Mark Hamill on continuing to work at 73: 'I should be spending time wandering the beaches'

Mark Hamill

Veteran Hollywood actor Mark Hamill, who gained the spotlight for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film franchise, says he didn't expect to be so sought-after at this stage of his career.

The actor, 73, told in an interview, "I certainly didn't expect to have this sudden burst of life so late in the game. I should be spending time wandering the beaches with a metal detector. I can't explain why, all of a sudden, I have five features this year."

Hamill considers his role in The Fall of the House of Usher, the 2023 horror series, to be a turning point in his career. He said, "There was a point about five years ago where I thought that it's not easy getting older, and it's even harder when you're doing it on camera. So, I thought that I've had enough on-camera. I'm going to continue working but in voiceover only. Then Mike Flanagan and his producer, Trevor Macy, contacted me to do The Fall of the House of Usher. I was playing the family lawyer to a really evil family - a soulless, evil guy. And I loved it. It was minimalist. It was unlike anything I had ever done, and it sort of rekindled my satisfaction of doing things on camera."

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