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The Fandom Penane
Ihave been a subseriber tothe Starwars
Insider for any: yeaes and have enjayed every
Issue. Rebel Rumblings hat always been my
favorite because | lave to read about my Felloe!
Jedi Knights, The lerers wave always £0 post
tive, with people talking about the movies and
the estence of the Star Wars universe. Now all
thisate and rage has riven itself ince manyof
our Stor Warslowing flands. They are not only
destroying themnsolves but ather young fans
that ae just heginning to see the magica unk
verse that is Stor Wars. When they see and heat
fotner people sying, “Hoping the Force wil
ever ba with you." they say 10 themseives,
‘maybe | shouldn't watch and read Star Wor.”
Sharme on ther! You guys at the insider, Keep
Up ive amazing job mat youre ding, May the
Force be with you. Always
COLLILANE SPILLER Covington, WA
J read Rebel Rumblings and fek
connpelled fay the Force?) tedrop yau a nate.
rust ay, | can't beleve all the negative mail|
read conceming yaur marvelous magazine! In
my experience however, the negative opie
Jons—shough they are mast kelvin the minor
ltyeare usually more loudly waiced, and more
often heard than the pavtive ones. Although |
too, dant ish 10 know anything about the
prequels, I simply don read thase pans of
Your magazine, | will road them, gloaty, after
having seen the movie. All this having been
Si, | think you are doing: a smashing job, and
hope you won't lat this negative mailkeep you
all from continuing such excellent work.
MENMIFER DALFERES ater Rouse, LA
Wow! Coll and Jenner's letters were just
the beginning of whar uned out to bea detage
of responses to che bod vibes unleashed by wan
ureters in the fast few Bebe Rumblings, Somme
rove upin defemse of Star Plas novels, which ead
been denied ac portaying events foo“
ave really happened’ mony spokeup in favor oF
ur prequel eaverage, which was challenged at
giving ewaytoo many of Episodes su
thers heaped much-appreciated praise en the
Insicer stall, wh noc teen calle, among other
thongs, “stupid” ynarce a theme herel; bur mort
of al the Fans were unified in taking persona
clfense to a seies of letters thot claimed whoa
“eat Star Wars fan” should ar should not da,
read, or think.
Alf thot added wp to a diturbance in the
Farce sosgreat that something hod ta ghve—and
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give i did. The Inalder received hundheds of ket
ters (ante Utes of which greed with the com:
pfainers! cing our as one in support afr Hack
‘a better term. the light se. We'eatch wpon
ther letters in Onster #42, ! promise, but since
almost every leer we go! oddressed this epic
cre devating aliost the entive eres setin 20
me controversy — only then can we put the bac
feelings behind rand embrace Star Wars' ture
vith open cams.
Because there were 50 many fans with £0
‘much to say, Iguved Fl wy to include os many af
Yow ar possible. Sa I put the “editor” part of my
managing edit job to werk: whot totlows are
not compere letters but the edited highlights of
‘many, Some are ong, some are very seort—but
In every core, the writers expressed thelr Feelings
with the passion. grace. and insight that Star
Wars inspires in ail of us
Who has the right to tei! another
person wha ls a “teal” Star Wars fan and whe
isn? Fans are indviuals with diferent tastes
likes and disikes, I upsets me that ne su:
sed far ll te antes they are not real
fan,or assume we al have tobe alike Star Wes
is a diverse Fictional univerie where many
beings planets, ancl machinery ieeract with 2
great storing and character conception. For
this reason Is Star Ware successful. Everyone
‘can ese something of themselves in George
TAMMY OLSEN Los Angalan, CA
id just like to say thank you ro
the Insider staff for the great job they 0
binging us dle har fans all the facts andl td
bits they can about the Star Wars universe. |sometimes get a litte upset at some of the
smallmindedness you are forced to put up
“with ia your coluenn, butof eaurse vaicing per
sonal opinions is basically wha
{or and ietakes al soms to mae up the splay,
In my 22m humble opinion, a “tree Fan" te any
‘one who believes him ar hersalf abe.
GARI BISHOP Galveston Inland, TX
he column is
There is no-such thing 2s “rea star
Warstan other than a person whoenjoys Star
Wars. There are no guidelines for what you
have to-do to be a Star Wars fan—you jst are,
Ws 9 free country —not an ov, tyranniKal
Empire,
ETHAN JENHINGS Lynton, WA
Fam 12 years old and a very big Star
Wars fant think that the books are just as
Important to the Stor Wirs universe as the
‘movies. Three movies are hardly enough tad
(ay the ful feeting of the universe created by
‘George Lucas.
CLAIRE THOMAS Shawnee, Karane
| thought the best response to
the two letters from pre-Star Worsanu-Tieanie
[people in insider #38 was the wonderful poster
fon page 24. had itenilargedt and my students
fend | chuckle over it. Haw wonderful that the
vectors can enjoy each other's successes
“Theyre a good example,
DOTTIE ALLYN. ending, PA
Bantha Buddies
After reading some of the nasty let-
ten from isue #39, | decided to write aletter
‘nd let you kno that | love the Star Wars
{raider and think you are daing a fine job. fm
"shocked that sore people would ctualy con
el ther subscriptions tothe inser for fear of
knowing too mach about Episode Love see
ing the actars wh are gaing ta star in the
movie an | don't think youre ong anyehing
sanay concerning the mae’ pict.
Luc COOK Beeenereak, KY
Don't you dare let these people
‘change the way you do your magazine, You
quysare great a revealing justenough totease
Us but net telling us anything that wil rain the
navie for us. Every time your enagazine comes,
{190 straight ta the Prequel Update. Pt abways
‘makes the long time before Eplsade | seem not
que as long, The reason | subscibed to your
‘magazine in the fist place was $0 1 could get
Insc info on the prequels, beg you, please do
not et a couple angry fans ruin the magazine
for everyone elee.
STEPHEN KERRIGAN Sonttie, WA
Ihave been a Star Wars fan Yer
Jonger than Han remember, an! | believe th
the information given inthe movies was meent
as the foundation of a greeter galaxy. You are
‘missing some great Star Wars moments if you
‘do nat read the books.
My name'is Pennie, and [Just wanted to write and thankyou! joined the Stor Wars
FanClub right when Retumof the Jedi came outin'83.Lused to wrltelettes to Maureen Garret,
the Fan Club dxector at the time. She was gredious enough to answer my letters and told me
‘that while she enjoyed correspondence, she was very busy and the sent me a pen pal form for
<2) all thanks te Maureen Garrett and the Star Wers Fan Club, Thankyou
‘ta Mauleen Garret wherever she is.
PENNIE GOLDEN (and KATHY NORMAN)
_me fo complate and return, From that form, 1 got Kathy—we've
bbeen writing since Febru.
184 We owe cur auesome friendship
Maunieo, WA
Well Pennie we found Moureen-—ifyou haven't already, tum to page 58 fora Bantaed trip
down memory ian. | decided to.cram your jeter ito this Issue so that when we give Maureen a
copy. her on interview, we can ato personaly delfreryour thanks Wal fs in nicely with the
rest of ehisissue's letters, prewing the paver of Star Wars 9 help bring people together
you haven't noticed, the end of the
Return of the Jedi Special Edition featured
CComuscant, the Imperial ciy-planet, Where di
ths name come fram? Hr ta the Empbe, whic
cording taone laters not an ofFeka Star Wan
‘or! Lucas himsolf amined that even though
bho had the idea of having an leva planet i
‘one ofthe Stor Wars mews, the name Coruscan
‘came from Timothy Zahnrs imagination.
SPUD" Quetec, Canads
Timothy Zahn’s Heir ro the Sapir i
classe Star Wars, X-Wing: Rogue Squadron ls
fantastic. Who ke anyone tosay fim not “eal
fan because enjoy these books? I live, eat and
breathe Star Wars,
JAMES MIKLOS Wadeworth, OH
Areal fan should be open towing
thelr imagination, to go beyond seeing Sea
Wrs-on TV or inthe theaters burt to be able t
visuale wenn the ming.
am a die-hard Star Wars fan.
Just because | like to react books by Timothy
Zab and ether authors who write Star Wr
books does not mean that Iam nota true Sea
Wearsfan, Without Mara Jade, there would not
be many’stiong women characters in Stor Wars
CHELSEA COUILLARD Baraboo, WI
How is something George Lucas
made up moce “eal” than something Teothy
Zaha mvade wp! The fet is every bt ofthe Sta
War movies “never hoppened”
‘es fant forget that. To rundown goad liter
‘ature because it's not a movie isabsurd
GLEN BGGAROUS Gouverneur HY
nd some.
the books that keep fans
Inuigued with new passiblities concerning
Star Wrs. Mt tel you the truth—t read a Sta
Wars book before | ever saw the movies.
LAURA IANDOU
People canceling their subscriptions
because they don't want any information an
‘the prequels? What do they think Being 3
member ofa fan cub is all about? i's somecan
{get tdbits of information thatthe general pub-
lc is nat priv ta. gives us something to sl
ato over unt tho whale thing eames out an
the big screen,
‘see REBEL RUMBINGS p. 55
STAR WARS INSIDER 9eta
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agen |IN OUR GONTINUING SERIES OF UPDATES WITH
PRODUGER RICK McCALLUM, DAN MADSEN
GOES BEHIND THE SCENES TO BRING YOU THE
VOTO slim Lda ae] U asf
BaalBick, Ft was announced on theofficial Star Wars
‘wats recently that the tite for the new Bet
‘qual Is Star Wars: Eisoée | The Phantom
Monzcs. Wict inspired the decision to release
the tt new?
ly, Gs
When George is acy, he's sad
real mystery
There i 2
Yi Epzode be in the actuate?
‘oa tit st, he Paastowt Menace, alest bas
People forget sometimes thatthe ismare than
Just one movie, This the ent story of afar
ityin agaany fafa ory
ow many diferent tos did you gays cameo
ith before yeu chase Ins enc?
To be hones, none. Gecrge had a couple of
Ideas but, basically, The Phantom
AR svar wars wainer
what he has always wanted. On this level
‘Gooege thinks and he @
‘When he want
somethinghe just doesit
and he finaly decided afer thinking about
for sometime that this was the tte he wanted,
With some il rectors youhave stoma
ty cofatoratve Involvement. butan Sr Wer
swe don't question wl
George wants, we just
An that's becuse this 6h san ane
the rghtone. and our jdsto-help Gecepe
brig is iin te
| tink peaple ware not expecting te tt ta be
The Panter Menace. I ook them by surprise.
t ly elects the subject of the
movie. George has been mal
“ye
mat they though fl. Hest a “Here's the
site hough. “Ths i great”
He's had enough timo to play with it and
understand the movie even bet
19 over a ite For
dy about
Juma
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fe, tel us aboot tho adetona plch-op senna
you recently i at Leavesden Stats,
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3 movie, This nerstin
‘ar flmesing, You look
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nega ta make the Fim better, and you go back
se shot i, We hil ree! 10 do thet pct
ups for aha Eee weeks and we actly
inn about fourdays
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feeam oeausa mest fins de not have the lx
ly of going Baek and shooting extra Yootage
fee the inal ct is dene, da thes?
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back and take a laak atthe fin and refine
‘nd that’ hat ruses it fun al igue
rminarstuff—a look ara glance here or there—
cr at Geeepe wantodta change and
make better. They ae very simple things, but
What i Gearge working on now?
He's finishing up the: ect
Should have final eu of the maw
week Once he inal cuticeone we! hand that1s Gooegn writing Epaade yet?
You've relensed Episode I's opening dato of
Friday, May 2,108, When wl we soe the fis.
trae forthe fine
wer sight
Won wi Jon Wiliams begin scoring?
‘Me had an image ofthe batt dred on the ever
of the last Insider. They are really increible
looking charactors, ten,
Yeh they ae. They ae the
How lang a mole wil Star Wars Eptoée |The
Phantom Meance be?Ist true that Gaorgas kids hej i costing oo
‘ith came ofthe new eharostes’ names?
came fom his on et. ont
now # Katie helped inthe naming the athe
carocer, but deine Jar area tom Set
aye yu soon any ofthe work tha Lasts ts
dng tor thle Enisade | game?
(his arta think ts very esting edge
They are special guys, The games ae going
be great
1s It yours and George's intention to have the
roi anty showing i ital theaters?
LUnforunatey, tha not posible, Bue quality
presentation issomething Geargecaresabaut
he most, He would much rather have wetter
theaters than mote theaters. We're beginning
thes
te talkwith Foe now abest
46 Stan WARS INSIDER
Gorge bas been dotarniud te ooo Star Wars:
Eptsode | he Phantom Menace ta erty the best
‘thntars al |apled that understan thaugh,
‘at ts rou ta same amet a theaters
ln which tin Speck Etion opened De yu tin
‘asa peada ite in seal owes whe ee na a
‘tp-maton mater cose by wile upset that they
Ihave te eve a very lrg way to so the ir?
Tom Shera at Fo wil he working om a distr
bution plan wien wil ensure the bast the-
aters In every town. We take auch great care
rough every single print 19 ens
‘everyone sees the mavle the way Geome
tended them ta seit. That's part of the
palate of a movie, Seeing Juror Prk ina
‘he mltinlex with no sureund sound is a
Toul differen experience than seeing 1
may Is supposed to be seen. We ony want
nese!
a the same way hat we made
see the movie ina venue the shaw
ck, whieh movies have you stun rocontly that
vos enieyed?
loved Saving Private Ayan and There's
Sarmething About Mary. Thode are the only ones
"realy loved fm geing to see: Your Friends
Neighborsthis week. Rigitnowt'stough tosee
Are you a8 busy as youve ever bien right now?
am efirtety busy new and kw probably got
worse before it gets beter. Most ofthe bunt of
he work has gov £9 KM now, and 1 go oHoe
there every maming bsialy to sce how every
hing i camming together Lin vel Serious
eel right an [aug They've go a lat of
workto do and manylonghouts and weekends
to-acomnpish ts task. Bu
together great. They ate doing the mast ema
le job, Absolutely staring work
realy comingpeotareneriir ord eoryseiont cat rpeere irel MADINE
It was only recently that
began to dawn on Dermot Crowley
sl-usiness General Maine in
the enormity of what it
whe played th
Return a the
yeah to be a part of the Star Wars Uni
weston i Lendon a year and 2 half 990.7
rawley told the incide, “and 1 said | didn't
ink very much of Jed! atthe tene—one di it
Ww enc nd that wis it | thowph it
‘would come out and it would bo forgotten, i
mest work is 30 ephemeral, and the guy
replied, “Wel, you are part of cinema history
naw—wihether you ike tor nt™
eu ristahe—Cremley Hikes i
ns absolutely extraguainary- said the veteran
sh actor, who hadn't seen Star Htars or The
nother Job th
along in the bef & work
40 ato the phenomenan that it has. Ive
The actor Sabd he stil gets
the Wowk hich amazed me." Crowdey contin
Led. “Ithought it would stop after a while, but
those ts prety
nt. The mall ends to
he added.”
“I uve to thank the fans”
Inthe character, and Im very grateful
ise) of General Crix Maine. who-was
given a rich backstory and saw mu
nin subsequent Star Wars bax
sd to his and give
2
nating te heat abou
tee has.a history. and that’s poxtly the
That's what's int
success of the film, Every single characte
20 STAR WanS INSIDER
bbeen examined minute
Si, ne matter h
“peripheral
of General Maine
nth
much the modest
tray his cha.
here isn hiding the importa
e Rebels victory over
lOTGROWLEY
by Scott Ghernoft
(ph over the Eripe
ay Modine kept: the
bear together with Mon
Mothma and ‘Ackbar, formed a sor of
supergroup of Alliance leadersIT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GO INTO THE HOME LIFE OF GENERAL
CRIN MADINE. BUT IN A SENSE THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE IS
JUST A PART OF SOMETHING MUGH, MUCH BIGGER.
But Crowley sald he
‘Madine to be a star.“H wousd have been nico
there had lacen an oppartursity to develop hire
mare the astor reflect.“ would be inter:
festing ta go ina the home life af General Cre
wes fotended
Madine, But in # sense thats not inpomtant
because he is just a part of something much,
much bigget”
(Crowley insists that he Gidit know just
how big unt the day he reported for duty on
‘the Rebel Briefing Room set for Jedi in 1982
‘With scwess Corciing Blsksten, wher played
Man Mathma. “remember being in the dress:
grocer, getting made up and into costume,
‘and cil not realizing what one was part of
‘Then one of the assistant directors walled us
Lonte-the set and wwe went, Hot? We've gat to
ff looked impressive in the il
Tooked doubly impressive when you actually
The classical trained ac
escngn to ths huge szale ana ieepa ofthe pro-
sald his fst
ACTING IS A FUNNY OLD GAME. IT GAN BE SUCH A TOUGH LIFE THAT Yt
Tike to shoot sorne ere With youu So spent
hele period of maybe five days being direct:
‘ed by George Lucas, who wasdlrecting a lt of
the second wa.”
‘During that week, Crowiey Famed
‘of Madine's actions duting the Endor
hhasla whole sequence of fying through space
inthis spacial machine,” be sad, ‘and! gat to
say, 'Mlay the Force be with wi and all sets
exciting Vrings—wich of cource naver got in
the movie, much to my disappointment. But of
obviouily ended up on the cutting room flor.
‘That's part ofthe actor's portfolio”
Despite the fact that his entra footage
int the final eut Ceotey sie
‘was happy v0 fin
ng’ he said. "You had to pinch yourself nave
and again and say, Hey, fm being eeeeted by
‘George Lucas tS is fut” | got to play with
some ofthe gadgets and remember being ca
this sort of rotor arm being whitlod araundl and
shouting whatever orders were to be shouted
atthe time, Andi because | was on the sot fora
litle longer, save come af the ether creatures
wich were absolutely astonishing. You almost
fet like aid being Het loove om this extraoed
rnaty set—and then actually geting paid fort
For Crontey, getting paid for ating ana
feoting tka 2 Wid is something
Inevitable since, wel, childhood, “| remember
when was atthe earliest grade of junior school
las ive osx and they dd children’s lay at
hes “Thoda te part i
sles 01 chickenpox or samething
didrrtmake
HAVE TO NEED TO DO IT. THERE HAS TO BE A NEED WITHIN YOU, BECAUSE
TPS ONLY THAT NEED THAT WILL SUSTAIN YOU IN THE BAD TIMES.
duction was, naturally, Fear.“ think we were
both absolutely terrified” he remembered
(neve inane, But erect Rlcharel Msrqusnal
think sensedthat, and herr shatthat scene in
the other diection, se we had hat a day to-aet
sed to i before the cameras turned around
fend come ta us, and by ther we hack actully
‘Sette dow, We had gotten set a it
fy the end of hie twerday sting In the
Briefing Rooms, Crewley had gotten sa used ta
is surroundings thas he saan found General
Madine recruited for 8 second mission. “At the
end of the day, someane come up to me—t
can't remember It vas Richard Marquand—
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of ety every background and frepround
sserounding the actors From fing the foc
‘ons to overseeing the butding of ac of he
Ans. more than 50 sets, Bacquet was a major
antributor te the gazing visuals In the
pcomting tr We
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sSrector George ers orate ses for
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tng tin the rector and tying toner the
restr sis
octet reveled tat
dat Kens when came to fdng appropiate
tocatons for the F's hey
sas hal very
foreign or futuristic worlds using almart ent
ty man-made sete—all of the Sear Wars fms
hhave thei roots in realty and real enviar
mets hare-on arth. For that reason, Baeget
augued that Lucas woud peabably nat veer to
the Stor Wis sages science ition but rather
asa"sorpsetinanether universe”
‘Suid Bocquet, “George has abways been
very ben al the fils 1 use real art
they be thera Fes of Norway [hich stood
in for Hoth or te big forests inthe States for
ed Endo, othe Tunisian eer for Tatooine.
We doesn't Ito eneate things fem rating.
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now on the oudience
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‘Ghancallor of the Repub?
Your character. Yalorum, sen in handful af
pages ofthe scrip: It sooms ta it woul be df=
Samo Jackson sald he didn’t go hs es un
be arrived on the sets that what happened
Se you approached the part by trying te tap
Into whatever It was about yoursalf that you
‘thug Ls haa?
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eves, oF those who fd the enarater within
themselves And then there are the ethers who
ate a mystery to-theiaivos—ad Y's New
would define mysel. don’t know where my
Impulzes come free, oF wy Ido the thins
a. 'cinteguing ta me ta find the characters
1s ofthe pat within myst
The fst known Bearer ef the name
Teence wat an ancient Roman clave wha
gained his treocars by waiting beat tings
| doer know fot about hry, But one ef the
things he said was, 1am a maa, and sothing
Bing isan tome That helps mete nat sti
Jadeemert on the characters m offered just
ty tone those chavacersts within mayse
Sometimes fall but the funn the rng,
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Supreme Chasceur alorur In Essade IF
Yes, But ha very aod backup | wos working
withthe wanious Natale Pestana | ha
Fite tiny seene wih Ewan MeGreger anal Lace
Neeson, And | naw wonderful elothes. The
wardrabe department had taken alot ef ouble
tatine won tul fab, | ert eal en when
Iazartgeting na the character, but aware oF
shit when strutting the castume on
ed you seen tha original Star Wars fms when
yu took th re
saw the fist ono, ¥ want tothe prema in
Last your, the ena for the Speciation, you
maar?
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yea, that, Mad you seen tinea?
Vt de you remember bat the meni?
Wel, it was the
Marion Ford and Ym very nape Nis creer
Nae gone $0 wel. Hes on of the fer ig sat
ctor wha has a eran sense of Scr
Von with what he des. e was. inteestng fr
sme to aco George Lucas about him, what he
‘was Ie when he was young, aed the advice
SGeoige Lukas gave Rim. | wich F woul Rae
had somebodrike George lca adising me
‘when was that age—"e Rave pray done &
Jot more work and alex better tinge
time | sine the great
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enjoyed themvie, and had heaida lat
about the sheoting often | was making the
two Superman fim, Bera ot ofthe crew
an tho Supermen ims hae an on
Star lors. Nobody then knew it was going 10
be suc a succes, but thy sal theyt
hod a really gacd tins and that he was selly
‘geod gute wark for
crew oF
So, 20 years tater was ba a rely goad guy to
werk for?
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made aot of movies, ana that n't samething
ay ight When you gata goed feeling on 3
fm ine times out of 16, the perturye flows
from the nese.
All tho suf eS was bluescreer which
wes hind ofc cause we hiss al
he hac 10 focus on, Heidt have any itr:
tions. He had pa worries abaut the set othe
Haheing was just us, and we hac has wale
aon, Tat vas nice,
[Right now yeiro bing directed by Frank ee
otingar’s Big Tog. Did you actin any scenes
‘whim as Ya i Esa
No Ibadan’ met hin befote | cca naw abun
bis tame asa ceatarct vocal cons Hesnot ane
‘ef thone guys he dacs islets whon he'son
1 But infact Gate Lucas told me that
Franeyassam of c-reponsitl forthe Muppets
[rnc hes ely good. He realy seme knows
hat o's dang, And he'sa generar.
Have you bon an actor your whol ie?
\wen Iwas aout 4. mathe took me ta see
laos Geste with the grext Gary Cooper, That
‘as the fest enovie I remember seeing. and
usewanted ta be ike Coop, yo hrc Ns &
sy felony ambition,
‘So, have you played any roles tat the Gary
cater me?
ay avert Mapa Beth is parents were
Eralith bu he ws the archery Ameran.
waudet thik | cout take on the Kind of
things hee. ut of courte at he ti re
Ire was an eto. st thought he wasn,
"ie, me Foret Leon. was’ ui wa i
ip oaiy teers that t realize al these guys 1
erie were actually nove ctor. An that's
evo shanged ny ght, a were“’M NOT ONE OF THOSE ACTORS WHO THINKS ABOUT
WHAT ROLES I WANT TO DO, 1 ACCEPT THINGS
THAT ARE INTERESTING TO ME”
Changed te what?
Chimged freon wating ve be Captain Blood
anda the characters that mheroes layed in
rrp ely pega looking tohave the kind of
adventures they de, ancl ther ater ont | rea
leedthey mere movie actoes. ard by that tine
best us thinkthat st be prety goed work,
raking alvin tao.
But | had a lot of opposition oem my
folks tp dad was a truck diver and miymath
er was & hossewile who Ed anything she
Could te make a few quid in tecwoen bids,
‘and my father didn't even allow me to tak
lsout Because he fet was $0 out ofthe
‘gueston In fact, he once sid People lke ut
ant do things lke that, realy eather you
(Edn alk about IL” Bo thee ig became ny
1d your parests' resistance strongthen your
resale?
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lnxaa pressure cookor. the first thing 1 hada
da was leave hare, and Ii let on what |
‘sing, est continued deing re jobt was
ing, buing inthe West End of Landa,
hat was yeor day Job?
|e wht they cll a typoarsoher vouslze,
hier | eon think they hare now. but Mey
those guysin adverising thatderignadeertse
ments and ear up copy. was very succes
fu wet erering very good mony, ancl a was
easy telling those hinds of les But Lse0n reat
lot ehat to te ary actor within eat Ena
Comenwmnity, ys had tated a fra rena
fcheal snd that was a big abstacie fer me,
because ebviously if | was attending carne
Schalfll ime could’ work and emule
have mareyto pay tie fees. SoU eully had a
win a scholarship. auditioned at all the arma
Schwa. and teok the ane that olered me a
scholrahip, he Webber Dougie Reade.
What mada you want to keep acting even after
yu discovered that Gary Cooper wus ony pre:
toning tale all hase exetingadventeres?
| suppose wnat moved she whale fantasy
‘award reality as when | sane the peat James
Dea in ast af, and | was staggered, Pr
ta that, the people | admired lie Cooper and
{Cary Geant and Erol Fyn, were heroic: lager
than life You couldnt wally agp 0 be tke
them, and the realy af thet kent fantasy at
an arm's gt, But whan sa James Dean,
sy feting a, Tha's row Yel ee
bute’ up there doing it" Thatereated aspirk
‘hich connected the wites, and thats when
began thinking, “can actually do this—this
feeder be something | jus rei stout!
him
‘outve played 20 many cverso roles. Are there
any yolk ack on with particular fondest
1 think Priscila was cenainly the most fun
chit ever sho, But f eur it was incre
‘le fan going to Hellywad the Fost time and
working with Willem Vier Con 1955 The
Colecor). That's an unuaally memarable
fccasian. And thes my fst fllm [Bly Budd,
18621 # was discovered by Peter Ustnoy and
‘9041 play the te role sn che Atel novel
That was eres
Fm not ene of se actors he shins
ing tO ene, tat give me Sa
Jed of nner fbr, For example, won the
‘Steve Martin thing come up, I thought, ‘OK.
{an be Daan Martin to Eddbe Murphy's Jey
Lew” malay on the took ous for things
shathaveafunny tur,
‘hat ane inte
‘Thon you must have ad uite a reaction when
‘a fist read Prisea, Queen of the Desert,
‘whic called for you taspend the entire movi a
‘wer’ eeting.
When the script came in far Prt | ws $0
Yeaulabout the whole project that stopped
ime fram appreciating havegnod it was.t had a
‘very vole reaction 10 i But everybody |
‘spoke o sid, That sounds werderlal—yau'd
‘be qrestazing that” |thaughtitwasa comp
acy to get me tormabe a foal of msl But of
‘oui one | undorstcod that teas meant 12
be sly never done anything thot siy—
aad ence! started doing it thea justgnee m=
3 gia dea of meraonal ancereatve freee.
| fove the Superman mavies, especially
Swperra n wich you utaush a rely ter=
or a5 General 2ed, Does it bether you that
sepite your dstnguéshed pantheon of serious
‘era, roles he General Zod are the cons that
stand et for so many pore?
io ivsa generations thing. realy. The people
‘wh lke the movies I've been in Basal al
Inge theee eategaren. There ate those af my
generation wo like the fin i with Ustino
‘ane Wyler and Felial and Pasolini, And then
there's thot kde wha mayise the st they
lever went ta see ws Surerean Lesa, Ad
then the wiele new genssation wma taut me
Farthe fist ine in Pita, Queen ofthe Deer
So tsiust and af anage thing rey,
Botwoen Seperman, entation, and now Star
Wars, yerve done 2 Wt of selnes-Netian and
fantasy fla. Do you have a partiularatiity
fee tha genre?
‘<3 by, | always realy kes aclence ton
books, used to earmat science Faction stories
that Hmought were wander
collection afcioncefcton revels that | realy
Ted that | rewead a 8 bay. Ani 1 abrays
thought tat fim wat a good mum far ec
cence fiction, Having sid that. there really
aren enany goad! seience ftom he. ut mn
alps opti 21 sre Faworably wien
et 8 scence fiction Serst. tru always honing
liget a Binge Runner,
(What do you make of a ts Interest In Star
Ware?
Alot of yauna people were ikea to Star Mas
Inthair formative years ana had theft co
matic espevience wth i Aparefrm the fact
that tras Bilan siense tion fln—that
‘goes without saying — was sbour something
Most fs deplct what le isn''—they deal
With all the negative aspects of human ex
ence, There 20 ats af technically worderul
flms, ut you don't leave with any lating
sense. of optimism, because they're not
atached to any sor of philosophy that Is
encouraging
ua there was thes ing abour re Force
which alluded to the Fat that the ievidual
In postession of s universal strength that
somehow supercedes all the diferences we
slays sgem to hive at individuals. There's
tise valy,Pee atic a
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