Ewan McGregor Says Filming With Darth Vader In ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series ‘Scared The S**t Out Of Me’
etcanada.comIt took a little bit of work for Ewan McGregor to get back into character for his new “Star Wars” series. On Tuesday, the actor sat down with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” to talk about returning to the franchise for “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and revealed what it was like acting opposite the villainous Darth Vader. READ MORE: Ewan McGregor Passionately Defends The ‘Star Wars’ Prequel Movies: ‘I Like Them’ “It was frightening to see him again though.
I hadn’t acted with Darth Vader,” he said. “And I’ve been acting a long time. I think I’ve done a lot of stuff. But the first take with Darth Vader scared the s*** out of me.” He explained that, as they were rehearsing, co-star Hayden Christensen didn’t actually have his Vader helmet on. “And then they went, ‘Action!’ And I’m walking down and I hear something, I turn around and f**k, Darth Vader is coming at me.
I swear to God, I just about s**t my pants, really,” McGregor said. “When you’re a kid, that is probably one of the scariest villains you’ll see,” Fallon told him. “That’s it, I think… I was like seven years old again.
It was really genuine fear,’ McGregor said. ‘I’ve made horror films and stuff. They’re not frightening, but that was,” McGregor recalled.
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