Mark Hamill says his new movie The Lifetime of Chuck reminds him of It is A Fantastic Life.
The 73-year-old actor – most well-known for enjoying Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker within the Star Wars franchise – portrays Albie Krantz, the paternal grandfather of Tom Hiddleston’s titular protagonist Charles “Chuck” Krantz, an accountant who grows up loving dance.
Hamill says the fantasy drama – which tells the story of Chuck’s life in reverse concentrating on a very powerful moments – has loads in widespread with the acclaimed 1946 Christmas movie which stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a kind-hearted man who contemplates his life one Christmas Eve and is proven what the world would appear to be if he had by no means existed by his guardian angel Clarence Odbody.
Mark mentioned: “It jogs my memory of It is A Fantastic Life for our instances. Though it isn’t mimicking that movie, the impact of it’s. Once I noticed It is A Fantastic Life it simply warms your coronary heart.
“The way in which it teaches you that each second which may appear insignificant till, in relation, they’re a very powerful moments in your life. It is optimistic and the characters really do the precise issues for the precise causes, I do not suppose there’s any actual villains.”
Hamill says that director Mike Flanagan has included so many layers to the story and hidden messages in The Lifetime of Chuck that his spouse Marilou has watched the movie 5 instances and nonetheless is discovering new issues in it.
He shared: “My spouse noticed it 5 instances and she or he says she all the time will get one thing new.
“I’ve to admit I used to be within the movie and it wasn’t till the Toronto Movie Competition that I went, ‘Oh, I get that now.’ They do not lay it in your lap. It is one thing that folks will expertise by way of their very own lens, it is so relatable.”
When Hamill was contacted by Flanagan, 47, about enjoying Albie alongside “great actors” like Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara and Matthew Lillard amongst others he was informed the movie was primarily based on a Stephen King novella.
Because it was a King story, Mark was satisfied that he’d be appearing in a horror film and was completely stunned by the story for The Lifetime of Chuck.
In an interview on This Morning, he mentioned: “I used to be unprepared for it. When Mike referred to as and mentioned, ‘I’ve one thing for you in a brand new Stephen King novella,’ I am prepared for the epic supernatural horror movie … It is not like something he is ever completed.”