The ’90s film Mark Hamill forgot he was in: “I don’t even know if I got paid”
The famous actor completely forgot that he starred in the 1992 film ‘Sleepwalkers’.
When you’re one of the most famous and well-liked actors in history, it’s likely that your ‘Filmography’ section on Wikipedia stretches to the Moon. For Mark Hamill, that’s almost the case, as he’s been in more films than I’ve had warm dinners.
The actor recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly and admitted that there’s one film he doesn’t remember being in.
Whether he believes it or not, Hamill appeared in 1992’s Sleepwalkers — even if he doesn’t remember.
“I totally forgot... I don’t even know if I got paid”
“I totally forgot,” Hamill admitted to the outlet. “If I remember right, Mick Garris, the director, asked me, ‘Could I do a small role?’ I loved him so much, and I thought, ‘I’ve gotta do it to help him.’ I don’t even know if I got paid, but I totally forgot about it.
“If there’s not a premiere of a movie, sometimes they’ll slip through, and I don’t see ‘em. I think I eventually saw it, but it was so long ago, I can’t remember much of it.”
“I don’t remember the plot; I don’t remember who I played. I should probably look it up,” Hamill added. “I’ve always been a Stephen King fan, and if it came out after The Shining, because that’s one of the first things I ever saw. I remember I saw it in Westwood, [Calif.,] the very first week it opened. I walked directly from the theater to a bookstore and went home to read, What the hell did I just see?"
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The actor is set to play a role in the upcoming film,The Long Walk, adapted from Stephen King’s 1979 book. On that film, which he remembers, he said: “The real heart and soul of the picture is their experiences in these extraordinary circumstances, their highs, their lows, their triumphs, their tragedies, the alliances, the rivalries. That’s what the movie’s all about.”
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