Star Wars audition tapes

JonnyPistachio

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... _wars.html

One with Mark Hamil and Harrison Ford.

Then a few with Kurt Russel and the guy from Greatest American Hero! :fp:
Thank God it turned out the way it did.

voidofman

Wow, that was pretty brutal.

At least these screen tests had some potential:

http://vimeo.com/29369746

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmigAcg7Y_k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzoMVQy7ss

BinauralJam

Man, that was like looking up an old girlfriend on Face Book, Dodged a Bullet.

Jason P

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Then a few with Kurt Russel and the guy from Greatest American Hero! :fp:
Thank God it turned out the way it did.

No disrespect to the Great Billy Dee Williams, but can you imagine Kurt Russel playing Lando? In full-blown Jack Burton mode?

That would have been pure awesomeness!

BinauralJam

Jason P wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Then a few with Kurt Russel and the guy from Greatest American Hero! :fp:
Thank God it turned out the way it did.

No disrespect to the Great Billy Dee Williams, but can you imagine Kurt Russel playing Lando? In full-blown Jack Burton mode?

That would have been pure awesomeness!

Russel and Ford?

Dissidentman

Jason P wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Then a few with Kurt Russel and the guy from Greatest American Hero! :fp:
Thank God it turned out the way it did.

No disrespect to the Great Billy Dee Williams, but can you imagine Kurt Russel playing Lando? In full-blown Jack Burton mode?

That would have been pure awesomeness!

"Who's Jack Burton?"

"ME"

JonnyPistachio

voidofman wrote:

Wow, that was pretty brutal.

At least these screen tests had some potential:

http://vimeo.com/29369746

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmigAcg7Y_k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzoMVQy7ss

those are great..."Im gonna take a dump in chewbaccas head!"
The Princess Leia is awesome.

voidofman

JonnyPistachio wrote:

those are great..."Im gonna take a dump in chewbaccas head!"
The Princess Leia is awesome.

Indeed, Ana Gasteyer is a funny woman. She does a good Celine Dion impression too.

But this was one of my favorite moments from Chris Farley's hosting return and monologue:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkqe1g ... ologue_fun

afroannnie

voidofman wrote:

Wow, that was pretty brutal.

At least these screen tests had some potential:

http://vimeo.com/29369746

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmigAcg7Y_k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzoMVQy7ss

I love those...

I would really like to see the Peter Mayhew audition tape though... :think:

BinauralJam

afroannnie wrote:

voidofman wrote:

Wow, that was pretty brutal.

At least these screen tests had some potential:

http://vimeo.com/29369746

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmigAcg7Y_k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzoMVQy7ss

I love those...

I would really like to see the Peter Mayhew audition tape though... :think:

I believe Lucas developed Chewy when he met Peter Mayhew