Kelsey Grammer was up for a major role in Star Wars, and he didn’t realize until watching the film that he’d been passed over for the part.Per the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Gazette, Grammer reflected on his Star Wars audition. He spoke about how he was up for the part of Han Solo, the iconic role that ultimately went to Harrison Ford. Grammer recalled how it was one of his university professors who put him in touch with the agent for George Lucas, who he only knew at the time as a filmmaker “doing casting for a movie about space.” The future Frasier star recalled being told he might be right for the Han Solo role, but that was the last he’d heard about the project until watching Star Wars upon its release.”I walk around and knock on the door, sure enough, they call me in, and I sit down, and there is — I didn’t know him at the time, George Lucas. [He said] ‘We’re making this thing about…[it’s] a fairytale in space. You know, two guys rescue a princess,'” Grammer explained. “Great, sounds like fun. So he said, ‘You’re right for…well, there’s two parts…maybe the older guy. He’s kind of, you know, a gunslinging kind of guy. You know, an adventurer.'”Related: Every Star Wars Movie And TV Show In Chronological Order
Kelsey Grammer was up for a major role in Star Wars, and he didn’t realize until watching the film that he’d been passed over for the part.
Per the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Gazette, Grammer reflected on his Star Wars audition. He spoke about how he was up for the part of Han Solo, the iconic role that ultimately went to Harrison Ford. Grammer recalled how it was one of his university professors who put him in touch with the agent for George Lucas, who he only knew at the time as a filmmaker “doing casting for a movie about space.” The future Frasier star recalled being told he might be right for the Han Solo role, but that was the last he’d heard about the project until watching Star Wars upon its release.
“I walk around and knock on the door, sure enough, they call me in, and I sit down, and there is — I didn’t know him at the time, George Lucas. [He said] ‘We’re making this thing about…[it’s] a fairytale in space. You know, two guys rescue a princess,'” Grammer explained. “Great, sounds like fun. So he said, ‘You’re right for…well, there’s two parts…maybe the older guy. He’s kind of, you know, a gunslinging kind of guy. You know, an adventurer.'”
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