'The Price Of Fame: Carrie Fisher' Exclusive Clip

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00:00The Price of Fame reveals how Carrie Fisher shot to the top of the A-list as Princess Leia in Star Wars.

00:06Oh my gosh, are you, um...

00:08Yes, I am.

00:09Yes, you are.

00:10But spent the rest of her life in the shadow of her most famous role.

00:14Actress Shannon McGran talks about how it felt to play the late star.

00:18Carrie was a little bit intimidating for me because I know she's an icon.

00:21And I wanted to be able to capture the essence of her without trying to mimic her, you know, to make a caricature of her.

00:28The show's creators say, showing the real Fisher was their main concern.

00:32Telling Carrie Fisher's story is really a great responsibility.

00:35This is a woman who faced all of her pain and hardship and did it all with humor and a smile.

00:41I think she was transparent about all of her struggles and always seemed to be able to make light of them

00:47and yet treat them with the seriousness that they deserve.

00:49She's in the chair and she's let me out for a second and I need to tell you something.

00:54I think the scene that was the darkest for me was the scene where she's in the mental institution

00:59and she's been hallucinating.

01:02I wanted it to capture her struggle because I can imagine that it was just really, really hard to be.

01:08What other secrets will be revealed about Carrie Fisher's final days?

01:12You'll have to watch The Price of Fame to find out.