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Carrie Fisher was secretly one of Hollywood's best script doctors
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Carrie Fisher was more than just an actress — she was one of Hollywood’s best script doctors
The celebrated actress — who rose to fame as Princess Leia in the 1977 hit "Star Wars: A New Hope" — was also known as one of Hollywood's best script doctors as she would examine screenplays for any needed fixes.
Fisher, who died on Tuesday at 60, made monumental changes to the dialogue of popular '90s films like "Hook," "Lethal Weapon 3," "Sister Act," and "The Wedding Singer."
Carrie Fisher, famous actress and talented writer, died on Tuesday at 60.
(REX/Shutterstock/REX/Shutterstock)‘Star Wars’ icon Carrie Fisher dead at 60
Her success revamping the film "Hook," which starred Robin Williams, helped her land gigs as a script doctor for the aforementioned movies, as well as "Outbreak."
Robin Williams in the 1991 film “Hook,” which was adjusted at the hand of Carrie Fisher.
(©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection/©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Ever)Her work making adjustments to famous scripts all began when she improved her own dialogue in the "Star Wars" films.
Carrie Fisher wanted Leia to grow old with Solo
Back in 2008, the star told Newsweek she gave up on script doctoring after the nature of the business changed.
"I haven't done it for a few years. I did it for many years, and then younger people came to do it and I started to do new things. It was a long, very lucrative episode of my life. But it's complicated to do that," she explained.
"Now in order to get a rewrite job, you have to submit your notes for your ideas on how to fix the script. So they can get all the notes from all the different writers, keep the notes and not hire you. That's free work and that's what I always call life-wasting events," she added, showcasing her witty sense of humor.
Carrie Fisher in Beverly Hills, Calif. in 1990 — around the time she found success as one of Hollywood’s best script doctors.
(Julie Markes/ASSOCIATED PRESS)She also penned the novels, “Postcards from the Edge,” “The Best Awful,” “Surrender the Pink,” and “Delusions of Grandma” before deciding memoirs were the way to go.
In 2008, she wrote “Wishful Drinking,” followed by “Shockaholic” in 2011. Most recently, she published the memoir “The Princess Diarist,” which detailed her on-screen affair with co-star Harrison Ford.
Fisher died on Tuesday after having suffered a heart attack on an airplane days prior while traveling from promoting the latest memoir.
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