Al Pacino recalls turning down role of Han Solo in ‘Star Wars’: “I gave Harrison Ford a career”
nme.comStar Wars.Speaking recently to Variety, the Oscar-winning actor said he was offered “so much money” to play the iconic smuggler, but passed up the opportunity after failing to understand the script.“Well, I turned down Star Wars.
When I first came up, I was the new kid on the block, you know what happens when you first become famous. It’s like, ‘Give it to Al.’ They’d give me Queen Elizabeth to play,” said Pacino.“They gave me a script called Star Wars.
They offered me so much money. I don’t understand it. I read it. So I said I couldn’t do it. I gave Harrison Ford a career,” he joked.Elsewhere in the interview, Pacino recalled one of the many injuries he sustained while filming Scarface.“You can’t imagine what it was like to be there,” he said of action-heavy shoots. “The smoke, everyday you have to put yourself in a trance.
One day, we’re shooting, fighting — ‘Say hello to my little friend’ — I shoot thirty rounds, I get hit, the gun goes down, and I’m supposed to be wounded.
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