Terri Nunn's Star Wars Audition.avi

[@JO-ly3hi]

She took my breath away!

[@gluserty]

I think Terri Nunn did a solid screen test; I'm glad she turned into a cool lead singer:-).

[@jonboxleitner7354]

Wow. Vintage. I loved Berlin and Terri Nunn...and Star Wars. Thanks for posting this.

[@Totallymexoxo]

1:50 harrison's eye-roll is tHE MOST han solo aesthetic probably anyone else ever did in those auditions for solo and it's not even his audition, he was truly perfect for the character

[@1tishhead]

I've been watching her acting performances, particularly the two episodes of Lou Grant. She was 19 and she carried both episodes. She absolutely could have made it a career.

[@Provemewrongwithfacts]

You can see how comfortable and relaxed Harrison Ford had become after all those auditions. At this point, it's easy to see, HE IS Han Solo. Teri Nunn is very good, too. After the test, you heard George Lucas say "great, terrific." And it was.

[@jedijones]

And then Ford asked, "But how did SHE do?" He was right to ask. 😂

[@drsloanski]

@@jedijones Ford was a smartass as Solo; turns out he was just being himself lol

[@Provemewrongwithfacts]

@@jedijones But after that, he gave her a reassuring pat on the back. Harrison's in his 30s and Nunn's a teenager, so it makes sense.

[@hestonq]

Terri Nunn was just on Good Day LA and said she was 17 when she auditioned.

[@bigmicproductions]

Harrison has still got it from 1984 to 2016. Good show!

[@pearlcoatful]

Amazing performance, considering Terri is only 15 in this audition.

[@bucci777]

Oh so badass-!! Now I really want Terri Nunn

[@JohnnyFurious]

Terri did very well in this. Carrie just happened to look like a teenager with the mannerisms of someone three times her age.

[@canicannonball4464]

this is spectacular!

[@kamdan2011]

The guy auditioning at the start of the video is Ben Burtt, the sound designer of the film. PLEASE upload his audition!

[@nexusutube]

@dukeofcrydee She seems very mature then both physically and emotionally.

[@strangerthanfiction4014]

That was when the Script still had a prison Planet in it, from which they escaped right before this takes place. She talks about the death star as if solo did not know it Existed, and in the final, condensed Script they just escaped from it.

[@griffinmathers929]

Harrison seems sleepy, Cindy Williams was as well. These are really cool to see, it was great growing up with these wonderful films! I have no idea why someone said Terri seems whiny - I guess hateful people can always find something negative to say!

[@Glenn1441]

Well said. What a twisted, meandering bit of dialogue this was!

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Terry is cool azfuq shed came a few times to see a band a played with in LA. This is about 10 years ago. She had to be 50 and she was HOTAZFUQ!!! Really sweet lady too!

[@vergon6662]

I’m happy that she stayed with music/singing.

[@drsloanski]

So is she ;-)

[@davidellis5141]

She was young & sounds young. Very Lovely !

[@LoLzZ85]

She did alright

[@WishItWas1984]

@nexusutube I think she was 15. From interviews with her I learned that Berlin formed in 77. She joined it at 19 in 79. She graduated high school at 16 to try acting. These auditions took place in December of 75. So if her birthday is early in the year, she'd nearly be 16 at the time of this video.

[@duffahtolla]

She was born on June 26, 1961. Dec 75 would put her at 14 yrs and 5 months

[@NorthSea_1981]

I think Terri Nunn revealed many years later that she was actually glad that she didn't get the part in Star Wars. Terri wasn't bad at all, but Carrie Fisher was perfect for the role. Instead, Terri became the lead singer of the US's famous "European-style" 80s synthpop group "Berlin" where she did an absolutely fantastic job!!

[@FireMinstrel]

Yeah, I love the original trilogy AND the song "The Metro". Everything worked out the way it was supposed to(at least until Carrie Fisher died).

[@djmips]

I honestly think Terri Nunn would have been a great Princess Leia but Carrie Fisher was better.

[@michaelmcgowan]

lol Harrison Ford looks so exasperated "there's only one Wookie in the film though, right?"

[@Provemewrongwithfacts]

Haha, the look Harrison gives her at 4:48. Hilarious!.

[@djmips]

Well I mean he just found out about the power of the Death Star! :D

[@citronm1405]

I've never heard of this actress before but I think she was excellent. Apparently a bit too intense for the style George was going for but would have made for an exciting Leia.

[@vukster]

it's not that she was too intense or not good enough, she doesn't look like a princess. More like a pop star.

[@chrisnemec5644]

That's because she didn't gain fame as an actress. Terri Nunn became the lead singer for the band Berlin. Wiki Berlin (band.)

[@Heartboy1031]

Chris Nemec And that's what she wanted in her life, to become a singer. Terri started her career as an actress (Her Dad was an Actor), and she was a good one at that. She did a lot of TV/Film work from 1976 to 1983. She joined Berlin in 1979 and still worked as an actress until she gave it up in 1983 to focus on Berlin's career. Her last acting gig was a short lived Patrick Swayze series.

[@citronm1405]

vukster Terri looks just as much a "princess" as Carrie. Nothing Special about Ms. Fisher to me.

[@StarfieldRailway]

With Berlin, she sang the theme song to Top Gun, which is a legendary movie.

[@Ma_Ba]

4:08 George Lucas says, "Maybe not quite so intense." This is a funny contrast because Carrie Fisher used to say that the only feedback they ever got from laconic George was, "Faster and more intense."

[@nineleafclover]

Pretty sure Harrison Ford said that, not Carrie Fisher, and watching Harrison mumble through these auditions it's no wonder George gave him that feedback.

[@hollystiener16]

@@nineleafclover Carrie said it also. I just watch an interview yesterday.

[@WilAdams]

This girl is great. I mean she is eager--as Leia should have been--she is determined and she sounds far more aggressive than Carrie's interpretation It looks like Harrison knew it too..

[@josedejesusgarcia6327]

Physically she was more accurate to be Mark Hamill’s sister than Carrie. She would have been a terrific Princess Leia

[@wiseguymaybe]

Maybe but Lucas had no idea at the time that he was going to make Princess Leia Luke's sister. For that matter Darth Vader wasn't even planned to be Luke's father in the beginning, just a bad guy. Lucas kind of did storylines like he directs on the spot. He didn't plan all this until Star Wars became a huge hit.

[@Errcyco]

I’m so glad she was able to focus on music.. Berlin was far too important to not happen. And without Terri.. wouldn’t have happened.

[@NolanWinter-ct8bh]

Lol. Carrie Fisher was a perfect Leia.

[@americanitalianisrael4008]

Terri Nunn was very good here. She has one of the Greatest Song in movie history. Plus one of the Greatest Voices in music."You Take My Breath Away" is Beautiful like her voice. Fisher got it because her mom. The Exquisite Debbie Reynolds.

[@yarpen26]

I actually kind of like that Nunn has a completely different take on Leia's character than Fisher did. I agree, Fisher was better for the role but it's obvious Nunn had her own interpretation of who Leia was supposed to be and acted out on it. You gotta respect that.

[@trailerparkstudios7938]

I think her interpretation of Leia was to channel Jan Brady, lol

[@hollystiener16]

@@trailerparkstudios7938 haha

[@jedijones]

@@trailerparkstudios7938 Exactly. She sounds like a totally typical 1970s sitcom girl.

[@Frozenfan1965]

Nice. I like her delivery.

[@pukkaasiaford3330]

Harrison is always fantastic point enough!

[@Mysterio-Solar]

Who would have ever thought Terri Nunn was 15 yrs old in this audition . She looks and sounds at least 19 yrs old . Carrie Fisher about this time in 1976 was just too fine for words , had more Movie experience , and was a little more of a woman overall for this part at 20 yrs old . Plus Star Wars Creator George Lucas couldn't have a Romantic Relationship with Han Solo and Princess Leia if Harrison Ford was 35 Yrs old and Terri Nunn was 16 Yrs old in actuality in first Star Wars Movie in 1977 🤘🤗🤠🤑🙃🤔🙄💪✨🌟💫🔥💥😎😲😐😬😳😉🙊🙉🙈

[@hollystiener16]

She was 17

[@Mysterio-Solar]

@@hollystiener16 Terri Nunn was 15 Yrs old , Born in 1961 . Star Wars came out in 1977

[@Myndir]

It was the 1970s. Even in the 1980s, there was a similar age difference between Conan the Barbarian and the Princess in "Conan the Destroyer".

[@Mysterio-Solar]

@@Myndir Yeah Olivia D'abo was only in her teens when she did Conan The Destroyer .

[@eugenesant9015]

She rocked an episode of Barnaby Jones.....i knew i Recognized her from somewhere.

[@r.s.334]

Best channel name!

[@WishItWas1984]

@mzmadmike Nope. Berlin was formed in 1978 and this predates that by a few years.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Carrie's speaking voice, in the film, is huskier, more mature, and authoritative... more befitting the regalness of a Rebel Princess leading a rebellion. Teri, who's greatly talented, sounds too teen-ish and meek here, not that she couldn't have changed that with some work. It's easy to see why Carrie was chosen. Teri is still a stone fox and GILF.

[@jedijones]

The problem with Carrie Fisher and Kathleen Turner is how much huskier those voices got 30 years later.

[@barreloffun10]

@Randy White Don't ask.

[@phillynott2459]

So cool

[@FreedomforHaiti]

Wasn't there an episode of Sliders where, in one parallel universe, Terri Nunn got the role? As I recall, they depicted this by colorizing this audition footage and digitally combining with the existing scene in Star Wars. J/k, but there was a Sliders were Back to the Future 4 got made.

[@al307antony2]

Carrie Fisher's hint of an english accent won this role for her.

[@hhanonymous]

At the very beginning before the large amount of static and the Terri Nunn's audition, I'm fairly sure that the guy who says "maybe the fact that no one who go there voluntarily could help us." is sound designer of Star Wars Ben Burtt. I wonder if he was just helping with reading at the auditions or if he actually auditioned himself.

[@WishItWas1984]

Perhaps. But if it is him, my guess is that he was running sound for the auditions for Lucas.

[@mikegee5489]

Ford is more comfortable, seems more in tune with the script...its like he is arguing with a cheerleader.

[@michaelrinella6384]

Well yea he had already done American Graffiti he was far more experienced than a 16 year old Nunn - not sure how she got the audition in the first place.

[@obvioushieidude7668]

She was actually 14/15. The auditions took place sometime around 1975 or 1976.

[@hollystiener16]

@@obvioushieidude7668 She says she was 17

[@obvioushieidude7668]

@@hollystiener16 Every source I can find on the internet says that she was born on June 26, 1961. So unless, all of those sources are wrong , she would have been 14-15 at the time of these auditions. Also people don't always have clear memories of things that happened 45+ years ago. So Terri may be a little off on her estimate.

[@ClareKix]

2:11 Nice to see how caring Harrison was here. Probably because Terri was so young.

[@AugustHawk]

Terri Nunn's delivery comes across as a whiney teenager. Carrie Fisher's delivery has a regal quality, something that a person of proper nobility would posses, even in a time of crisis. Carrie Fisher was spot on. Best choice was made. Thanks, George!

[@GameDestroyerXYZ]

Well to be fair Terri was like 14/15 years old at the time. She was way too young for the role considering Leia is supposed to be 18/19.

[@erad67]

GameDestroyerXYZ She was born in 1961, so 16.

[@GameDestroyerXYZ]

erad67 This audition was in 1976, so she'd be 14 or 15, depending on the month.

[@NaturaBreeze]

Carrie was only 19 but seemed 30, with that deep sexy voice...

[@craigbusick9676]

16

[@Equinoqs98]

Bravo

[@Victor5150j]

That's my gal.I wish .glad she didn't get it , she's has the best voice in music. Not to mention the most coolest and hottest woman alive to this day.keep rocking Terri 🤟

[@FireMinstrel]

Just watched an interview with George Lucas and Carrie Fisher. She asks what happened to her "runner up", and Lucas admitted it was Terri Nunn, and that she became the lead singer of Berlin. So now I've heard it from the horse's mouth.

[@cindyolsen3451]

I think this may have become Harrison's audition halfway though...why is the camera on him and not Terri.

[@WishItWas1984]

I'm 38 and I know I kinda remember when "x" happened as a teenager. It's easy for years to blur from one into another. If it's accurate that she was born in June of '61, it's impossible for her to be 17 when she auditioned. As that would be 1978. With that birthdate in mind, and the auditions happening in Dec. of '75, she would be 14 and a half in this video.

[@thejokerspeaks]

She's a chip off the old block, considering the prequel and sequel trilogies. Perfect bridge between Anakin and Kylo.

[@fomalhauto]

I liked her audition. She didn't seem rehearsed at all. It was like she was talking in way that it seemed realistic I liked how her tone was emotional at times

[@FireMinstrel]

Except I don't think Han and Leia would have ended up together had she been cast, and had Harrison Ford still been cast as Han. The age difference would be WAY too great with her being like, 15. Ergo, no Kylo Ren.

[@footballlover1677]

For those comments that say Terri Nunn would have made a great Leia - they could still cast her in the role in any subsequent films....by the way, for those interested in Terri Nunn's acting career, check out her performance in the James at 15 (or 16) episode titled "The Girl With the Bad Rep", filmed when she was only 16; she is tremendous in it. She was/is a terrific actress.

[@toddalanp]

Love Terri, but I think they made the right decision here. Carrie Fisher's delivery was so much more authoritative and befitting a Princess with military leadership. Terri's voice is begging her to sing the lines! It's like she was destined for Berlin and the world is better off for it.

[@FreedomforHaiti]

I wish I could hear the rest of the discussion Harrison Ford is having about Wookies (presumably with Lucas off-camera) at the begining of the audition.

[@thewkovacs316]

terri would go on to star in thank god it's friday and the rest is history

[@codemonkeybrains]

"I love you, okay?" "I know, right?"

[@MarkRacco]

Assuming your information is correct and this was taped in December 75, she was 16. Her birthday is June 26th 1959. You can fully rely upon that.

[@Panda_Ghuleh]

Her birthday is June 26th 1961 :)

[@fomalhauto]

wow...so she auditioned for this when she was 14 years old I thought she did very well in this audition.

[@nathanielprestonbrody1649]

I was quite impressed with her audition but i thought she was a bit too feisty for the role.

[@MrGossardX]

@rhoadnaroahs Yeah, Lawrence Kasdan did do the script for Empire Strikes Back.

[@jumpoutatree]

Problem with her though is her voice is too much like a regular chick's voice. She sounds like a California surfer girl and has a sharp high pitch. She yells at Han like a hot chick yelling at her boyfriend.

[@Tank4Life]

No one loves Terri Nunn more than me. But Carrie Fischer was properly cast.

[@iangrimm]

I wish there was some tape of her with Walken as Solo. In my head I could see their combined interpretations having better chemistry. I do think Terri is great here - and I think Terri Nunn would have been great - with Will Seltzer as Luke and Walken as Solo. As has been revealed by Fred Roos, the more serious Nunn/Seltzer/Walken trio was basically up against the more comedic/warm Hamill/Leia/Ford trio. The latter won out. But it is kind of interesting to see Lucas go with a more serious trio in the prequels over a more comedic/warm trio (Hugh Jackman/Keira Knightly/Joshua Jackson).

[@MarvelisticVader]

0:00 Is that Ben Burtt auditioning?!

[@WishItWas1984]

Not sure. I forgot about that tiny little bit. I never even added him to my "Unknown Actors" video of people I couldn't identify. It does look a lot like him though.

[@Mp25DIII]

Only way she nails this audition is if Ford answers "I'm a man" to all her dialogue

[@atrac88]

The last take was the best one. Too bad the camera was focused on Ford most of the time.

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

I heard Harrison Ford was a pain to work with. I think she would have been great in Star Wars.

[@theflorgeormix]

Very impressive memorization...always a very smart girl. Not as bright eyed as Carrie. Carrie classic all American

[@MarshalLucky1]

@rhoadnaroahs No. Lucas' scripts always get polished, whether it's Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, Lawrence Kasdan , Tom Stoppard or Jonathan Hales.

[@Ire308]

Is she giving directions to "The Metro"?

[@Khultan]

@rhoadnaroahs That just might explain the horrendous prequels. Nobody was there to referee Georgie.

[@rhoadnaroahs]

@MarshalLucky1 BTW, isn't it kind of obvious that that is what happened between the original trilogy and the prequels?

[@TS-qq7vr]

How tired of auditions was Harrison Ford by the end of these?

[@kamdan2011]

Oh, darn. I can assure that is really him.

[@Guernicaman]

I LOL'ed at how she's, like, "OK?...OK!...Now!..." ad-libbing all these anachronisms.

[@Myndir]

What's anachronistic in the context of a fictional sci fi fantasy universe?

[@Guernicaman]

@@Myndir - b/c dialogue of a movie made in the 20's would still have to have been written by people in the 20's & such dialogue wasn't used back then. Methinks. Same thing in a galaxy far far away. Notice how Star Wars usea terms like rotations instead of days or weeks. Same way terms like "ok" sounds awkward in the above context.

[@nexusutube]

All the internet sources for her age must be wrong because if these auditions were in 75-76 she would have been 14 or 15 here.

[@hollystiener16]

She has stated she was 17 when she auditioned

[@ermertieplug]

It's good she stuck to singing

[@rhoadnaroahs]

@MarshalLucky1 Not repeating anyone else's opinion. I've read Skywalking and other books about George Lucas and Star Wars, but, it was "The Secret History Of Star Wars" on the net that solidified my opinion.

[@Khultan]

@MarshalLucky1 Not a tyrant, but he certainly was driven by his specific vision, though he wasn't certain how or who would be the candidates to portray the various roles. I mean, I am aware of the fact that Luca's original idea of C-3P0 was to be a kind of Bronx used car salesman but actor Anthony Daniels gave a different approach that was more sympathetic, or in other words, actually works much more better.

[@NWRJ]

Would’ve been great if they offered Terri another role on Star Wars.

[@mikecosgrove]

Star Wars would have been so good with her in it.

[@leronelcock5765]

Pretty good

[@MarshalLucky1]

@Khultan Nobody was "there to referee" Lucas on the original films either, with the exception of the very first one when the studio kept trying to get him to make Chewbacca wear pants -and Lucas ignored them anyway. The idea that Lucas is some sort of tyrant and control freak is absurd. He offered David Hare the job of re-writing the prequels and directing TPM. Does that sound like a control freak?

[@abbeykroeter]

Haha Lucas asks "maybe less intense??" She did sound hyped but then I realized she was doing it right. Isn't the subject about avoiding the destruction of their world? Kind of intense situation, no??? Sometimes logic slips because of tradition. Like looking for an "actor" when the guy reading for the auditions (Ford) sounds great, knows the lines, looks cool, yet it took awhile for them to wake up and cast him. Whoever fits is all that should matter, not a name, business, rep, etc...

[@mikegee5489]

She is too teeny bopper- Fisher came across more mature. Funny though Terri still belted out the pop tunes in the group Berlin...

[@jerryhase48]

mike gee I was waiting for her to start singing 🎶 No more words!🎶

[@kevinmoore2929]

mike gee considering that she was 15 at the time....and Harrison had been working in everyone's screen tests.

[@suburbandream]

0:01 is that Ben Burt??

[@RB-bd5tz]

Too bad Harrison Ford was subsequently rejected for the role of Han Solo, and had to go start a New Wave synth-pop band instead ...

[@abbeykroeter]

@bobzeda The sequels were painful, true! But above is how people talk all the time (sans space info), just listen to discussions at work... in real work places. Movie dialogue, books, lyrics, etc... is efficient to sell (2 hours, 3 mins, whatever..); they write cleaner than Lucas, but in life we often go back for more info because of a misunderstanding. Many films today don't explain enough... they move at unrealistic video-game pace. Twitter, texting, etc..is causing problems now.

[@phillynott2459]

I wonder how it would've affected Terri's career in Berlin, if she had got star wars.. ?? She would have been known as an actress first and singer second prob

[@luisllorens70]

Terri Nunn in Jabba's slave girl outfit! Hubba! Hubba!

[@williamspangler566]

In an interview Terri said Ford reallt didn't like her. One reason she did not get considered was him.

[@eugenesant9015]

He died in Journey to Shiloh right? I believe that james caan road off As the only survivor....and missing an arm.

[@rhoadnaroahs]

@MarshalLucky1 Well, something happened that made the dialogue in the prequels so awful. It just made sense to me b/c of the famous quote from Harrison Ford who told Lucas, "You can write this stuff but you sure as hell can't say it." Explain the ideas of the midichlorians and Qui Gon and Obi Wan running super fast down the hall to escape the Droidekas in Ep. 1. Wher else in the saga did those occur? Whose ideas were those "Mr. smarty man?" (American Beauty reference).

[@jedijones]

We gotta destroy the Death Star before it destroys us. I know, right?

[@davidnavarro4821]

Hey Ben Burtt did some impersonation!

[@billfrazer7787]

Terri would have made a kick ass Leia.

[@Roadstar1602]

@rhoadnaroahs Hammer, meet nails. You hit it right on the head.

[@McLarenMercedes]

@rhoadnaroahs Han Solo was a green alien with gills in Lucas's original script, and he insisted on including tons of hard to pronounce names for dozens of characters you never got to see but somehow were relevant to the story. Like "Mr. Plinkett" (a.k.a. RedLetterMedia) says, what if Lucas had had the kind of control and money back in the 70's that he has today? Chances are a totally different Star Wars movie would have been made. Probably a "Phantom Menace" of the 70's.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

I would gave actually watched Star Wars if Terri gad been in it...😁

[@mujin70]

Harrison seems like he's loaded. She's trying too hard.

[@store4books]

I don't think he's loaded, I think he's read at least 50 times straight with different actresses that were seriously considered - since here they're checking the read and the chemistry. Terri is good here - Carrie has more sensitivity proper for a princess.

[@equin0xia]

i wish that she had gotten the part. she was more worthy than carrie fisher, but of course terri didn't have debbie reynolds and eddie fisher as parents.