Al Pacino has revealed that he turned down the a part of Han Solo in Star Wars regardless of being provided a big sum of cash for the position. In a current interview with Selection, the Oscar-winning actor defined that he didn’t perceive the script and was new to fame on the time. “They gave me a script referred to as Star Wars. They provided me a lot cash. I don’t perceive it. I learn it. So I mentioned I couldn’t do it. I gave Harrison Ford a profession,” Pacino joked.
Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’. Credit score: Lucasfilm/Everett Assortment Inc/Alamy
Along with his revelations about Star Wars, Pacino additionally shared a narrative from the filming of Scarface the place he ended up in hospital. Throughout an action-heavy scene, he obtained his hand caught to a scorching gun barrel coated in faux blood and needed to take two weeks off. Pacino added that the nurse who handled him within the emergency room mistakenly thought he was “some scumbag.”
Pacino additionally just lately revealed that he needs Timothée Chalamet to play him in a Warmth prequel. Throughout a panel dialogue with co-star Robert De Niro, Pacino steered Chalamet for the position of the youthful Vincent Hanna, calling him “an exquisite actor.”
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