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On December 27 last year, Carrie Fisher died four days after a heart attack at the age of sixty. Recently, we learned that her ashes were packed by her family in a huge porcelain Prozac antidote. In this regard, her younger brother Todd explained: "This is one of Kelly's most precious collections. Billie (Kelly Fisher's daughter) and I both felt that she must want that too. ”
Prozac capsules
People who are not familiar with Fisher may be surprised, but those who know her will smile slightly. After all, in 2008, she wrote her obituary in the form of a joke in the book "Wishful Drinking": "Drowned in the moonlight and strangled to death by my bra." ”
Words and deeds are unscrupulous, mavericks... Fisher is such a strange woman, although her life may not be called legendary, but it is definitely enough ups and downs, colorful enough.
<h1>Forever "princess"</h1>
In the recently released "Star Wars Story: Rogue One" in the mainland, there is a female character dressed in white at the end of the film, who is the famous Princess Leia Ogana - one of the three protagonists of the star wars canon. Leia in Rogue One is a CG character, but it's no secret that it was Kelly Fisher herself who wore the white clothes decades ago.
Kelly Fisher in Star Wars
"Star Wars" came out in 1977, and the role of Leia was a rare heroine on the big screen at that time, which is a classic embodiment of feminism in film and television works, and it is most appropriate for Fisher to play. Unfortunately, although the "Star Wars" series is not fisher's only film, and Princess Leia is not the only role played by Fisher, Fisher's personal image has since been completely entangled with Leia's screen image.
The other two people with whom she co-starred in the Star Wars canon were Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill. The former has created a large number of classic characters in addition to Han Solo, and is still active in hollywood at the age of 74; the latter, although there is no more outstanding performance achievement outside of Luke Skywalker, has made a name for himself in the dubbing industry, contributing the classic "Joker" sound to the Batman series. Fisher was the only one who was forever labeled "Princess Leia".
Kelly Fisher and Mark Hamill
In 2016, she published a memoir called The Princess Diarist. Earlier, in 2008, on the cover of "The Drink of Wishing", the shape of Princess Leia was also impressively printed. From these details, it is not difficult to see how inseparable "Kelly Fisher" and "Princess Leia Augana" are.
In The Force Awakens, which continues the canonical plot, Fisher re-starred as Leia, but the title of the character changed from "Princess" to "General". The film opens with a dialogue that is a great footnote to Fisher's acting career.
Po Dameron: "The general has been looking for this thing. ”
Lorra San Teka: "You say general?" To me, she is a real royal. ”
<h1>Drugs and bipolar disorder</h1>
In Fisher's life, if "Princess Leia" was her biggest shackle, then drugs and bipolar disorder may be her biggest shadow.
During the filming of Empire Strikes Back (1980), Fisher smoked cocaine and became addicted ever since. At one point, she used drug use as a form of self-medication, suppressed bipolar disorder with analgesics such as compound hydroxycodan, and was even rushed to the hospital for accidentally overdosing prescription and sleeping pills.
In 1980, she was conservatively addicted to drugs
As for bipolar disorder, Fisher resorted to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for this purpose. According to Fisher herself, there was a time when she had to do an ECT every six weeks to "blow up the cement in her head." It wasn't until 2014 that she said she would no longer receive the treatment.
In 2011, she explained to Psychology Today: "Drugs/drugs make me feel normal, these things can bind me." ”
While it was largely the pressure of being a celebrity that led to all of this, Fisher said: "It's always been my own responsibility. If you want to blame Hollywood, everyone has long since become an addict. ”
Fisher not only has the courage to face his own problems, but has always been outspoken in public. In 2016, Harvard College presented her with the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year in Humanities and Culture, in part because of her long history of speaking out for drug addicts and people with mental illness.
Fisher published his semibiographical novel Postcard from the Edge in 1987 and later wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film of the same name. The film tells the story of actress Suzanne overcoming her severe drug addiction and repairing the mother-daughter relationship, and her experience is a true portrayal of Fisher's own experience to some extent. Interestingly, Fisher once said bluntly about why she didn't play the heroine herself: "I've already played Suzanne." ”
Movie "Postcard from the Edge"
From this short sentence, it is enough to see how honest she is. It is also this honesty and bravery that has raised her realm to a higher level. Therefore, her family chose such an urn for her, and if she knew about it, she would probably laugh heartily.
Having said all this, there are only two more representative aspects of Kelly Fisher. Her real life is far fuller than dry words, and it is far more than what people can experience and experience.
Although she has been wearing the shackles of "Princess Leia" all her life, she has not been completely crushed by it, nor has she deliberately avoided talking about it, but finally chose to accept it indifferently, gladly appreciate it, truly assume the responsibility of belonging to the "Princess", and set a strong and brave example for the majority of women.
Although she once fell into the shadow of drugs and bipolar disorder, she did not completely get rid of it until she died, but in the end she did not sink to the end and gave up on herself. She was able to walk with the shadows, to speak openly to the world about her dark side, to inspire those who suffered the same pain. Compared with completely forgetting the past, Fisher's attitude and approach are even more valuable.
A few days ago, with the sudden death of Carrie Fisher, a large number of fans on the extranet petitioned in her honor, hoping that Leia would become an official Disney princess. However, the author believes that this is really unnecessary. Neither Leia on the screen nor Fisher off the screen needs to be given a symbol. She is herself, unique, honest, strong and brave, and these qualities do not need more titles to prove.