She also takes us behind the scenes of the "Star Wars" films-George Lucas' only direction to Fisher, playing Princess Leia, was "Faster, more intense"-but this is more than a juicy tell-all. She traces the labyrinthine affairs of three generations in a hilarious mock lecture called "Hollywood Inbreeding 101." Though the many couplings and uncouplings may have caused her pain as a child, she's able to laugh at them now, and so are we. Her parents' infamous breakup and their subsequent marriages provide the show's highlight, as Fisher explains the complications that arose when her daughter started dating the grandson of Elizabeth Taylor, the woman for whom her father left her mother. The daughter of showbiz icons Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, the author-performer treats the audience to delicious Hollywood gossip, insights into dealing with addiction, and examples of how not to pursue a happy marriage (she's had two, a short-lived union with Paul Simon and a second one with an agent who turned out to be gay). Fasten your seat belts, she seems to be saying, you're in for a bumpy night. The tone is set from the start as she warbles "Happy Days Are Here Again" while unflattering tabloid headlines about her flash across the screen. Fisher is attired in a comfy bathrobe and pajamas, ready to curl up on the sofa and dish some dirt. Nichols' set resembles a bedroom with a giant projection screen and weird props, such as an R2-D2 doll and something that appears to be a giant apple. The show is a combination standup act and slumber party. "If it was Hollywood then we'd all be dope addicts."If my life wasn't funny, it would have to be true," declares Carrie Fisher in her solo piece "Wishful Drinking," an irreverent memoir that is both funny and true. "It's always been my responsibility," she said. She is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, who left the family to start a relationship with Elizabeth Taylor when she was two. The actor refused to blame family background or her celebrity status for her problems. "If I'd been addicted to booze I'd be dead now, because you just go out and get it." "Slowly I realised I was doing a bit more drugs than other people and losing my choice in the matter," she said. It was adapted into a film by Mike Nichols in 1990, with female lead Meryl Streep receiving an Oscar nomination for best actress.įisher said John Belushi – who died of a drug overdose in 1982 – once told her she had a problem. As well as Wishful Drinking, Fisher wrote the 1987 semi-autobiographical novel Postcards From the Edge, about an actor trying to put her life together after a drug overdose.
The one-time star now works as a writer and comic, with her performances as Leia in the Star Wars trilogy by far her most notable screen work. It was just a case of getting on whatever train I needed to take to get high." "We did cocaine on the set of Empire, in the ice planet," Fisher said.
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