There have been a lot of roles that have been elevated by the brilliance of Carrie Fisher. While most casual fans know her as Princess Leia, the actress has a very storied work history in Hollywood. One such role has her starring in a film with Tom Hanks, this being her second time co-starring with the actor.
Carrie Fisher as Carol Peterson in The ‘Burbs || Universal Pictures
Fisher displayed a lot of her improvisation skills in this film, which delivered some of the film’s most entertaining bits. In light of Fisher’s passing in 2016, LA Weekly reached out to The ‘Burbs director Joe Dante to talk about how Carrie elevated the film with her unique wit and acting abilities.
Carrie Fisher improvised a lot with Tom Hanks on The ‘Burbs Tom Hanks in The ‘Burbs || Universal Pictures
Joe Dante, the director of The ‘Burbs, talked to LA Weekly about a lot of things,...
Carrie Fisher as Carol Peterson in The ‘Burbs || Universal Pictures
Fisher displayed a lot of her improvisation skills in this film, which delivered some of the film’s most entertaining bits. In light of Fisher’s passing in 2016, LA Weekly reached out to The ‘Burbs director Joe Dante to talk about how Carrie elevated the film with her unique wit and acting abilities.
Carrie Fisher improvised a lot with Tom Hanks on The ‘Burbs Tom Hanks in The ‘Burbs || Universal Pictures
Joe Dante, the director of The ‘Burbs, talked to LA Weekly about a lot of things,...
- 8/1/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
Prior to her death, Carrie Fisher was a positive light in many people’s lives, including the life of former costar, Corey Feldman.
“She was just very supportive and very positive and sweet. Every minute on the set with her was a pure joy, honestly,” he tells People. “We never had an argument; we never had an awkward moment.”
The pair starred in the 1989 comedy The ‘Burbs in which Fisher played Carol Peterson, a quintessential suburban mom alongside Tom Hanks. At the time, Feldman was deep into drugs and needed help, something that the late actress immediately recognized at the start of filming.
“She was just very supportive and very positive and sweet. Every minute on the set with her was a pure joy, honestly,” he tells People. “We never had an argument; we never had an awkward moment.”
The pair starred in the 1989 comedy The ‘Burbs in which Fisher played Carol Peterson, a quintessential suburban mom alongside Tom Hanks. At the time, Feldman was deep into drugs and needed help, something that the late actress immediately recognized at the start of filming.
- 12/29/2016
- by brittanyking22
- PEOPLE.com
Into the noisy chaos of summertime at the multiplex, offering a quiet diversion from the super-heroes and natural disasters, is a gentle comedy/drama/romance aimed at a most neglected movie audience: the seniors. Or, the Aarp crowd, if you will. Their favored flicks usually arrive in the later part of the year (for Oscar noms), or in the early Spring/late Winter. The studio execs are often stunned when this demographic embraces a film. Such was the case with The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which even inspired a recent sequel in addition to several Us mature pairings like And So It Goes. And in TV-land, those “Golden Girls” continue their popularity in endless reruns. This new film zeroes in on one such “golden gal” (well, she does have three BFFs) and provides a veteran actress of stage, screen, and TV with the role of a lifetime as the main...
- 5/28/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The indie drama stars Blythe Danner, a veteran Tony-winning stage actress who many recognize as the movie mom in the "Meet the Fockers" series --and the real mother of Gwyneth and Jake Paltrow; their father and her husband, producer Bruce Paltrow, died 13 years ago. In that sense she's familiar with the widow Carol Peterson in "I'll See You in My Dreams," who lives a comfortable but lonely life in Los Angeles with her shaggy old dog, having not kissed another man since the death of her husband 20 years before. When she has to put down her beloved canine companion, she's shaken and starts to open up, to her depressed young pool man (Martin Starr of "Silicon Valley"), who takes her out to sing karaoke (the former singer is sensational), to her young professional daughter (Marin Akerman) and her bridge group of fun retirees (Mary Kay Place, Rhea Perlman and June Squibb...
- 5/11/2015
- by Anne Thompson
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