On the occasion of the posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, her only daughter has revealed that when she was a "conceited teenager" she felt ashamed
The mythical Leia from the 'Star Wars saga received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame a few days ago, after having died in 2016 at the age of 60 from a heart attack. It was her daughter, the actress Billie Lourd, who was in charge of talking about the great legacy left by her mother together with Mark Hamill, the actor who gave life to Luke Skywalker in the saga and a close friend of Carrie Fisher.
On the occasion of this very special date, in which both were moved to remember the talent of the late actress, her only daughter wanted to confess that she went from being a cocky teenager who was ashamed of her mother to "her biggest fan of her” of her.
For Billie, "the character of Princess Leia represents a feeling, she has strength, grace, wit, and femininity in the maximum expression of her. No one could have interpreted her as my mother." She also wanted to remember that Carrie had participated in multiple projects in Hollywood and in addition to being an interpreter, she was a screenwriter, singer, and dancer.
Lourd assured that “one of my favorite phrases from my mother is: ‘Take your broken heart and turn it into art. She did it and I hope she has passed the torch to a new generation."
After uncovering the plate, her daughter threw glitter into the sky in her honor, since the interpreter always threw glitter at her fans. An act of tribute in which actor Mark Hamill said: "I will never stop missing her, but I am so grateful for the laughs, the wisdom, the kindness and, even her spoiled girl attitude that drove me crazy." during years".
The three brothers of the actress were not at the tribute at the express wish of their daughter, Todd, Joely, and Tricia Leigh Fisher, since after the death of the protagonist of 'Star Wars', Billie broke off the relationship with her uncles since she did not he liked that they talked about his mother in several interviews and published a book. The three have been very upset by this absence and have spoken on their social profiles explaining that “strangely, we will not attend to celebrate our sister, whom we adore. For some weird wrong reason, our niece decided not to include us in this epic moment. This is something Carrie definitely wouldn't want. Surely she would like her brothers to be present ”.