Robert Englund Details How He Helped Mark Hamill Get Star Wars Role
Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund details exactly how he helped Mark Hamill score the iconic role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. The first Star Wars film — later retitled to be Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope — was released in 1977 and became one of the first major blockbuster films. Directed by George Lucas, it introduced audiences to the now-iconic characters of Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), and Luke.
Since that first film in 1977, Hamill's Luke has returned in numerous projects across the franchise. Most recently, he appeared (via some digital de-aging) in the Disney+ series The Book of Boba Fett. It's impossible to imagine Star Wars without Hamill, and for years now, Englund has shared the story of how he helped make Hamill's casting possible. The Nightmare on Elm Street and recent Stranger Things star even once said that Hamill's agent hates that Englund takes all the credit for connecting the actor with Star Wars.
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Now, in a recent interview with The Guardian, Englund elaborates on how he aided Hamill's Star Wars casting. Englund details how, while he was auditioning for Apocalypse Now, a producer told him that they were casting for a Lucas space film across the hall. Englund himself went to audition, but in the end, it would be his good friend who ventured to the galaxy far, far away. Englund recounts the experience below:
«I really wanted to be in Apocalypse Now. I wanted to read for Chef – played by the great Frederic Forrest – but that part had been taken. They heard that I was a surfer, so I read for the surfer, but I think they thought I was too old. As I was leaving, one of the producers told
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