Lucas was back-in-the-day infamous for his sole actorly direction of "faster and more intense." Do you think he graduated to "more wooden and less emotion?"
It just boggles that these actors can be "persuaded" to turn in the worst performances of their respective careers. I tend to think it's more to do with George's editorial direction (picking the worst stuff from all takes) rather than his on-set direction to the actors.
Who knows? I wish some of these actors would do tell-all interviews where they reveal how George Lucas coaxed the crappiest out of them.
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