{"id":7500,"date":"2016-04-08T00:48:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T08:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2016-04-08T00:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T08:50:08","slug":"did-the-original-lead-actresses-of-carrie-and-star-wars-swap-roles-over-a-nudity-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/04\/08\/did-the-original-lead-actresses-of-carrie-and-star-wars-swap-roles-over-a-nudity-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Original Lead Actresses of Carrie and Star Wars Swap Roles Over a Nudity Clause?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the Movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: George Lucas and Brian De Palma swapped lead actresses for Carrie<\/em> and Star Wars<\/em>. <\/p>\n

The original Star Wars<\/em> has had one of the most legendary casting processes in film history. In a past Movie Legend<\/a>, we talked about how Harrison Ford was cast as Han Solo despite not actually being technically up<\/b> for the role. However, perhaps even more interesting is how the overall casting process was managed. You see, before George Lucas and Steven Spielberg became movie superstars, the duo were part of a small close-knit group of young directors that included John Milius, Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma (plus Francis Ford Coppola to a certain extent). They helped one another with each other’s films, even betting with each other on how well their respective films would do (always in a “your film is going to do better than my film” way – the most famous example is Spielberg ending up with a cut of Star Wars<\/em> based on a bet he and Lucas made<\/a>). That sense of cooperation led to a fascinating joint casting call for Lucas’ Star Wars<\/em> and De Palma’s Carrie<\/em>, where the outgoing De Palma ran the actual casting call and then they would pick from the actors together.<\/p>\n

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