The Luke Skywalker is not to be being the Mozart.' So, I thought, well, at least he's honest!" Actor Mark Hamill. He met with director Milos Forman, who was planning the film version: "I said, 'You know, I'd really love a chance at playing Mozart.' And he said, 'Oh, no, no, no. The first film alone grossed nearly $800 million on an $11 million budget, and became the cultural phenomenon we all know.īut by 1981 Hamill wanted to shake his Luke Skywalker image, and started doing Broadway shows, including the role of Mozart in "Amadeus." We sort of looked at each other and said, 'Wow.'" I said, 'Hey you guys, there must be somebody famous on this plane.' We're lookin' around for, like, some superstar athlete or whatever." But then came the realization: "They're dressed like us! There was no merchandising at that time, so they had, you know, made homemade lightsabers and all these things. And when we landed in Chicago I looked out and I saw there were crowds outside. He said, "We started the publicity tour – it was Carrie, Harrison and me. Still, nothing could've prepared him for what happened when "Star Wars" premiered in the spring of 1977. He looked like an eager kid, but Hamill already had a few years in the business under his belt, with a raft of soap operas and TV series credits. I went, 'Oww! What?' 'I want to be known by my name, not my accolade.' And at one point he tapped my face, little harder. "He took me out to lunch just to get to know each other a little bit. Of course, he got the part, and was soon working with legends like Sir Alec Guinness. Star Wars - 1977 (1975) Original Cast Auditions by
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