Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
Macgregor's uncle dennis lawson aka wedge antilles told him not to do the prequels because it would typecast him.
Macgregor's uncle dennis lawson aka wedge antilles told him not to do the prequels because it would typecast him.
Like Mark Hamill? Ewan McGregor was already a fairly well-known actor before appearing in the prequels, Mark Hamill wasn't. I think Mark Hamill was typecast because SW was his first major motion picture, and so most people only knew him as Luke. Ewan had done a bunch of films prior to the prequels, so there was less of a chance of people only associating him with young Obi-Wan.