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PRINTED IN THE USA, 8 STAR Wans INSIDER 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 ess ay aia — 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 9 eta 4 ) ; . Sp a! 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 Baal Bick, 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 Once you 1 mene, yout understand the tit fe, tel us aboot tho adetona plch-op senna you recently i at Leavesden Stats, Well that was the way we Bla ‘hes place Ws ip for itl pieces we though we might nee 3 movie, This nerstin ‘ar flmesing, You look eit, yon See 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 ‘hat kas to be somewhat of a fumakar’s 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? nt Wehadtheapearuaty tastep 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 that 1s 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 coming peotareneriir ord eoryseiont cat rpeere ir el 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 leaders IT 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— and said, What are you doing nest weear ved Se that, and | couldn't do it And that was the fst qroat sacra in my fe. wat $0 angry and upset not for being ill but because | couldn’ bein the play, Even though tir? knove why ust nev that | wanes 9 dt Gace: he gat better, Crowley knew his esting. "Acting Is a funny old gana.” he aie “it ean be such a tough iso that you have to reed to de it. Thece has ta be a need within jou, becaure its ani that need that wl sus tain youn the bad times” Lucily for Crowley, the bad times Naw bbeen feve and far between, Aitor artending ‘ste UNIVERSE p, ma STAR WARS INSIDER 21 etl} GAVINBOC BRINGS PLANETS TO Gavin Bocquet has perhaps one of the mast challenging JOBS on Sear Wars Else | The Phaner Menace, AE the proce respansmlotor overseeing the yal creation 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 BSocqust worked expec claely nth sSrector George ers orate ses for Siar Wr! mary diverse envionment Ito resi, Bet 18d the rer is job as seca to beg cepa arts page its the thd dimen “Thesiger "he elaine. 1s response fr producing a look that's compat ox yc ‘un the ect wae. Yue aves wer 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. Hethes tausethe reality of something that we now on the oudience > sta wars insipen 29 age ead eee eee Pe rr a “I SAID, ‘WHAT'S HE LIKE, THE PR: UNIV! ND GEO AI BUT HE'S B AGUE ‘Yess th anos art af bing the Supra hove given ‘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? Bra Tae Le oo HIS FREEDOM BY WRITING BEAUTIFUL THING 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, ‘That aid, wore you eatitieg with your work as 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? No, The onesnien it opened anginal 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 32 STAR wans INSIDER 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? Yes. The feeling on the setts wery good, Fe 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? Yes it just tuimed me from a steaming bet 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. 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