Princess Leia becomes a symbol of hope at Women's March

| PTI | Jan 22, 2017, 16:13 IST

Actress Carrie Fisher's character Princess Leia from 'Star Wars' ... Read More

Actress Carrie Fisher's character Princess Leia from '

Star Wars

' emerged as the epitome of feminism, equality and hope at the Women's March in

Washington

DC.

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The icon's memory was invoked at the anti-Trump protest a day after his inaugural ceremony as the 45th US president, when fans and supporters appeared with posters and placards bearing Princess Leia's visage.

Several thronged the streets with messages like 'We are the resistance,' 'Carrie Fisher sent me,' and 'Estrogen Strikes Back.' Many were also seen wearing the Leia costume as they stood up together against President

Trump

.

Mark Hamill, Fisher's co-star from 'Star Wars' tweeted with photographs from the march, "I know where she stood. You know where she stood. Such an honour to see her standing with you today. Bigly."

Fisher died at the age of 60 in December last year after suffering a heart attack.

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Celebs Who Regret Their Movie Choices

Soha Ali Khan regrets playing the role of 'Neha' in her debut movie Dil Maange More alongside two main lead actresses. According to her, it was a terrible decision.

Shah Rukh Khan played the role of 'G.One' in the movie Ra.One. He was quoted saying that he wished he had made a better movie. Apparently, many people had come up to him saying that he had marketed the movie a lot, but made a bad movie.

Sanjay played the role of 'Chetan Chouhan' in the movie Rascals. However, he has no plans to do such movies again.

Rishi Kapoor played the role of 'Chulbul Chautala' in the movie Besharam, but considers it a bad decision. He thought the movie would be entertaining, but the movie bombed at the box office.

Actor and comedian Rajpal Yadav played the role of 'Chander' in a flop movie Ladies Tailor. In an interview, he said that he regretted taking the role. According to Yadav, director of the movie Uday Kant couldn’t handle the humour in the movie.

Rajneesh played the role of 'Arjun' in the movie Spark, but clearly he was disappointed. According to him, the script read out to him was different from the one used in the movie, and he feels cheated.

In an interview, Rahul Bose admitted that he regrets working in movies like Bombay Boys and Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam.He jokingly said that he still wakes up sweating for making wrong movie choices in past.

Neetu Singh played the role of 'Bulbul Chautala' in the movie Besharam. The actress now thinks that it was a bad decision, and regrets doing the movie.

Katrina Kaif played the role of 'Rina Kaif' in a flop movie Boom. She regrets her decision, and says that it was the wrong debut for her. She also regrets exposing in movie. According to her, she had no idea about the Indian culture and if she was aware of it, she would have not done the movie.

Govinda played prominent roles in movie like Kill Dill and Happy Ending. However, he regrets his decision, and will be careful in future.

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