Evangeline Lilly wanted to play Princess Leia in The Force Awakens
- 6 years ago
Evangeline Lilly reached out about playing Princess Leia when the current 'Star Wars' trilogy was announced.
The 39-year-old star had worked with filmmaker J.J. Abrams on TV drama 'LOST', and when she heard he would be at the helm for 2015's 'The Force Awakens' she immediately put a plan in place.
Speaking at Fan Expo Boston, she admitted: "When JJ [Abrams] was first announced that he was gonna do his first Star Wars film, I reached out to his producing partner, for the first time ever since 'LOST' ended, I never requested anything ever before, and I said, 'I wanna be Leia! Make me Leia!' "
Of course, the late Carrie Fisher would reprise her iconic role from the original trilogy in the sequels, and her character is set to get a fitting send-off in the upcoming ninth film in the main saga.
The 39-year-old star had worked with filmmaker J.J. Abrams on TV drama 'LOST', and when she heard he would be at the helm for 2015's 'The Force Awakens' she immediately put a plan in place.
Speaking at Fan Expo Boston, she admitted: "When JJ [Abrams] was first announced that he was gonna do his first Star Wars film, I reached out to his producing partner, for the first time ever since 'LOST' ended, I never requested anything ever before, and I said, 'I wanna be Leia! Make me Leia!' "
Of course, the late Carrie Fisher would reprise her iconic role from the original trilogy in the sequels, and her character is set to get a fitting send-off in the upcoming ninth film in the main saga.