Posted on 05/13/2014 9:28:58 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Hollywood actor Denis Lawson has turned down the chance to appear in the new Star Wars films because they would have “bored him”.
The Crieff-born star said he had been approached by Disney, which bought Lucasfilm in 2012, but turned them down.
The 66-year-old played X-wing pilot Wedge Antilles in all three films of the original trilogy. In 2001, he provided the voiceover for the character’s appearance in a Nintendo computer game.
Lawson made the revelation at a screening of his most recent film, The Machine, at Strathearn Artspace in his home town.
When asked if the next new Denis Lawson film to be screened there would be Star Wars, he replied: “I’m not going to do that.”
Asked if it was because Disney had taken over the franchise, he replied: “They asked me but it just would have bored me.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecourier.co.uk ...
“Look at the size of that thing.”
“Cut the chatter Red Two!”
Ooooooh...me so scared.
After Star Wars it seems most of the movies that have been produced learned the wrong lesson. In my opinion Hollywood saw the great special effects of Star Wars and thought that was what made it the gigantic hit it became so they just piled on the effects, and with the advent of CGI they totally left out the acting as well as the plot and story lines. I stopped watching science fiction movies and became quite jaded and that is tough because I was a big science fiction fan back then. I do read a few books and that has kept me from completely leaving science fiction altogether.
Sorry, man, being infantile.
You have a good day. I don’t mean anything by my bluster. Of course, you don’t need my permission.
Enjoy your life. Don’t spend it on things that bore you.
Best of luck.
With “J.J.” at the helm I would have passed as well.
Lucas took all things Star Wars and murdered it with his reboot episode 1. I couldn’t even sit through the other two.
BUT for a great time search youtube for Mr. Plinketts review of Star Wars.
Mr. Plinkett has great reviews.
I have to disagree with him on the two Star Trek reboots.
Plinkett sort of liked them where as I thought they both completely totally sucked.
With that HACK JJ at the helm I have little hope for this new Star Wars movie.
Same here except for one: Serenity.
I don’t have TV and when I tried to rent the movie, the guy at the rental store said I needed to see some of the TV show first. I ended up buying it on DVD, Then I saw the movie.
It is one of the few Sci-Fi Gems for people who read sci-fi. The character development is some of the best I’ve seen. Period.
Yes, that is one of the exceptions. I saw the movie and then bought the BluRay for the series. I agree with you that it is excellent.
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