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Star Wars 9 SHOCK: Meryl Streep set to REPLACE Carrie Fisher as Leia in Episode IX?
express.co.uk ^
| Fri, Mar 30, 2018
| George Simpson
Posted on 04/02/2018 6:38:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The 68-year-old Streep ... played a version of Fisher in Postcards from The Edge.
[F]ans have petitioned for the Leia recasting, with almost 8000 signatures gathered.
The petition states: “As the fans of STAR WARS and Carrie Fisher, we really want Leia to shine in Episode IX and we certainly do not want her to be written out of the film abruptly without a reasonable plot.
Despite fan support, it’s not clear if a majority would be comfortable with such recasting following Fisher’s death.
After all, to the fan base she is and always will be Princess Leia.
However there have been more than one actor who have played the same character in the Star Wars universe.
“Therefore, recasting Leia is a more ideal option for us and we believe that Meryl Streep is an ideal candidate to play Leia.”
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aprilfools; satwars; starwars; streep
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:38:29 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Why not go totally insane and pick Rosie O’Donnell
To: BenLurkin
I wonder how she got that role. Ohhhhhh, riiiiiiiight.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:41:48 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: BenLurkin
These people need to get a life.............................
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:42:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: butlerweave
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:42:50 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Another example of fake / clickbait “news”. End a blaring headline with a question mark.
To: BenLurkin
May Cruella DeVille be with you. doesn’t have the same ring to it as May the Force be with you
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:44:17 AM PDT
by
DonkeyBonker
(Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9...)
To: Bender2
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:44:27 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:45:11 AM PDT
by
DonkeyBonker
(Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9...)
To: Flick Lives
Such a stooopid clickbait headline.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:45:17 AM PDT
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
To: Army Air Corps
This young lady has my vote. But she has got to leave her glasses on....
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:46:41 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Thus is based on a fan petition. No way they will recast such an iconic role.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:47:28 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: Enchante; Flick Lives
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:47:51 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...
Oh that Meryl Streep, she’s such a phony baloney!
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:48:33 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: BenLurkin
SW has been dead to me since Ren Stimpy — it is now buried.
streep is to acting what a monster truck is to racing. I am amazed any scenery is left after every scene she is in.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:49:18 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(robert mueller is an unguided missile)
To: BenLurkin
Regardless of who wants it, Meryl has already made clear she isn’t going to do this.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:49:25 AM PDT
by
erlayman
(yw)
To: EdnaMode
I suspect it is Streep fans behind this. Not Star Wars fans.
And behind the Streep fans...Streep’s talent agent.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:49:36 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
The Star Wars primary story line is dead to me. The last 2 installments were nails in the coffin. I’ll take Rogue One offshoots, though.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:49:55 AM PDT
by
BlueStateRightist
(Government is best which governs least.)
To: BenLurkin
I couldn’t care less.
The prequels were bad enough, but once I saw the s**t-fest that was “The Force Awakens”, I vowed that I was done with Star Wars.
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:50:57 AM PDT
by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: BenLurkin
"Meryl Streep set to REPLACE Carrie Fisher as Leia in Episode IX?"
Just so long as they don't get "Carried" away with it:
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posted on
04/02/2018 6:51:07 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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