Star Wars Audition - Amy Irving & Christopher Allport.avi

[@susanstorm4450]

Wow!! She’s so talented 😍♥️

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

I've always loved Amy Irving's voice. She is a real beauty too, especially her eyes and brunette, fluffy hair.

[@denisefreitas6727]

She's great. Love Amy Irving! She's so beautiful and talented.❤️🌹

[@collegeman1988]

Around the time of the 20th anniversary of Star Wars, I had seen something on TV that Brian DePalma (director of Carrie) and George Lucas had auditioned the same group of actors for both Carrie and Star Wars, which explains why Amy Irving auditioned for the role of Princess Leia. John Travolta was also considered for the part of Han Solo. William Katt auditioned for the role of Luke Skywalker. However, all three actors had gotten roles in Carrie.

[@Tuning_Spork]

She's great!

[@ghostvampiregal3440]

She almost sounds like Carrie Fisher!!!

[@neil6958]

You can hear a cb radio "breaker breaker" at 4:05 . This was common over amplifiers of the day, but ironically, star wars used ssb type transmissions and lingo in their wars. This was important, Communications! And cb radio was at the peak of its popularity at the time of these auditions!

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Just so many movie connections here - Amy Irving was going out with George Lucas’ friend and fellow director - Steven Spielberg, And was auditioning for Carrie with Brian De Palma at the same time.

[@jjflash2611]

Amy Irving rocked the audition. If Carrie didn't do it, she definitely could have pulled it off.

[@beast_boy97]

RIP Christopher Allport. I know his younger son and he would make Chris proud.

[@jaywest3734]

She sounds exactly the same as she did in Carrie. Carrie Fisher was definitely the best actress that auditioned for this role.

[@laurenandersen6117]

Amy Irving could've pulled off Princess Leia. Still a great actress.

[@MarshalLucky1]

They're both very good.

[@Heroless]

She seems more Padmé-esque in this audition, then Leia. However, she did well.

[@Khultan]

Wow! She's really good : )

[@jmez927]

At 4:04 we receive CB band frequencies

[@silentdecay]

I want some jobs / Interviews where I can drink & smoke cigars ...

[@WilAdams]

I have tried to be a fan of Amy since I saw her as Sue Snell in Carrie, but then The Fury came out, and it was--to me--nothing more than her trying to BE Carrie, and since I know that she originally auditioned for the role of Carrie, I was just glad--after seeing the Fury--that she did not get Carrie. Later, I saw her in other films and honestly she did not rise up as anything special. I mean, at the time there was another young actress Glynnis O'Connor who actually had the kind of screen presence that would have made her a great Princes Leia, but I did not see her audition roll. Further, If you look at the filmography of Glynnis--Ode to Billy Joe, Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Sons and Daughters, just to name a few--you can see her talent on display. She is one of those actresses (like Kathleen Turner, and P.J. Soles) who never got the roles that would have transformed their careers. Sure, Kathleen Turner's Body Heat is a Classic, and P.J. Soles is in Carrie, but imagine a film like 'First Monday in October' with Kathleen Turner in place of Jill Clayborn. Or War Games with P.J. Soles opposite Matthew Broadrick. Now picture Glynnis O'Connor replacing Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink or 16 Candles. Yeah, both of those films are good, but with an EMOTIVE actress like Glynnis in the starring role they would have been ELEVATED to the level of INSTANT CLASSIC.

[@jedijones]

The RE-ward? He just put the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble.

[@Vameon]

She does a decent job.

[@jedijones]

Her tone and pace changes radically before she can get a sentence out.

[@nursegrace7492]

It's because the dialogue is very wordy and techno-heavy. It's not a natural way of speaking. She is tense and searching for the words.

[@robertr798]

She's not bad but she's colluding with him too much. Carrie's audition (and performance) got across that Leia was already a dozen steps ahead of Han, with that kind of authority.

[@Guernicaman]

Whoa! Was Christopher Allport hitting on Amy Irving?

[@frankpeter6851]

She isn't transmitting the gravity of the Dilemma. Seems like she heard that she was a princess and she just chose to play it haughty and pouty.

[@Gaz07]

This was actually good...I think genuinely they could have pulled it off

[@nursegrace7492]

Why couldn't they even light it so you saw the actress' face??

[@plasticweapon]

oh, amy...

[@kevinbowen6182]

Technically sound. Well considered delivery. Lacking star power. It must be Amy Irving!

[@austinpearce5442]

Amy Irving did Jessica Rabbit's singing voice in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[@silentdecay]

ps: they deliver like it's a daytime soap

[@BethelMcGrew]

Han isn't supposed to have the hots for Leia yet. You're moving too fast Chris!

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

+Bethel McGrew LoL

[@acdragonrider]

She also almost became Marion Ravenwood too.

[@TS-qq7vr]

They're all gonna laugh at you!

[@tequilamockingbird532]

She was on par with Carrie Fisher and a better actress overall.

[@2degucitas]

For the part, she looked too ethnic. Lucas was looking for someone more WASPish. I think Irving might have been married to Spielberg at that time, and was in several successful movies. I think it was his connection that made Lucas audition her.

[@DG-dh2lt]

Irving is white

[@EmilyVanVlack]

Carrie Fisher’s father, Eddie Fisher, was Jewish. I don’t think ethnicity played a part in the casting other than the prevailing attitudes of the 1970s.

[@FreedomforHaiti]

Yeah, it's miraculous the movie got made.

[@toddnolastname4485]

Why would you give the location of your major base to a 17 year old girl? The guy on the ship who knew the location should have been that one guy from the opening fight. Leia should have only had a contact on some out of the way system who could send her to another person, and that person maybe knew the location.

[@acdragonrider]

That seventeen year old girl was an imperial senator and had quite a bit of experience

[@fantom1able]

Interesting...

[@susana94682]

I think she doesn't have the authority Leia needs.

[@rhoadnaroahs]

Is that a space cigar? lol

[@jedijones]

Smuggled Corellian cigar.

[@davidnavarro4821]

rhoadnaroahs nope it’s death sticks !

[@SAOTUBE]

could've been dash rendar

[@Engelhafen]

an e-cigar

[@Engelhafen]

that's why you're not a studio head :)

[@casablancavic]

she's good - he's not he\s far from interesting

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

The guy acting opposite Irving looks utterly bored.

[@counterfeitplacebo83]

There is no such thing as "Too Jewish"

[@Dayron669]

And that is why you fail.

[@jl3322]

She married Spielberg as her career fizzled

[@brettcam]

Oof. That was pretty awful.

[@2degucitas]

Too Jewish and curly haired to be Leia. Can't make space bun hair with that frizz!!

[@نادرالیراحمان]

But isn't Carrie Fisher Jewish, at least partly?

[@fomalhauto]

@@نادرالیراحمان Yes...her father was Jewish

[@acdragonrider]

She’s had straight hair before. Check out Voices

[@bluethunder7391]

Very bad.