Jones laughed when a BBC interviewer asked if he resented being so closely tied to Darth Vader, a role that required only his voice for a few lines while another actor did the on-screen work in costume. "I love being part of that whole myth, of that whole cult," he said, adding th...
[00:41.76]used AI to recreate Jones' Darth Vader [00:47.04]for the 2022 show Obi-Wan Kenobi. [00:53.00]The show appears on the streaming service Disney+. [00:58.72]The voice of actor Mark Hamill [01:01.68]was...
NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.
" and whose majestic basso profundo voice would become internationally recognized as the villainous Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" franchise, has died, his rep confirmed to CBS News. He was 93.Jones' rep Barry McPherson told CBS News that the actor died Monday morning surrounded...
' for of course I still had to speak all of Vader's dialogue so the other actors could respond to me. Only instead I said, quite sternly, 'Hemorrhoids do not concern me, I need to sh*t!'" Surprisingly, David's most cherished role is not being the Darth Vader actor. It is his ...
Our sources are telling us that in fact British actor Spencer Wilding has been cast to play the body of Darth Vader in Rogue One. Wilding is mostly a stunt actor and has had bit parts in Guardians of the Galaxy, Batman Begins, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Wrath o...
Taking the role of Vader was a one-day affair for the firstStar Warsfilm. Jones was not credited in the franchise’s first two movies, his name first appearing in 1983’sStar Wars: Return of the Jedi. The actor still counted himself lucky. ...
Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at age 85. His agent Thomas Bowington confirmed the star had passed away following a short illness, writing in a Facebook post: "May the force be with him, always! Though famous for playing many monsters -...
Spencer Wilding, who played Darth Vader in Rogue One, sets the record straight on his rumored appearance in the young Han Solo movie.
He was also a sought-after voice actor, expressing the villainy of Darth Vader (“No, I am your father,” commonly misremembered as “Luke, I am your father”), as well as the benign dignity of King Mufasa in both the 1994 and 2019 versions of Disney's “The Lion King” and announ...