Actor admits he was drunk throughout Star Wars audition and instructed George Lucas he’ll ‘f*** off’

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Ray Winstone has opened up about his disastrous audition for Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones, the place he was up for the function of Padme Amidala’s father

A beloved UK actor has revealed how he auditioned for Star Wars while intoxicated. Attractive Beast star Ray Winstone, 68, had auditioned for the function of Padmé Amidala’s (Natalie Portman) father in Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones, however the performer has now admitted he wasn’t in peak situation after being “out all evening” the night earlier than.

Chatting with Far Out, The Gents star disclosed: “It did not go nicely. [I] had phrases and that was that. I’ve labored for [director] George [Lucas] since, and he was nice. He did not keep in mind. Or if he did, he did not take it to coronary heart.

“I used to be p***** anyway. I might been out all evening, and I turned up, and I knew I used to be incorrect for the half as quickly as I walked in, however as a substitute of claiming that, he relayed the message to me by means of another person, and I took umbrage at that.” For the most recent TV and showbiz gossip signal as much as our e-newsletter

Winstone admitted he was nonetheless affected by the earlier evening’s escapades, and assumed Lucas “clearly bought jet lag” because the filmmaker had yawned throughout his total audition, experiences Birmingham Stay.

The Attractive Beast actor then challenged Lucas: “Why do not we each have a 15-minute sleep after which I am going to f*** off?”

Though Winstone did not land the half – with Graeme Blundell in the end solid as Padmé’s father Ruwee Naberrie – The Sweeney star did not really feel he’d missed out.

He remarked: “That kind of movie would bore the a*** off me, all that bluescreen work.”

Star Wars is not the one main franchise Winstone has ties to, because the actor additionally appeared within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with 2021’s Black Widow. Within the movie, Winstone starred alongside Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh and David Harbour as antagonist Dreykov, the architect behind the brutal coaching programme often called the Crimson Room.

Winstone lately opened up about his struggles throughout manufacturing when he was known as again for extra filming.

Talking on the Sarajevo Movie Competition, he stated: “I labored with this wonderful director, Cate Shortland, and we labored on what my character was going to be.

“He was like a [predator] operating round all these ladies, and so they’d turn out to be black widows. We used to get applauded on set. It was most likely the perfect factor I’ve carried out for a extremely very long time.

“Then I come dwelling after ending the job and get a name saying we have to do some reshoots. I say, ‘What number of scenes?’ [Shortland] says, ‘All of them.'”

Winstone revealed he then requested for his character to be recast, however he was contractually obligated to return for Black Widow’s extra scenes.

He added: “So I stated she ought to recast [the role], however I used to be contracted, so I needed to do it.

“I am going again, they do my hair all good, put me within the go well with, and I could not do it. I might already carried out it. I assumed, ‘I am not doing it now. I’ve carried out it. That is how it may be.'”

“That is rejection, you realize? There’s nothing worse than doing one thing, leaving it on the ground, after which being instructed it is not proper.”

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