georgec said:
This is as close as I've seen one of the principal actors come to criticizing the prequels.
I love that interview, one of my favourites.
"Look at the moons!!"
Ewan is a great guy, you should see his interviews with Craig Ferguson, the two grew up together in Scotland and it makes for some of the best talk-show material I've ever seen.
w_c: No idea on that. I know McCallum had a heavier role in the EpIII casting and making sure actors had rehearsal time and so forth, but the strength of any and all roles resided on the script written by George, so it's not really clear what impact casting directors would have had. I mean, Episode I had one of the best casts of 1999, which was a breakthrough year in the movies, and the film sucked in terms of acting, so casting doesn't mean squat when Lucas is the last word. But I do think they put more emphasis on performance for Episode III, and I get the impression that Rick McCallum was the one that was pushing for that.