Mark Hamill recalls Carrie Fisher in a tribute write-up
Publish : 04 Jan 2017, 20:01
Mark Hamill, the actor who was responsible for bringing Luke Skywalker to life, has penned a heartfelt remembrance of his long-time co-star and friend Carrie Fisher.The 65-years-old American actor wrote the column for The Hollywood Reporter and really opened up about what it was really like to be Princess Leia’s brother for nearly four decades.Hamill wrote, “Carrie and I occupied a unique area in each other’s lives. It was like we were in a garage band together that somehow hit it huge. We had no idea the impact Star Wars would have on the world. I remember we were out on tour right before the movie opened. By the time we got to Chicago, there was a crowd at the airport. I said, 'Hey look, you guys, there must be somebody famous on the plane.' I was looking around to see who it might be. And then in the crowd I saw a kid dressed in a Han Solo vest. Then I saw a girl dressed like Princess Leia. I said, 'Oh my God, look, Carrie, there’s somebody dressed just like you. She’s got the buns on her head!'”The duo first met at a dinner the night before they began filming Star Wars — and Hamill recalled how he had been completely “bowled over” by the actress. “You know, she was 19 years old at the time. I was a worldly 24. So I was thinking, 'Oh my God, it’ll be like working with a high school kid.' But I was just bowled over. I mean she was just so instantly ingratiating and funny and outspoken. She had a way of just being so brutally candid. I’d just met her but it was like talking to a person you’d known for 10 years.” “I was just in awe of her,” Hamill continued, “She was so committed to joy and fun and embracing life. She had an Auntie Mame quality to her. I would do crazy things to amuse her on the set. Making her laugh was always a badge of honour.”Despite having a close relationship, the actor admitted that him and Fisher tended to butt heads. “We ran the gamut over the years, where we were in love with each other, where we hated each other’s guts,” Hamill said, remembering how they’d say things to each other like, “I’m not speaking to you, you’re such a judgmental, royal brat!”“We went through it all,” he wrote. “It’s like we were a family.”Fisher died last week at the age of 60, after suffering a heart attack four days earlier during a flight from London to Los Angeles. Hamill remained relatively quiet following her death, tweeting that he was “devastated” by the loss and later posting a short tribute on Facebook.