I must have seen The Empire Strikes Back several hundred times by now, and I only just noticed that the “your tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker” guy has a weird flesh-colored mustache. It’s not Ratzenberger, is it?
Yes, it’s him. Frink ought to sneak in the Cheers theme when he gets to that scene in TRSB. 😛
Apparently, NOT everyone knows his name. 😉
American actors could make a steady living in British films and tv when American characters were needed.
I may be mistaken, but I think the British acting-union rules are pretty strict. They’d rather employ British actors and have them do American accents that always sound like they’re in 1930s gangster films. 😛
Anyone see a track listing for the OT?
“complete with new artwork”
yeah, nice. what was wrong with the original art?
God, those are horribly boring covers. Yet another release of “Jedi Rocks” I presume. Oh, yay.
Maybe now, but in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s? American actors like William Sylvester appeared in everything from Gorgo to Devil Doll to 2001 A Space Odyssey, all British made films.
Gerry Anderson cast a lot of American blokes in everything from Thunderbrids to Space: 1999.
And you never noticed this guy keeps popping up in Bond movies? 😉
Mind you, I did see a Tomorrow People story from the '70’s with a whole lot of British actors doing terrible American accents. (Including a thinly veiled caricature of then President Jimmy Carter that makes Saturday Night Live’s depiction seem kind.) That every other American character was a walking stereotype was icing on the cake. 😉