In the new film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," actress Carrie Fisher portrays the morally righteous General Leia (formerly known as Princess Leia Organa).
In real life, Fisher is every bit as strong and virtuous as her character.
When she found out that the 60-second Lord's Prayer advert was banned by the Digital Cinema Media (DCM), which handles chains like the Odeon, Cineworld, and Vue despite it being passed by the Cinema Advertising Authority and the British Board of Film Classification, she was furious. Fisher could not understand how the short film would offend moviegoers who would be watching "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
"I have no idea why they would do that," she told the Daily Mail UK. "Offended? No. People should get a life. I don't think it is offensive to have a 'power of prayer' advert before Star Wars."
Fisher, 59, compared the ad to a copy of Gideons Bible in a hotel bedroom. "I have never seen an advertisement like this, but if the theatre is like a hotel room, then they have every right to put up a power of prayer advert," she said. "It's advertising, so it has to be advertisers that are objecting."
Later, Fisher questioned her 698,000 Twitter followers about the prayer ban in the UK theatres. "Do you find this offensive?"
In response, Twitter user @mansizetrev tweeted: "I don't find it offensive... even if I did it shouldn't be banned. You can't ban everything that may offend someone."
Fisher also showed that she has quite the sense of humour when she retweeted a photo posted by another Twitter user showing a picture of Yoda with the meme: "Offended you are? A (expletive) I don't give."—Yoda.
