Jan Gaarni Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 I always considered Indiana Jones as Han Solo, only educated.
PoiuyWired Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 Well, the difference is the hat. That, and Indy got more chix0r.
Diego Varen Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Commander Obi-Wan said: I found Indiana Jones to be Harrison Ford's best works. Agreed. When put with Sean Connery, . Anyway, it was a shock for me when I read this Thread. Sir Alec didn't like Star Wars. He made me like Obi-Wan in the first place, despite the fact, he wasn't as agile as Ewan McGregor when he played Obi-Wan in the Prequel Trilogy.
Bob Lion54 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Prime said: But by all account Guiness was always friendly and curteous with the cast and crew. Again, a true professional. Yea, I've heard a few different interviews where the actors said he was incredibly patient. He knew he was the only real veteran actor and he helped his younger costars. Also by all accounts, no one on the set disliked him. Probably because they saw him as pre-SciFi generation actor. I doubt many actors his age at the time would have loved the role.
JawaJoey Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Bob Lion54 said: Yea, I've heard a few different interviews where the actors said he was incredibly patient. He knew he was the only real veteran actor and he helped his younger costars. Also by all accounts, no one on the set disliked him. Probably because they saw him as pre-SciFi generation actor. I doubt many actors his age at the time would have loved the role. I remember hearing similar things, from somewhere. Most of the actors were pretty green in the business. Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamil, they weren't big actors and didn't have as much experience as Sir Alec. They were young and goofy, while Alec was this mature, seasoned, professional actor tolerating it all. He did a great job he really made the character. I kind of want to see other things he's been in. All I've ever seen him in is the really old "Oliver" where he played Fagin.
Fish.Stapler Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Wow, I never really knew that he disliked it this much. I always knew that he didn't feel he was suited to the role, but it does indeed take a true professional to be courteous and respectful even if he didn't like where he was. It speaks loudly for his character . His real life one that is.
Henz Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 You can tell in the behind the scenes snippets on the DVD doc. tbh. It was a joke. I'd have hated it too lol.
RC-1162 Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Well, it doesn't really matter as he did such a great job. He's not the only one who hated his role in a particular movie. Sean Connery hated acting as James Bond, yet he's considered one of the best JB actors. But yeah, this is about Sir Alec. BTW, if he hated SW, how did GL manage to persuade him to return for ESB and RotJ?
PoiuyWired Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 Well, that and as least he would have the decency to finish off the series with a small screen time. That, and at the time he might think that people would eventually overcome his role as an old dead jedi relative to his other roles. Remember, he did have other movies, some of which are quite good actually. Then again, for mainish characters with a face in Star Wars OT, most actors do not have any other good movies//characters. Mark is basically whoring out the star wars sign, and haven't done much decent since... and lets not even get into Fisher...
princessmelissa Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 carrie fisher will always be the bomb..so what she only did "star wars" shes still an actress........and shes a good writer.
Gargoyle King Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 ferris209 said: Everything I read says that Sir Alec Guinness always talked real badly of his Star Wars appearance, I really hate that. His rendition of Obi Wan, and Darth Vader, are my favorite Star Wars characters, it just sometimes kind of takes away from my overall satisfaction of the original Star Wars knowing Sir Alec Guinness hated it so. Anyone else feel the same? I can see where your coming from. But as a fan i believe that other people's feelings on this matter are irrelevant. What matters most is your own personal opinion and how you enjoy your own expectations in films. The feelings of Sir Alex Guiness don't really matter as it doesn't make the original trilogy anything less than a masterpiece; besides wasn't George Lucas himself quite dissatisfied with the look and appearance of the original trilogy that lead to the 1997 digitally remastered versions of the films and of course the newer trilogy. princessmelissa said: carrie fisher will always be the bomb..so what she only did "star wars" shes still an actress........and shes a good writer. Correction, my friend, she's known for other films aswell - an example out of the hat would be "The 'Burbs".
swphreak Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 Gargoyle_King, for future reference, you have an edit button.
CLONECOMMANDER501 Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 Well, his death should of taught him a lesson Mess with starwars and you will pay the price.
BigMike322 Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Plus, like it was posted earlier, most people thought Star Wars was going to suck @$$ from day one for a whole f***ing mess of reasons. He also probably didn't care much for sci-fi like Pho3nix said. My brother-in-law doesn't like sci-fi and has never seen Star Wars. Though he said he has watched a couple od Trek movies and enjoyed them yet he won't watch any Star Wars movies. A lot of people may disagree with me, but I don't really consider Star Wars science fiction. I think of it as space-fantasy.
TripHammer Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 I didn't think Sir Alec Guiness hated the part.. my impression was that he felt it was a lousy representation of his acting ability so in interviews he kinda shyed away from getting to involved with the Star Wars Questions. It is a far step from "Bridge over the River Kwai" or theatrical acting. Kinda like Leonard Nimoy... I'll bet he was happy just to get a question about "In search of..." once in a while.
PoiuyWired Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 Unlike Leonard Nimoy though, he does not whore out for cash with his ObiWanisque persona. Plus, there is no Sir Alec Guiness "Bilbo Baggins song"
Rev7 Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 Why would he play the part if he hated Star Wars? Everyone is intitled to their opinions though...
Totenkopf Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 PoiuyWired said: Unlike Leonard Nimoy though, he does not whore out for cash with his ObiWanisque persona. Plus, there is no Sir Alec Guiness "Bilbo Baggins song" It is rather quite comical, in a cheesy sort of way.
DarthSomething Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Rev7 said: Why would he play the part if he hated Star Wars? $$$ Apparently, Obi-Wan was originally written as a Toshiro Mifune style "drunken master". Sir Alec refused to play such a charcater, and had it rewritten to the stately warrior we know today.
NL_Sudentor Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 BigMike322 said: Plus, like it was posted earlier, most people thought Star Wars was going to suck @$$ from day one for a whole f***ing mess of reasons. He also probably didn't care much for sci-fi like Pho3nix said. My brother-in-law doesn't like sci-fi and has never seen Star Wars. Though he said he has watched a couple od Trek movies and enjoyed them yet he won't watch any Star Wars movies. A lot of people may disagree with me, but I don't really consider Star Wars science fiction. I think of it as space-fantasy. Why would Star Wars not be sci fi?? Give me real facts
GwannaSauna Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Yeah, it is sad. Wonder if he regretted it when he was about to die... come to think of it, he may not of even remebered Star Wars when he died
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