Boba Fett actor looks back on 30 years of Star Wars’ ‘Empire Strikes Back’
It’s been almost 30 years since The Empire Strikes Back made its debut, but for Jeremy Bulloch, better known as bounty hunter Boba Fett in the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, it never gets old.
Rarely a day goes by without someone wanting to talk to the 65-year-old actor about his most famous role. Which is even more impressive considering that, without the iconic Boba Fett mask, he wouldn’t exactly stand out in a crowd.
But at a packed comic convention he is royalty, the man behind one of the most-loved characters in the Star Wars canon and a particular favourite of series’ diehards. Their neverending adoration makes him proudly embrace his place in sci-fi history and talking to Star Wars geeks never gets old, he said in a recent interview.
“I’m not one of those people who says, ‘Look, I’ve moved on, I’m now doing Shakespeare, I’m playing King Lear at the Royal Court (in London).’ I’m very proud to have been a part of Star Wars, I’m very proud to have been playing Boba Fett,” he said.
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It’s been almost 30 years since The Empire Strikes Back made its debut, but for Jeremy Bulloch, better known as bounty hunter Boba Fett in the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, it never gets old.
Rarely a day goes by without someone wanting to talk to the 65-year-old actor about his most famous role. Which is even more impressive considering that, without the iconic Boba Fett mask, he wouldn’t exactly stand out in a crowd.
But at a packed comic convention he is royalty, the man behind one of the most-loved characters in the Star Wars canon and a particular favourite of series’ diehards. Their neverending adoration makes him proudly embrace his place in sci-fi history and talking to Star Wars geeks never gets old, he said in a recent interview.
“I’m not one of those people who says, ‘Look, I’ve moved on, I’m now doing Shakespeare, I’m playing King Lear at the Royal Court (in London).’ I’m very proud to have been a part of Star Wars, I’m very proud to have been playing Boba Fett,” he said.
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