Guinness also said that he got a backend deal on the Star Wars film, something like 1% of the net. Even that paid well for him and he made out making something like over $1 Million.
Even so I see exactly what he is talking about considering the extraordinary career he had.
Obi Wan-Kenobi wasn’t exactly the best role of his career (if anything, SW was elevated because of his participation, not the other way around). If I were him, I’d have probably told the lad to go see his works such as “Kwai” or “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” or a host of other meatier parts he played (or his comedies, such as “The Horse’s Mouth”).
About that boy he asked not to see the movie again...he also said in an interview that he saw in the boy’s eyes “a tiny spark of madness”. He also recalled that the boy went away sad because his ‘hero’ had asked him not to like his favorite thing. The boy’s mother didn’t take kindly to Sir Alec’s suggestion.
I’ve seen fans who have that ‘spark of madness’ he spoke of, not only for ‘Star Wars’, but for other things as well. It isn’t pretty.