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Headline: Jodie Foster reveals why she turned down Princess Leia role in Star Wars

Caption: The Silence of the Lambs actress revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday that she said no to the iconic character back in the 1970s because she was already committed to another film. "They were going for a younger Princess Leia but I had a conflict. I was doing a Disney movie and I just didn't want to pull out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract," she explained. "So, I didn't do it and you know, they did an amazing job. I don't know how good I would have been"...

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