Star Wars: Joseph Fiennes Very Nearly Played Obi-Wan Kenobi
However, the encounter would up being a pitfall for Fiennes. “His
daughter turned around and said ‘I don’t like this guy. He’s weird. I
don’t like him.’ And that’s how my audition went,” Fiennes recalled.
In which either Katie or Amanda changed the course of the entire prequel trilogy, ahaha
George Lucas next rose to salute, however, it was his unlikely
tale that was perhaps the night’s most touching. He told how when his
daughter was 10 she was a huge Angelina Jolie fan “because of her
humanity, fighting for what is right.” (As he launched into the story,
from the Lucas table, daughter Katie, who had just sat down, was heard
to moan “Oh no!”) So Lucas asked Jolie to lunch to meet her admirer. “At
that point we sat down, and she’d adopted a son, and I’d adopted three
children by myself and it was two basically single parents talking about
children. And I said, children are the pathway to a meaningful life and
to happiness, and this is the one true thing you can do, to have
children.” He paused. “Little did I know she’d take me so seriously.”[source]
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For as long as I live, I will never forget the times when my dad and I would sneak into the back of a darkened movie theater just as John William’s unforgettable theme trumpeted from the speakers, holding hands while the crowd roared, raising their lightsabers into the air as the Star Wars logo flashed across the screen. I’ve never seen, my dad happier. May the Force always be with you.” –Katie Lucas
This got me guys. She and George would sneak into viewings of the prequels! This just made my week.
