Via Independent.co.uk:
Where are you at the moment?
Driving to work to do some filming right now. Are you a big Star Wars fan?
Huge! I grew up on the original trilogy, my parents showing them to me on video. Then I was just the right age for the prequel trilogy when growing up, watching them in the cinema.
It’s interesting that so many generations are affected by Star Wars. Of course, I grew up when the original trilogy started while you caught up with them on DVD.
Well, VHS!
Haha, yeah. There are so many generations of Star Wars fans now, and now Episode VII has opened it up to a whole other generation that may have not otherwise even dipped into the DVDs from the past films. It’s fascinating.
I still find it odd when I meet people who haven’t seen Star Wars.
You just don’t think they exist, but they do actually exist. It’s very strange when you talk to someone who has no clue. I did a little Vox Pop thing called Star Watch when I went up to people on the street to talk to them about Star Wars and it was quite surprising how many people didn’t have a knowledge of Star Wars even though it’s one of the biggest franchises in the world. There are still quite a lot of people who don’t know. I asked one woman ‘what’s the Millennium Falcon’ and she thought it was a pub! It was incredible.
There are so many references to Star Wars in pop culture that there must be jokes people don’t understand.
Oh yeah. It’s part of our popular culture, isn’t it. If you don’t know Star Wars you miss out on a lot of stuff in other things that are nothing to do with Star Wars.
Talking about our love for Star Wars, when did yours begin?
When I was seven and went to see Star Wars in the cinema. Prior to that, I think I’d seen Bambi, which is a great film. But when you see Star Wars its this whole new thing, and from that point, I loved going to movies. I wouldn’t say it was a moment where I wanted to be an actor or a filmmaker. A lot of people say it changed their lives and gave them the answer to what career they should have, but for me it was just, I love that film. I remember reciting, almost word for word, the whole thing to my mum. It’s interesting looking back at that time and not know Star Wars would be such a massive part of my life and career, for the last 35 years now. Because there aren’t many projects that you do in your career which you continually talk about and feel like you just worked on. It’s an honour.
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