Loading details…
Artist
Sir Alec Guinness
5+ albums
about
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an Academy Award-winning English actor. Known for many acting roles, most notably Star Wars as Star Wars portraying the jedi master Ben Obi Wan Kenobi Guinness' role as Obi Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, beginning in 1977, brought him worldwide recognition by a new generation. Guinness agreed to take the part on the condition that he would not have to do publicity to promote the film. He was also one of the few cast members who believed that the film would be a box office hit and negotiated a deal for two percent of the gross, which made him very wealthy in later life. His role would also result in a Golden Globe Nomination and Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Despite this, Guinness was never happy with being identified with the part, and expressed dismay at the fan following that the Star Wars trilogy attracted. In the DVD commentary of Star Wars: A New Hope, director George Lucas says that Guinness was not happy with the script re-write in which Obi Wan Kenobi is killed. However, Guinness stated in a 1999 interview that it was actually his idea to kill off Obi Wan, persuading Lucas that it would make him a stronger character. Lucas agreed to the idea, but Guinness confided in the interview, "What I didn't tell Lucas was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." He continued by saying that he "shrivelled up" every
top songs
1
Is This a Dagger Which I See Before Me, the Handle Toward My Hand? - from Macbeth
702If It Were Done When 'Tis Done, Then 'Twere Well It Were Done Quickly - from Macbeth
503Hang Out Our Banners on the Outward Walls - from Macbeth
404If It Were Done When 'Tis Done, Then 'Twere Well It Were Done Quickly (from Macbeth)
245Is This a Dagger Which I See Before Me, the Handle Toward My Hand (from Macbeth)
136Is This a Dagger Which I See Before Me, the Handle Toward My Hand? (from Macbeth)
97Hang Out Our Banners on the Outward Walls (from Macbeth)
28Oh Ask Me Not For Sportive Lays
19Peter and the Wolf: Introduction
110Peter and the Wolf: The Story Begins
1