Carrie Fisher brings Princess Leia to the beach, 1983. 👙
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Can you imagine what it must have been like to be at the beach when the real deal Princess Leia showed up in that gold bikini. Every nerd within a hundred mile radius must have had a coronary.
As iconic as that bikini is, Fisher hated wearing it. She says that not only was it uncomfortable (obviously) but she felt that it was demeaning for such a powerful character to be dressed like that. That is until she got to cut off Jabba's head. She told NPR: