Robert Englund without makeup, but with Freddy Krueger’s nightmare gestures.
With Obi-Wan Kenobi revisit some of the franchise’s most iconic characters Star Wars On Disney +, nostalgia for the series is a hot topic right now.
The reaction from fans to seeing actors like James Earl Jones reprise their roles in films serves as a reminder how inseparable the characters can be from the actors who played them. But it’s easy to forget that if the casting process had been a little different, the films could have been dramatically changed.
In a new interview with the British newspaper Guardianthe star of Nightmare on via Elm Y strange things, Robert Englundrecalled his audition for the famous intergalactic film and how, inadvertently influenced the casting of the film.
Robert Englund started the Freddy Krueger saga in 1984.
Englund revealed that his audition for Star Wars It happened spontaneously, because was asked to read for the role of Han Solo as she leaves her audition for Apocalypse now by Francis Ford Coppola.
From “Apocalypse Now” to the stars
“As I was leaving, one of the producers told me they were casting across the room for this George Lucas space movie,” Englund said. “George Lucas was my hero, so I thought, ‘Hell, I’ll try.’
At the moment they wanted Han Solo to be played as an old man; like a good guy, one of those who make you smoke marijuana at Christmas. They looked at me for five minutes, took a couple of Polaroids and left, I didn’t even read the script. That’s all I remember. “
But while Englund’s journey to a galaxy far, far away was never meant to happen, he was able to help a friend land a major role in the film.
A decisive fact
“In the end, the most profitable thing turned out to be being there and discovering that there was a key character, much younger than me, a certain Luke Skywalker,” he said. “I went back to my apartment in Hollywood Hills and the cowboy boots my friend Mark Hamill was on my porch Forward. He was working downhill at CBS studios as a very successful television actor.
Mark Hamill, from here to eternity, will be associated with Luke Skywalker. AP photo
Mark was watching the show Bob Newhart or Mary Tyler Moore. We would watch together in the afternoon and then call our agents at 5pm to see how our auditions had gone.
Here they are, these are, the titular crew of the original “Star Wars”: Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill. Photo: AP
I remember saying to Mark: ‘Guess what? George Lucas is making this space movie. we both loved it American graffitiLike this Mark called her agent and pressured her to audition.“.
Hamill’s agent, in fact, I had him audition for Luke Skywalker, and the rest is history.
And since Englund knows better than anyone that Hollywood is built on stories that often feed on themselves, he concluded: “It’s kind of like Once upon a time … in Hollywoodby Tarantino “.
too dark
However, anyone would think Mark Hamill is eternally grateful to the character who changed his life. However, when he had to promote his return to the saga in Star Wars: The Last Jedi he did not keep quiet, to the point of publicly showing his disagreement with the dark turn that Luke Skywalker took in episode eight.
Hamill also revealed the discussions he had with Rian Johnson, the director. “I told them the Jedi don’t give up. Even if they had a problem, it would take maybe a year, but they would regroup and try again.
“If Luke was wrong, he would try to make amends. There was a fundamental difference there. But it’s not my story anymore, it’s someone else’s story And Rian needed me to act a certain way for the ending to be effective. “
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Source: Clarin
