VIDEO : Laura Dern Praises Carrie Fisher

Actress Laura Dern, who will make her Star Wars debut in the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII, is praising her late co-star Carrie Fisher. Dern said "She has always been one of the most extraordinary beacons, an original screen icon." Dern admitted that Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher were her childhood icons. "I don't know any of us who didn't play Princess Leia for a Halloween, or in our life. What an incredible gift to to witness that whole legacy.