher's relationship lasted three months and caused serious damage to the self-esteem of the actress. She fantasized about how Harrison would leave his wife for her, and his "I was only interested in one thing."

C-3PO's droid suit was a torture device



One of the most recognizable Star Wars characters protocol droid C-3PO. He, like the astromech R2-D2, appears in every numbered film of the series, and for almost half a century he was played alone and the same actor - Anthony Daniels. As you can guess from the looks droid, the task was no easy one.

The costume Daniels wore in A New Hope was creepy uncomfortable. The dressing took several hours, and, according to the actor, the sharp edges hurt him with every move. Some parts costumes constantly fell off or broke, and at the first fitting Daniels even managed to crush his entire left leg.

Actors R2-D2 and C-3PO did not get along in life



Although there is something between the iconic droid duo in the film like friendly or at least companionship, in reality actors Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker could hardly bear each other. About This was told by Baker - a man hiding behind the skin of R2-D2:

"One day when I said hello to him, he just turned his back on me and said: “Don’t you see that I am I talking?" I was on fire with rage. No one has ever been so rude to me managed. I was angry. It was unfathomable. We could earn a whole fortune on a joint tour. I have asked him four times already, but in The last time he looked down at me like I was nothing. He said: “I don’t really do these exhibitions - get off, little Human"".

Daniels long time nickdid not comment on the accusations Baker, but a few months before the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015 finally came out with a statement of its own:

"He's not actually on set site. I haven't seen him for many years. His name is listed in the credits as... I don't know, a talisman, courtesy. It's like a talisman."

The success of Star Wars is largely the merit of Lucas' ex-wife



Shortly after completing Star Wars, Lucas showed a raw cut of the film to familiar directors: Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian de Palma and John Landis. Everything didn't go too good - and Lucas' wife, Marcia, began to cry.

In the end, of course, the film turned out to be a success - but few knows that it was Marcia, the most talented editor, who brought the picture to perfection. Thanks to her professionalism, the final chase scene on fighters turned out to be so memorable and emotional. Michael Kaminsky spoke about this in The Secret History of Star Wars:

“She warned George: “If the audience does not applause when Han Solo shows up at the last second on the Falcon millennium" to help Luke break away from Darth Vader, then the picture will not work".



According to Kaminsky, Marcia's contributions to the original films deliberately downplayed after her divorce from Lucas. She became forgotten Lucas". The author also claims that Marcia was even removed from the frames with filming. In an interview, Hamill said that the absence of Marcia felt in the less fan-favorite prequel trilogy, as the editor was "the heart and soul of the films".

Fischer loved parties, even when they overlapped with filming.



During the filming of The Empire Strikes Back, the eternal rowdy Carrie Fisher found herself in an unusual situation - at a party with Comedian Eric Idle of Monty Python and The Rolling Stones. And the fun even affected the next shooting day.

"I rented Eric Idle's house for five months and he filmed Monty Python in Tunisia. We finished early and Eric called to us and said: “The Rolling Stones are here!”. I came and saw that there they were all… I called Harrison and said, “Come on! It's simple ridiculous!" I wonder how he remembered it. I remember that we never went to bed sleep, so we didn't have a hangover - we were still drunk when flew to Cloud City the next day. In the film, we are not particularly smile, but then we smiled.

Peter Cushing wore flip flops



In Star Wars: A New Hope, Peter Cushing plays Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star. His character is real a villain who orders an entire planet to be blown up even after Leia gives him all the information he needs. And it is very strange to think that in in many scenes, he actually looked rather ridiculous.

As it turns out, the Star Wars costumers gave Cushing shoes are too small. Therefore, whenever possible, when his feet were not in the frame, he changed into comfortable slippers.

Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill competed in the ability to kiss



There's a scene in The Empire Strikes Back where Leia kisses Luke. And it was not the only such time on the set of "Star wars": back in the days of the "New Hope" they argued which of them is better kissing. Hamill told about it: “And here we are kissing on the couch, like couple of horny teenagers. True, the novel ended immediately, as Fisher and Hamill began to laugh out loud:

"I think we got through because we were able to have fun and avoid responsibility."

Khan could have been played by a completely different actor



It's hard to imagine Han Solo performed by someone apart from Harrison Ford, but he was not the first choice for this role. Lucas's favorite was Al Pacino, but the actor refused the offer, because I thought the script was too confusing.

“I remember not understanding it when I read it. It was that period of my career when I was offered everything. I was in "Godfather". They didn't care if I was right for the role, if I could play."

Fisher got everyone with a water pistol



In aboutDean had a particularly hot day on the set of the original trilogy someone brought water pistols to the site. Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca, recalled how Carrie Fisher grabbed one of the toys and ran into in his suit, pouring over Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and everyone met along the way. In the end, someone had to take away from Carrie pistol because she had too much fun.