Star Wars: Mark Hamill’s first audition for the role of Luke? completely lunar

Mark Hamill is clearly the embodiment of Star Wars icon Luke Skywalker. The main character of the intergalactic saga, the mere mention of whose name sends chills to millions of fans around the world. But did you know that the American’s first audition for the role was pretty absurd?

Mark Hamill’s Great Confusion

The first audition for Star Wars, the saga for which the actor won the jackpot for only 20 minutes of screen time, Mark Hamill passed it at a time when there was no Internet. And therefore, where we did not necessarily know the face of the person we were going to face for an important interview.

On the day of the general audition (the actors only introduced themselves to the filmmakers) Mark Hamill He does not come and say a few words in front of George Lucas Star Wars. She also tried to sell herself to Brian De Palma for the horror film Carrie at the Devil’s Ball.

Who was De Palma’s assistant?

“I went to these auditions Brian De Palma and George Lucas“Mark Hamill said last year In the microphone of the Wired site. “George didn’t say a word, so I came out and asked, ‘Who was De Palma’s assistant?’ They said, ‘It was George Lucas!’

“I had seen him American graffiti But there, it was a very simple audition where you had to introduce yourself a little bit.”continues the actor. “It wasn’t until later that I had another audition, part of the script to do.”

Pre-internet era + first hearing of two movies at the same time = big confusion Mark Hamill, who didn’t know that he was in front of him… who would change his life forever! A few weeks later, the actor did a screen test in Harrison Ford’s company, etc George Lucas Perfectly identified this time. The rest of the (intergalactic) story we know…

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