I am too, Mr Worf. And I never really thought of what Lando did as "selling out". Don't really know why, but I don't. I know what it's like to be backed into a corner on a sitch, having no option but to keep silent until the shoe falls.
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm glad that someone took time out to talk to Mr.Williams. He is one of > the few people that doesn't get mentioned much when they talk about star > wars stuff. Although Robot Chicken loves it when he does their show. > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM, brent wodehouse < > brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote: > >> >> http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/W/Williams_Billy_Dee/2010/04/23/13690026-qmi.html >> >> Artist: Williams, Billy Dee >> >> Lando a fave with 'Star Wars' fans >> >> By LISA WILTON - QMI Agency >> >> >> CALGARY - As far as Stars Wars characters go, Lando Calrissian is a >> relatively minor one. >> >> But he is also considered one of the more memorable characters, thanks to >> the cool-as-a-cucumber performance of Billy Dee Williams. >> >> The actor also has another theory as to why Lando is a favourite with Star >> Wars fans. >> >> "He was cute," the 73-year-old says with a laugh. >> >> "There was a roguish kind of thing about him that people liked." Sure, >> fans may have been slightly peeved when Lando stabbed hero Han Solo in the >> back, handing him over to intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fett in The >> Empire Strikes Back. >> >> But they couldn't stay mad at the handsome Rebel Alliance general for >> long. >> >> "I think I succeeded in making him a kind of palatable, likable character. >> A character needs a certain amount of vulnerability that people can relate >> to." >> >> Williams says he didn't realize the Star Wars films would have such a >> lasting influence on popular culture, although he knew right away he was >> working with a very talented director and cast. >> >> "I knew that with George Lucas I was working with someone very special," >> he recalls. "I was a little bit familiar with some of the work he had done >> before the Star Wars saga. But one never really knows how a film is going >> to turn out. When you're an actor, you're just happy to be working. And if >> you're working for people who have the kind of reputation that George >> Lucas has then you're very lucky." >> >> Williams, who's appearing this weekend at the Calgary Comic & >> Entertainment Expo, doesn't mind he regularly gets called upon to revive >> Lando Calrissian. >> >> "It's fun for me," he says. >> >> "At this point in my life, I'm just enjoying myself." >> >> lisa.wil...@sunmedia.ca >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! >> Groups Links >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
