British - Actor | May 19, 1944 -
They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.
Peter Mayhew
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I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.
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I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done.
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Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won.
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I really enjoyed the last scene at the Ewok celebration after the battle.
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Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming.
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With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.
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A whole new generation is looking at the videos, and going to the video shop and buying the re-release of the complete trilogy, which you can buy at a reasonable price.
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But, apart from that, there was very little on underneath the suit.
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When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind.
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After a while, the character sort of took over.
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It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.
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