Carrie Fisher Weight Loss - Getting fit and healthy is no easy feat, but for 57-year old Carrie Fisher, it appeared to be quite easy. The "Star Wars" actress, who after reprising her role as Princess Leia, certainly trimmed down on the weight for the part. Fisher lost a whopping 35 pounds for the role. How did she do it?
Anyone who has seen the actress out and about in Beverly Hills would be dying to know her secrets to losing weight. After all, Fisher was a tad bit too healthy in the past before reprising her role in the George Lucas film. For those dying to know Carrie Fisher's weight loss secrets, producers had a hand in it.
"It's trippy that you do a sequel 35 years later," shares Fisher in a report by ABC News, adding, "That's right, they didn't hire me, they hired me minus 35 pounds."
According to Fisher, producers of "Star Wars" only hired her to reprise her role as Princess Leia if she lost the 35 pounds. Luckily, the actress managed. Of course, Carrie Fisher's weight loss was also possible thanks to "Star Wars" producers reportedly employing top-notch nutritionists and fitness trainers.
Regarding Carrie Fisher's weight loss, the actress mother, Debbie Reynolds spoke about her daughter's dedication to losing weight. Fisher allegedly worked off the excess weight for an entire year.
"She's worked her body off for one year to not have a body," says Reynolds in an interview with Extra. Fisher's mother also added that "she's been on a diet ever since, because you know, you have to be up to par, so she looks terrific."
With Carrie Fisher's weight loss bordering on successful, would fans of the "Star Wars" franchise see her iconic "slave" look. The look pretty much covered only her essentials and bared her enviable figure in the 1983 film, "Return of the Jedi."
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