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Fresh off his career-making roles in The Godfather franchise and Dog Day Afternoon, Al Pacino was offered the part of Han Solo in 1977’s Star Wars. As reported by Variety, Pacino spoke about nearly joining George Lucas’ iconic film during a recent discussion at The 92nd Street Y in New York City. Pacino joked that Harrison Ford, who was […]
James Earl Jones, the iconic voice behind Star Wars’ Darth Vader, is ready to retire from the role. Vanity Fair reports the 91-year-old actor has signed over the rights to his voice to filmmakers who plan on using a blend of archival recordings and A.I. technology to re-create Jones’ voice in upcoming Star Wars films. […]
Ewan McGregor is set to make his return to the world of Star Wars with the new Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the actor says it was “spine-tingling” to reunite with his co-star Hayden Christensen. It’s been 17 years since the two were onscreen together in Revenge of the Sith, the climactic third entry in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy. In […]
The Oscar-winning editor of the original Star Wars franchise had a few choice words for J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, and the series’s latest sequel trilogy. “It seems to me that Kathy Kennedy and J.J. Abrams don’t have a clue about Star Wars,” Marcia Lucas said in an interview for J.W. Rinzler’s book Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s […]
Ewan McGregor is standing by his casting as legendary designer Halston in an upcoming five-part Netflix series about the late icon’s life. McGregor said in a new cover story interview with the Hollywood Reporter that when taking on the role as the gay designer, he was concerned about the backlash that might come with it. McGregor, who […]
In the wake of the death of original James Bond/all-around film legend Sean Connery, Harrison Ford has written a tributary statement to the recently passed 90-year-old. You may remember (or never forgot) that the two were linked as father/son in the third Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In that film, which came out in […]
Ian McDiarmid, the actor behind Star Wars’ villainous Emperor Palpatine, was “totally surprised” by his character’s return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, he admitted in a new interview with Digital Spy. Many Star Wars fans were highly upset at the Sith leader’s return and have gone after Skywalker writers J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio […]
Bob Iger has opened the Disney vault in his revealing new memoir The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of The Walt Disney Company. In his book, which came out Monday, Iger revealed some previously unknown stories, which include Disney’s near acquisition of Twitter, the company’s initial apprehension toward buying Marvel, and […]
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