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Video: Famous actors that no one knows by sight: Chewbacca, Alf and others
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Many of these wonderful artists have gained worldwide popularity and have earned the love of the audience. Their characters are sometimes even better known than the famous lover heroes. However, these stars walk the streets calmly - they are not asked for autographs and are not recognized in transport, because their faces remain hidden in the frame.
Alf
The self-confident and charming alien was invented and created by the American actor and producer Paul Fusco. As a real creator, he most often controlled his doll himself. Paul also gave Alpha his voice, so we can say that he is the "real Alpha". However, Paul is a man of normal height, so in those shots where the fur doll runs and walks, the dwarf actor Mihai Mesaros climbed into him. This wonderful artist has worked in the circus for most of his life, but viewers have seen him in several more films and TV shows.
Unknown stars of "Star Wars"
Actors of small stature are sometimes a real salvation when you need to reincarnate into creatures with unusual dimensions. Today the computer comes to the rescue when filming hobbits and gnomes, but earlier everything was for real.
Actor and comedian Kenny Baker made a truly stellar take on the role of the R2-D2 robot in the Star Wars franchise. His script friend C-3PO also became incredibly popular, although the actor Anthony Daniels was also not recognized on the streets. Interestingly, off-set cinematic robots didn't actually have a relationship. This did not stop them, however, from acting in seven tapes. In fact, these roles were an ordeal for the actors: the costumes were quite difficult to "manage", and shooting in Tunisia turned into a real torture in the heat. Kenny recalled this: And Anthony-C-3PO was even injured on the court:
And for the incarnation of the alien Chewbacca, the problem was the opposite - a giant was required. Therefore, the non-professional actor Peter Mehue got this role without auditions, he just got up from the chair, and was immediately approved - it is not often on the streets to meet a person 221 cm tall. The former paramedic was dressed in a suit knitted from the wool of angora goats, and was also sent to shooting in hot countries. When asked what it was like, he compared his condition to eating in the microwave. By the way, the voice that Chewbacca speaks is a mixture of the cries of various animals: a bear, a lion, a tiger and a walrus.
The giants are advancing
Several other actors, whose roles are much more famous than themselves, were chosen mainly because of their tall stature. When the members of the crew of the new film "Alien" saw the strange figure of Bolagi Badejo in the bar, the question with the actor for the role of the "main monster" disappeared. The 2-meter and terribly thin young man with disproportionately long arms was perfect for this and managed to transform into a terrifying alien creature, wearing a unique costume.
Even today, despite the help of technology, sometimes real giants are required for filming. So, for example, Wun-Woon from Game of Thrones was "created" partially on a computer, but the actor Ian White, who played him, is a real giant himself - his height is 2 m 16 cm. The artist first wanted to get the role of Mountain in the series. however, as a result, he played several other fantastic characters - from the White Walkers to Wun-Woon.
Body parts
When many years ago, a student at the theater institute Christopher Hart moonlighted in a cemetery, hiring to dig graves, he probably did not even suspect that in this way he was preparing for a very infernal role. The Canadian actor and magician managed to create the character of the character not only without a face, but also without a body at all. "Pet" and assistant to the eccentric Addams family - "The Thing" turned out to be a stellar role for him. I must say that Christopher played this role in the TV series of the 90s, and in general, in the entire history of "The Family" of the "childhood friend" Gomez, who lives in a box, five different actors have played.
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