>"In letters to his friends, Guinness described the film as "fairy tale rubbish", but the film's sense of moral good – and the studio's doubling of his initial salary offer – appealed to him, and he agreed to take the part of Kenobi on the condition that he would not have to do any publicity to promote the film."
He wasn't a good friend
>>63639279
Based as fuck
this nigga
>Luke, did I ever tell you about Alec guinness?
>>63639279
>fairy tale rubbish
Truer words have never been said
Alec Guiness was basically reddit before out times
> Luke did I ever tell you how I will make $300 million from Star Wars and you will make about $100k?
George is a good friend.
>A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned. Twenty years ago, when the film was first shown, it had a freshness, also a sense of moral good and fun. Then I began to be uneasy at the influence it might be having. The bad penny first dropped in San Francisco when a sweet-faced boy of twelve told me proudly that he had seen Star Wars over a hundred times. His elegant mother nodded with approval. Looking into the boy’s eyes I thought I detected little star-shells of madness beginning to form and I guessed that one day they would explode.
>“I would love you to do something for me,” I said.
>“Anything! Anything!” the boy said rapturously.
>“You won’t like what I’m going to ask you to do,” I said.
>“Anything, sir, anything!”
>“Well,” I said, “do you think you could promise never to see Star Wars again?”
>He burst into tears. His mother drew himself up to an immense height. “What a dreadful thing to say to a child!” she barked, and dragged the poor kid away. Maybe she was right but I just hope the lad, now in his thirties, is not living in a fantasy world of secondhand, childish banalities.
>>63640142
>Thinks that when a child says they've done something "a hundred times" you should take that number literally
Why are actors so dumb?
>>63639279
Alec was more into hacky Elmore Leonard airport novels.
>complains about fairy tales
>was a devout christian
DUDE LMAO
>>63639279
>on the condition that he would not have to do any publicity to promote the film."
If I was an actor I would try to get away with this as much as possible. Doing 100000 interviews in a week must be mind numbing.
>>63639662
>Luke, did I ever tell you about Alec Guinness?
He thought Star Wars was all "fairy tale rubbish", as he himself put it.
Ben what's "Star Wars", what are you talking about?
>He also made a kid who loved Star Wars stop watching it from fear he'd grow up to live a life of childish banalities. He was a good friend.
Ben are you alright?
>Indeed, I was...
>>63640261
Actors are generally egomaniacs, senpai.
>>63639279
>He wasn't a good friend
The Irish never make good friends.
>>63640223
actually you should! C'mon you've seen these films several hundred times if not thousands. the star shells are going off in your eyes.
nerds BTFO
>>63640257
someone's defensive. now insulting Christians. Are the little shells going off in your eyes, little one? my, my,my.
Reminder that Obi-Wan and Anaking were never good friends, they constantly bitched about each other and at the best they got along.
>>63640223
The number doesn't matter. Even watching them twice is excessive.
>>63639279
He was only resentful because he took the quick paycheck instead of the royalty which he didn't expect it to become a 1st selling movie.
>>63640048
Except he is the opposite of reddit.
>>63640426
Alec Guinness got something like 2% of Lucas' box office proceeds.
>>63640398
Watch more buddy cop flicks.
>>63640426
confirmed for knowing jack about shit.
Alec was the only actor who took royalties % and therefore made a few hundred million dollars while the rest of the cast made less than 100 grand.
>>63640675
>>63640426
I have heard that Alec got 2% of Lucas's 1/5 of box office proceeds. So how much did he make?
>>63639279
I think he was just pissed that they decided to kill his character off in the middle of filming.
