UK Star Admits He Was Drunk During Star Wars Audition

Iconic English actor reveals why his Star Wars audition did not ‘go well’

UK star admits he was drunk during Star Wars audition

Ray Winstone has admitted he was 'p*****' and 'hungover' when he auditioned for a role in Star Wars, and he told George Lucas to 'have a 15-minute sleep'

UK star admits he was drunk during Star Wars audition - Birmingham Live

Ray Winstone has admitted he was 'p*****' and 'hungover' when he auditioned for a role in Star Wars, and he told George Lucas to 'have a 15-minute sleep'

Ray Winstone Says His Audition to Play Natalie Portman's Father in 'Star Wars' 'Didn't Go Well' Because He Was Drunk

"I’d been out all night, and I turned up, and I knew I was wrong for the part as soon as I walked in," Winstone said of his audition for the prequel films Tim P. Whitby/Getty; Lucasfilm/Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock From Left: Ray Winstone in October 2022; and Natalie Portman in 'Revenge of the Sith'NEED TO KNOWActor Ray Winstone said in a recent interview that he was drunk during his audition to play Natalie Portman's on-screen father in George Lucas'…

Marvel Actor Recalls Why He Failed Star Wars Audition Over 2 Decades Ago

Image credit: 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm Ltd. A veteran English actor, whose career spans over four decades and includes Marvel projects as well as Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg movies, recently revealed why he couldn’t portray the father of Natalie Portman‘s Padmé Amidala in Star Wars. Ray Winstone, 68, has played George “Mac” McHale in Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Arnold French in Scorsese’s The Depa…

Ray Winstone recalls his drunk Star Wars audition: ‘It didn’t go well’

Ray Winstone has recalled turning up drunk to audition for the role of Padme Amidala's father in Star Wars.