Mark Hamill Says He Was Turned Down for "Amadeus "Role Because Director Didn't Want 'Luke Skywalker' in the Movie Angela AndaloroSeptember 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM 0 Robin Platzer/Images/Getty Mark Hamill in 1984 Mark Hamill began his rise to fame before his breakout role in Star Wars As the actor contin...
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Angela AndaloroSeptember 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Mark Hamill began his rise to fame before his breakout role in Star Wars
As the actor continued to explore his craft after the hit movie, he found that sometimes people couldn't picture him as anyone but Luke Skywalker
Hamill tells The Hollywood Reporter about a particular time his role of Skywalker loomed over another potential role
Mark Hamill is revered by Star Wars fans, but the role has presented issues elsewhere in his career.
The actor, 73, recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter and recalled how his time as Luke Skywalker held him back from the 1984 film Amadeus.
"Milos Forman asked me to read [opposite] actresses [to cast them] for the film version of Amadeus. I said, 'Milos, I played Amadeus on Broadway and in the national tour, and I was wondering if there was a chance you'd consider me for the part,' " Hamill recalls.
"And he laughed. 'No, no, no, because no one is to be believing that the Luke Spacewalker is the Mozart!' "
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Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
While he understood the logic, Hamill admitted, "It was disappointing."
"But everyone has their own trajectory. I had my challenges, and other people have different challenges," he continued.
"I don't have to be a leading man. I'm happy just to be a working stiff, and that's what I was for the longest time. All I wanted to do when I started out was make a living doing what I love to do. I didn't want to be Tom Cruise. And, by those standards, I succeeded far beyond my expectations."
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Elsewhere in the interview, Hamill talked about the best advice he's received in his career, and how it's served him through different periods of it.
"Believe in yourself. Work hard. Never give up. And it will happen for you. Or kick back, lay low and you'll never be disappointed," he says.
"You have to have a certain confidence in yourself, because when you become an actor, you're in for a lifetime of rejection. Not because you're bad or untalented, but because the odds are that you're not right for a role. I compare it to spinning a roulette wheel. If you spin that roulette wheel enough times, eventually you'll hit your number."
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