Ahead, preview the most revealing moments fromBright Lights.
They banter about age and mortality “Age.
It’s horrible for us!”
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On substances, Fisher says, “I went too fast.
I was too much, and I was embarrassed of it.
The drugs I liked were painkillers.
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They calmed me down.
[Todd] just couldn’t handle it.
I didn’t know what it was!”
Pam is sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs.
One mood is the meal, the next mood the check."
Later in the doc, Fisher tells the camera she’s manic while getting her nails done at home.
She makes her own glitter blends and rubs them on her and the nail technicians' faces.
“You are fing amazing,” one tells her.
At her rawest, most vulnerable moment, she turns to the camera.
“You know what would be so cool?”
“To get to the end of my personality.
And just like lay in the sun.
I’m sick of myself.”
“They love her and I am her custodian,” she says of Leia.
“He relieved me of the burden of my hymen,” she says.
“And she would supervise me and Albert having sex.”
Those who remember the singer in his prime will find little to recognize during the reconciliatory moment.
Reynolds offers hits of oxygen to the group in a moment of levity.
Reynolds books a final one-woman show in Las Vegas, where she’s shown scootering around the casino floor.
Fisher joins her on stage and the Hollywood icon bids adieu with a farewell kiss blown to the crowd.
Later, Reynolds is shown preparing to accept the 2015SAG Life Achievement Award.
Stars like Julia Roberts, Viola Davis, and Meryl Streep look on with total adoration.
“I can’t be funny about tonight.
It was too special”
Bright Lightswinds down back at home, with the two women discussing the night.
The moment is precious and a lifetime in the making.
“If they offer you another life achievement award would you do it?”
And Reynolds' says, “I can’t be funny about tonight.
It was too special.”
Bright Lights premieres Saturday at 8 p.m.
