While many modern audiences know him best for his dignified performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars: A New Hope," Alec Guinness had a long and successful career on stage and screen decades before taking up residence in the deserts of Tatooine.
During his celebrated career as one of Britain's best-loved actors, Guinness won awards and received a knighthood, but it was George Lucas' space opera that made him a very rich man. The actor was famously dismissive of the film and his role as Obi-Wan. In his letters published in Piers Paul Read's "Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography" (via...
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During his celebrated career as one of Britain's best-loved actors, Guinness won awards and received a knighthood, but it was George Lucas' space opera that made him a very rich man. The actor was famously dismissive of the film and his role as Obi-Wan. In his letters published in Piers Paul Read's "Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography" (via...
The post The Classic Heist Comedy That Gave The Original Obi-Wan Kenobi His First Oscar Nomination appeared first on /Film.
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