actors who auditioned for star wars
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Hollywood actors who rejected roles in the Star Wars films Star Wars audition for Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. As an actor and director, Katt went on to star in The Greatest American Hero. Kurt Russell was just one of a few actors who were approached for the role of Han Solo. Al Pacino also turned down the role after he said he did not understand the script.
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The newest 'Star Wars' actors reveal what their secretive auditions were really like John Boyega, aka Finn. Boyega also had help from his agent to put him on the path to scoring the role of Finn. Though he got a little attention as the star of the UK sci-fi hit “Attack the Block in 2011, that didn’t really soften his path to getting into “Star Wars,” as he went through seven months of auditions. Boyega has said that to power through the first few, he would go back and watch auditions from the original cast.
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role David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader, wished to come back but had to turn down the role because of ill health.
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- Harrison Ford wasn’t the first pick to play Han Solo in Star Wars – that offer was made to Christopher Walken. The reason was because Lucas never liked to cast actors he had already worked with, and Ford was in American Graffiti. We all know Walken turned down the role and Lucas went to Ford. Walken has been in so many movies, but has never really been known as a “lead” guy.
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Peter Mayhew Mayhew at the Big Apple Con, 14 November 2008, sitting in front of an image of his most famous role as Chewbacca. When casting his first Star Wars film, producer George Lucas needed a tall actor who could fit the role of the hairy alien Chewbacca. He originally had in mind 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) bodybuilder David Prowse, but instead Prowse chose to play Darth Vader.
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Luke Skywalker  (Character)from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope  (1977) - How Star Wars Should Have Ended (Special Edition) (2016) TV episode, Played by Daniel Baxter. - The Force Awakens - Lego HISHE (2016) TV episode, Played by Daniel Baxter. - How Star Wars: The Force Awakens Should Have Ended (2016) TV episode, Played by Daniel Baxter. - How Revenge of the Sith Should Have Ended (2015) TV episode, Played by John Alexander. - Lego HISHE - Sand People Are Bad Shots (2014) TV episode, Played by Kevin Ulrich.
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'Star Wars' cast is Mark Hamill-approved 1 The Star Wars: Episode VII cast has a stamp of approval from Mark Hamill. 2  The original Luke Skywalker tweeted that the cast is extraordinarily talented.
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List of Star Wars cast members The following is a list of cast members who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the Star Wars film series. The list is sorted by film and character, as some characters may have been portrayed by multiple actors.
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9 Actors You Didn't Know Were in Star Wars Movies 9 Actors You Didn't Know Were in Star Wars Movies. The crowded backdrops of Star Wars movies aren't just populated by Frank Oz puppets, interns, and robots in Rick Baker makeup: There are genuine stars (and famous directors) running around there! We've pinpointed nine folks who made cameos in Star Wars films, and I'm willing to bet you couldn't catch most of these players upon first viewing.
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George Lucas bans David Prowse, actor who portrayed Darth Vader on screen, from all Star Wars events George Lucas bans David Prowse, actor who portrayed Darth Vader on screen, from all Star Wars events. Director George Lucas is banning David Prowse - the actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy - from all Lucas Film associated events, including fan conventions and cast reunions.
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- Director J.J. Abrams, right, reportedly recruited his pal, actor Simon Pegg, for a role in ‘Star Wars: Episode VII.’.
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'Star Wars: Episode VII': Meet the new cast ....! We have our new Star Wars cast. New to the galaxy far, far away are John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow.
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- Anthony Daniels was born on February 21, 1946 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He is an actor, known for Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI-Return of the Jedi (1983).
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11 Actors Who Auditioned For 'Game Of Thrones' & Would Have Totally Changed The Show Who he would have played: Renly Baratheon, Loras Tyrell. Long before he was cast as hunky Scotsman Jamie Fraser in Starz's Outlander, Heughan was auditioning for Game of Thrones... over and over and over and over again.
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'Star Wars': Emilia Clarke Cast in Han Solo Stand-Alone Movie 'Star Wars': Emilia Clarke Cast in Han Solo Stand-Alone Movie. Clarke’s role will round out a dynamic cast of characters that Han and Chewie will encounter on their adventures.. Games of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has been cast in the upcoming stand-alone Han Solo film, according to the official Star Wars website. StarWars.com is excited to announce that Clarke, known for her stirring portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones, will join the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie.
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- Han Solo/Harrison Ford. Harrison Ford's casting as Hans Solo is now part of film lore: Initially hired by Lucas to read lines for actors auditioning for Star Wars, Ford so impressed the director that Lucas cast him as Han Solo.
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Star Wars: Hayden Christensen reveals why he quit acting after playing Anakin Skywalker The Independent Culture. Hayden Christensen, known to many as Anakin Skywalker, has revealed why he quit Hollywood after finding global fame in the Star Wars prequels. The 34-year-old was just 19 when George Lucas cast him in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and the sudden worldwide attention left him feeling like a fraud.
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Star Wars  (film) Star Wars, later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. The first installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, it stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, and Alec Guinness.
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- Meredith Salenger is a voice actress who provided the voices of several characters for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 1  Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Various Voices)  Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Weapons Factory (Barriss Offee)
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8 Star Wars Voice Actors Who Played Multiple Animated Characters Meet Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels actors who can change roles better than Zam Wesell. Adam Bray. Usually the voice actors of animated Star Wars are closely associated with one, or maybe two focus characters in Star Wars: The Clone Wars or Star Wars Rebels.
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Young Han Solo: 19 Actors Who Could Play The Man Who Made The Kessel Run In Less Than 12 Parsecs Before the Hollywood trades post multiple stories about the short list of actors on tap to play young Han Solo in a new Star Wars standalone film, there's some list-making to do. As Movies.com editor Erik Davis joked on Twitter, Well, first there will be dozens of '10 actors who'd make a great Han Solo.'
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Biography Is a member of the National Rifle Assocation of America (NRA). Brother: Matthew Earl Jones. According to Jones, when George Lucas was trying to cast the voice of Darth Vader, his immediate idea was to cast Orson Welles. However, he felt that Welles was too well-known for the role. So instead, he looked for an actor with a deep voice, like Orson Welles, which is how he got the role.
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Luke and Leia reunited! Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher take the stage before second Star Wars Episode VII trailer debuts... but Harrison Ford stays home Scroll down for trailer... Together again: Carrie Fisher, who is reprising her role as Princess Leia, and Mark Hamill, who is Luke Skywalker, were arm in arm on the stage in Anaheim on Thursday before the second trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens was rolled out.
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'Game of Thrones' Star Emilia Clarke Cast in 'Star Wars' Han Solo Film Clarke joins a cast that includes actors Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover, in the roles of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, as well as Star Wars favorite Chewbacca in the Phil Lord and Chris Miller-directed anthology film, due out in 2018.
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Eight Little-Known Facts About Darth Vader Actor David Prowse [Star Wars] Actor James Earl Jones is the voice of Darth Vader, but 77-year-old David Prowse wore the costume in the original Star Wars films.
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Whatever Happened To These Celebrities? Hamill in 2013: Where He's Been: Hamill will go down in history for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, but the shaggy-haired actor's big-screen career ended shortly after he returned from space.