Mark Hamill on how his plan to retire was rejected by his wife and agent, he said, 'I thought this stage in my career, I’d be spending more time with a metal detector, wandering around the beach, playing with the dogs in the backyard'
Mark Hamill In The Long Walk
Hollywood actor Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the legendary Star Wars film franchise, had planned on hanging up his boots for acting before he worked on The Long Walk. The actor, 73, revealed that around 2019 he was no longer feeling inspired by acting and was thinking about taking a step back from it.
However, it was his wife, Marilou York, and his agent who talked him out of it. In an interview, the actor recently revealed, “I thought this stage in my career, I’d be spending more time with a metal detector, wandering around the beach, playing with the dogs in the backyard. I said to my agent, ‘I’m not motivated anymore. I think I’m gonna retire and just do voice-overs. The only people who rejected were my agent and my wife, because it’s good to have me out of the house.”
On the work front, the actor is looking forward to his upcoming film, The Long Walk. The dystopian horror film, based on the book by Stephen King, follows a group of teenagers as they participate in a high-stakes contest where they must continuously walk or be shot by a member of their military escort. Hamill plays a man known as the Major — the military commander — who oversees the walk. He said he was drawn to the role after spending his teenage years in Japan, where his school was next to a US military base.
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