DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Al Pacino Recalls Turning Down ‘Star Wars’ Role: “I Don’t Get It”

June 8, 2025
in News
Al Pacino Recalls Turning Down ‘Star Wars’ Role: “I Don’t Get It”
497
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Although Al Pacino could have made a hefty sum for a part in Star Wars, it turns out the producers made him an offer he could refuse.

After writing about turning down the role of Han Solo in his 2024 memoir Sonny Boy, the Oscar winner reflected on why he was reluctant to pursue what turned out to be a massive onscreen franchise.

“I said, ‘I think I’m in the mood to make Harrison Ford a career,’” Pacino joked to People, recalling a visit with Francis Ford Coppola at his and George Lucas‘ San Francisco-based production company headquarters for American Zoetrope.

“They were in the late-’60s making this. They were real idealists coming into the ’70s with great films all over the globe,” he explained. “So, it was a wonderful place that I actually saw, I went to the building and everything before I did Godfather with them.”

Pacino continued, “So I loved their work, but I was doing a show on Broadway at the time, and they handed me this script, and I thought, I don’t understand. [I thought], I must be out of space myself. But I looked at this thing and I sent it to Charlie Loughton, my friend and mentor, actually. I said, ‘What do you make of this?’ He was pretty wise and he said, ‘I don’t get it, Al. I dunno. I don’t get it.’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t either; what are we going to do? They offered me a fortune, but I don’t know. No, I can’t play something if I don’t speak the language.’”

After debuting as Han Solo in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, he returned for Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), before reprising the role more than 30 years later in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

The post Al Pacino Recalls Turning Down ‘Star Wars’ Role: “I Don’t Get It” appeared first on Deadline.

Tags: Al PacinoHarrison FordStar Wars
Share199Tweet124Share
Munich Oktoberfest on hold as police investigate fire
News

Munich police deployed after explosions, Oktoberfest back on

by Deutsche Welle
October 1, 2025

A fire at a detached house in northern  and explosions in the area set off a large emergency operation on ...

Read more
News

Government Site Blaming Shutdown on ‘Radical Left’ Sparks Furious Backlash

October 1, 2025
News

How a government shutdown will affect Social Security payments

October 1, 2025
News

Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

October 1, 2025
News

Essie Randles Boards Stan Mystery Drama ‘The Killings: Parrish Station’

October 1, 2025
Pope Leo Trashes Donald Trump’s Signature Policy

Pope Leo Trashes Donald Trump’s Signature Policy

October 1, 2025
Take a look inside Dolly Parton’s childhood home, a 2-room log cabin where she lived with her 11 siblings

Take a look inside Dolly Parton’s childhood home, a 2-room log cabin where she lived with her 11 siblings

October 1, 2025
More than a third of Arizona high schoolers are chronically absent

More than a third of Arizona high schoolers are chronically absent

October 1, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.