Current Events > Does it make sense that Carrie Fisher cameoed in a Freddy Krueger film???

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So some back story. In Wes Craven's "A New Nightmare" Carrie Fisher cameos as a mortician in which the lead character played by Heather Langenkamp (Nancy) does a double take when asking Fisher if she could see a body that's under a sheet. However, when Nancy does this double take, she asks if she knows Fisher, however fisher never shows up in any of the Freddy Krueger movies until this time, meaning this is ACTUALLY a STAR WARS reference. In any case, this scene was probably forgotten and unnoticed by many people. I find this scene relative though because at the time, this was the only movie she was in for a very long time. The cameo was there for a reason, I'd just like to know why. It's just so.....jarring. It doesn't belong, yet there it is. Freddy Krueger and Star Wars all but mentioned in the same sentence, and this was back in what? 1996?

I'll see if I can find the scene in question on youtube, in the mean time, discuss!

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IIRC the whole plot of that movie was that the existence of the Nightmare on Elm Street films is canon, and Freddie starts attacking the actors in real life. So it probably would have made way more sense to have Carrie Fisher cameo as herself instead of some bit part mortician.

Tbqh I only saw it once and I was a kid at the time, so I don't even remember the cameo lol

Damn, can't find it on youtube. The closest I can come to the scene is this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUbfaHj2HU

The scene I'm referring to takes place after this scene when Nancy is in the mortician's office downstairs to confirm the body as her friend that died in the above scene. Can't find it on youtube, but if anyone else finds it, I'd appreciate the post for reference. It's such an oddball scene, I really wish it stuck out for other people too.

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DipDipDiver posted...

IIRC the whole plot of that movie was that the existence of the Nightmare on Elm Street films is canon, and Freddie starts attacking the actors in real life. So it probably would have made way more sense to have Carrie Fisher cameo as herself instead of some bit part mortician.

Tbqh I only saw it once and I was a kid at the time, so I don't even remember the cameo lol

Yes and no. Freddie was after Nancy and anyone that was known to her character in real life. Carrie Fisher was just playing some no named mortician in the movie. A mere extra, which explains why the scene is so hard to find. She wasn't playing Lea, nor was any Star Wars references "referenced" but both characters "nodded" at each other when Nancy turned back (the double take) because she thought she recognized Fisher's character, but then she was gone.

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I remember this scene too

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AlCalavicci posted...

I remember this scene too

Thank you! Apparently you were as mystified by the scene as I was when you saw it. Still can't figure it out and since Wes Craven is dead and so is Carrie Fisher, I've turned to the internet to try to find out what was the reason for including this scene in the final production of the movie?

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weekoldhotdog posted...

Thank you! Apparently you were as mystified by the scene as I was when you saw it. Still can't figure it out and since Wes Craven is dead and so is Carrie Fisher, I've turned to the internet to try to find out what was the reason for including this scene in the final production of the movie?

I think I took it as just kind of a nod to the audience that it was Princess Leia, in an almost breaking the fourth wall moment, since the movie's entire plot was almost a breaking the fourth wall film.

Also of note, Fisher had a similar cameo in Scream 3


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AlCalavicci posted...

I think I took it as just kind of a nod to the audience that it was Princess Leia, in an almost breaking the fourth wall moment, since the movie's entire plot was almost a breaking the fourth wall film.

Also of note, Fisher had a similar cameo in Scream 3

Yep, she sure did. Also a Wes Craven film! She and Wes had to have been good friends that just never got around to shooting a film together....?

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She was also in Austin Powers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwgIQaq9qY

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Doom_Art posted...

She was also in Austin Powers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwgIQaq9qY

Not going to lie, I never knew that was her!

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I'm looking at her imdb page but I don't see any Nightmare on Elm Street/Freddy movie listed. Are you sure it was her?

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000402/

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She also plays a small role in Dishonored. It's actually fucking weird how small her role is considering who she is.

She plays the city announcer, but only if you find and kill the original announcer in the third-to-last mission of the game. You can go the entire game without hearing her once.

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I just looked up the movie and I think you're remembering that scene wrong

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Everyonedies posted...

I'm looking at her imdb page but I don't see any Nightmare on Elm Street/Freddy movie listed. Are you sure it was her?

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000402/

Positive, she was uncredited.

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Carrie Fisher isn't in that scene you described. I don't think she has a cameo in the movie at all

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What about Zsa Zsa Gabor?

theres nothing anywhere about this on the internet that i can find, its probably just someone who looks like her

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Sorry TC, but your memory is playing tricks on you.

To start with, Carrie Fisher isn't listed even in an uncredited role on her IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000402/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 As you'll notice, even if a person isn't listen in the film's credits, the film will still show up as an entry with the notation of uncredited. See her role in 1991's Hook and 1997's Austin Powers for example.

Next is the movie in question and its IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111686/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
As you can see, nothing about Carrie Fisher.

The scene you described is not how it plays in the film. The placement is incorrect as well. Julie dies at the end of the second act in the hospital. Nancy runs into Dr. Heffner and some nurses, neither are which are Carrie Fisher.


Nancy only speaks to one nurse as seen in the above photo. No double takes or anything of the sort.

The immediate scene after Julie and her demise is of Nancy leaving the hospital parking lot to find Dylan. This takes her to the highway where she rescues him from an incoming semi-truck. The scene after it is back at Nancy's home for the start of the third act which leads to the dream world and the showdown with Freddy. Nancy leaves the hospital immediately after the scene with Julie and never returns. Here's the script which reiterates what I've said: https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/WesCravensNewNightmare.txt

Nancy does visit the morgue, but it's way earlier in the story at the 34 minute mark and it is to see the body of her dead husband. Here is the morgue staff. Notice they are all men.

Nancy never performs a double take when speaking to any of them. When shown the body of her deceased husband, she does ask to see more of it. As for the morgue attendant she talks to:

It's none other than W. Earl Brown who would go on to play Kenny the camera man in Scream. Strangely enough, Drew Barrymore was up for the role of Julie in this film but couldn't play the role due to scheduling issues. Anyhow, Brown / morgue attendant does a look of disbelief when meeting Nancy but it's likely because he recognizes her from the films as this is a running element throughout the story. However, he never asks about her.

I think your brain is jumbling up everything. The scene order, when it takes place, who is in the scene are all incorrect. If anything, I believe you're merging this movie with the the scene in Scream 3 as Gale does a double take when meeting Carrie Fisher's character who heads up the studio archives. They even make a joke about how much she looks like Carrie Fisher (because she really is).

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So_Hajile posted...

Excellent effortpost.

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So_Hajile posted...

Sorry TC, but your memory is playing tricks on you.

To start with, Carrie Fisher isn't listed even in an uncredited role on her IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000402/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 As you'll notice, even if a person isn't listen in the film's credits, the film will still show up as an entry with the notation of uncredited. See her role in 1991's Hook and 1997's Austin Powers for example.

Next is the movie in question and its IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111686/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
As you can see, nothing about Carrie Fisher.

The scene you described is not how it plays in the film. The placement is incorrect as well. Julie dies at the end of the second act in the hospital. Nancy runs into Dr. Heffner and some nurses, neither are which are Carrie Fisher.


Nancy only speaks to one nurse as seen in the above photo. No double takes or anything of the sort.

The immediate scene after Julie and her demise is of Nancy leaving the hospital parking lot to find Dylan. This takes her to the highway where she rescues him from an incoming semi-truck. The scene after it is back at Nancy's home for the start of the third act which leads to the dream world and the showdown with Freddy. Nancy leaves the hospital immediately after the scene with Julie and never returns. Here's the script which reiterates what I've said: https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/WesCravensNewNightmare.txt

Nancy does visit the morgue, but it's way earlier in the story at the 34 minute mark and it is to see the body of her dead husband. Here is the morgue staff. Notice they are all men.

Nancy never performs a double take when speaking to any of them. When shown the body of her deceased husband, she does ask to see more of it. As for the morgue attendant she talks to:

It's none other than W. Earl Brown who would go on to play Kenny the camera man in Scream. Strangely enough, Drew Barrymore was up for the role of Julie in this film but couldn't play the role due to scheduling issues. Anyhow, Brown / morgue attendant does a look of disbelief when meeting Nancy but it's likely because he recognizes her from the films as this is a running element throughout the story. However, he never asks about her.

I think your brain is jumbling up everything. The scene order, when it takes place, who is in the scene are all incorrect. If anything, I believe you're merging this movie with the the scene in Scream 3 as Gale does a double take when meeting Carrie Fisher's character who heads up the studio archives. They even make a joke about how much she looks like Carrie Fisher (because she really is).

Nice digging there, thanks for setting the record straight

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No problem. I wish I had better news though.

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