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Well Hamill is a better man than I. I would hate this. If I imagine being him, this is like having to turn up to the office at 7am on a Saturday for a meeting.
by scandox 9y ago
Well Hamill is a better man than I.
I would hate this. If I imagine being him, this is like having to turn up to the office at 7am on a Saturday for a meeting. It's work. In analogy we're watching Mark Hamill get out of bed on a weekend, groan, drink some Pepto-Bismol and get his best shit-eating grin on his face.
- ClassyJacket 9y agoYeah, I feel sorry for the guy. He still is expected to do work for free promoting a movie he was in forty years ago. He must be incredibly sick of Star Wars by now.
- sp332 9y agoYou realize he was in a Star Wars movie last year, right? And he's made another one and will be shooting yet another later this year?
- smhenderson 9y agoWhat? He's the lead role in the next Star Wars film. I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not...
- ceejayoz 9y agoEven ignoring the new trilogy he's definitely being paid for, stuff like convention appearances can pay quite well for someone like Hamill.
- dankohn1 9y agoHe'll be at New York ComicCon, where I'll be taking my kids in October. http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/Guests/Entertainment-Guests/ http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/Guests/Entertainment-Guests/
- the_watcher 9y agoHe's clearly not sick of it. Harrison Ford is a bigger star than Hamill, Han Solo is at least as iconic a character as Luke, yet Ford did far, far less PR around TFA than Hamill's done for TLJ. Ford is fairly well-known for being sick of Star Wars (he wanted to die in Empire), so Hamill clearly had the option of being less involved in the PR yet chose not to.
- qbrass 9y agoHarrison Ford did well outside of Star Wars and could afford to walk away from it. Mark Hamill's career hasn't gone as well. He would be foolish to not embrace it, even if he hated it with a passion.
- noelwelsh 9y agoI think most actors are people who like attention and like being around other people (sure, not all are). I imagine if you're that kind of person it is great to be in a hit film like Star Wars. You bring joy to so many people and you get all these cool interactions like the one in the post.
- pge 9y agoWhile that is probably true for most actors, Hammill tweets Star Wars trivia all the time and genuinely seems to enjoy the attention with a good sense of humor
- emeraldd 9y agoThis popped into my head when I read that comment. (Leonard Nimoy in Lazy Song ... ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ
- Bartweiss 9y agoHad it not been for the email from someone Hamill knows, it seems like that would be a risk. But this wasn't just "fan sees you and butts in" it was "your friend reaches out to tell someone about a thing you like and what you'd find amusing".
- the_watcher 9y agoI assumed some knowledge of Hamill's personality (or at least the one he cultivates publicly), which is that he's a pretty big ham for this sort of thing - long attendee of fan conventions, well-known for indulging in fan service, etc. Essentially, I might agree with you for an average person, but for Hamill specifically, there's a decent amount of evidence that he'd appreciate this.
- bredren 9y agoApart from personality, fan engagement also drives fan enthusiasm for HIM as the on-screen portrayal of older luke. That's essentially leverage and increases his influence.
- ozaark 9y agoThe key was someone who knew him well enough to suggest a prank to begin with. That was where it became possible to delight a user with such a great outcome.