The Major Role: George Lucas hired Jake Lloyd to play young Anakin Skywalker (the future Darth Vader) in the first installment of his long-anticipated prequel trilogy. Lloyd was just 9 years old when he took on the origin story of perhaps the most celebrated villain in ...
The Major Role: George Lucas hired Jake Lloyd to play young Anakin Skywalker (the future Darth Vader) in the first installment of his long-anticipated prequel trilogy. Lloyd was just 9 years old when he took on the origin story of perhaps the most celebrated villain in ...
Darth Vader is the principal antagonist in the Star Wars franchise, and actor David Prowse did a wonderful job capturing his villainy. Though another actor is responsible for the memorable voice, it was Prowse whom viewers connected with on screen. He used his bodybuilding background to bring a...
Tolkien's novel and just "didn’t understand the script." If Connery had taken the part he would've earned around $400 million, which is more than any other actor has ever been paid for a single role ever! Vote! Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006) Hugh Jackman declined to be ...
“No, I am your father!” While it is the voice of Darth Vader thatJames Earl Jonesis best known for, Jones isconsidered one of the greatest stage and screen actors in the USand internationally. Jones got his big-screen break as Lieutenant Lothar Zogg in theStanley KubrickclassicDr. Stran...
“George had hired David Prowse [to play Vader], but he said he wanted a so-called ‘darker’ voice,” Jones said. “Not in terms of ethnic, but in terms of timbre. And the rumor is that he thought of Orson Welles. “But he probably thought that Orson might be too recogniz...
Darth Vader actor David Prowse topped that. During a promotional tour in late 1978 — months beforeEmpireopened in theaters — Prowserevealed to a crowd of fansthat Vader was Luke’s father. And it was assuredly not a Jedi mind trick. ...
Although the actor cast to play the character in-person was David Prowse, George Lucas ultimately selected Jones to provide his unique voice, and, because of him, Darth Vader became a cinematic icon. Oddly enough, the actor who voicedone of the greatest sci-fi villainsof all time was not ...
Darth Vader actor David Prowse topped that. During a promotional tour in late 1978 — months beforeEmpireopened in theaters — Prowserevealed to a crowd of fansthat Vader was Luke’s father. And it was assuredly not a Jedi mind trick. ...
We're used to suspending our disbelief at the movies, but sometimes a casting is so wrong that it's a strain even for the best of us – especially when the actor is clearly the wrong age for the role they're playing.Here are some of the worst offenders......