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> David Lynch gave him a role in the show Not just "a" role - he became "the" key role in the series, the evil spirit that moves the entire plot. Which was bot
by toyg 2y ago
> David Lynch gave him a role in the show
Not just "a" role - he became "the" key role in the series, the evil spirit that moves the entire plot. Which was both absolute genius (turning a mistake into the first, menacing appearance of a key character) and absolute madness (how do you hand a key character of your expensive production to a random set-dresser with almost no acting career?!?). David Lynch in a nutshell.
- defrost 2y agoWould that be worse than hiring a set carpenter for a key role in billion dollar franchise? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford It's Hollywood, every busboy and valet is a role deficit actor in waiting.
- toyg 2y agoStar Wars was definitely not a billion-dollar franchise at that time. Alec McGuinness famously negotiated to earn a percentage of gross revenue, because the salary offered was a pittance and he didn't expect any profits to ever be generated by such a bad production. And Ford had already worked as an actor in American Graffiti.