Sir Ben Kingsley Responds To Recent STAR WARS EPISODE VII Casting Rumors

Sir Ben Kingsley Responds To Recent STAR WARS EPISODE VII Casting Rumors

Last week, we heard rumours that Iron Man 3 and Ender's Game star Sir Ben Kingsley was being lined up for a major role in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars Episode VII. What does the man himself have to say about those? Well, you can find out right here!

By JoshWilding - Oct 08, 2013 09:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Total Film



Last week, there was a rumour doing the rounds that Sir Ben Kingsley had auditioned for a major role in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars Episode VII. Here's what he had to say when Total Film asked him about just that in a recent interview. "Oh, what a shame that I wasn't awake during the audition. It's passed me by entirely...I have no recollection of it whatsoever! I do apologise to the producers and director, but I'm afraid that I have no recall of this." It's a bit of a strange way to answer. You can tell he's just having fun, but you would normally expect a flat out denial; could it be that he's playing coy because he really will be in Star Wars Episode VII? It seems more likely that he's just making fun of a very silly report which somehow spread like wildfire!

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SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/8/2013, 10:04 AM
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 10/8/2013, 10:05 AM
My favorite role of Kingsley will always be Gandhi. He was a great "Mandarin" too.

Do you want an empty life, or a meaningful death?
lntrn8
lntrn8 - 10/8/2013, 10:05 AM
He will play a Jedi, but actually an actor pretending to be a Jedi.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/8/2013, 10:05 AM
One of the best actors out there, I hope he lands a role.
Reni
Reni - 10/8/2013, 10:06 AM
TWIST: He's not in it
McNyagano
McNyagano - 10/8/2013, 10:08 AM
Great actor. :)
Pheezmatic
Pheezmatic - 10/8/2013, 10:18 AM
@ Reasonnn You crazy?? His best role had to be in Sexy Beast.....such a ill movie.

...But yea Ghandi was great too. :P
KrazyForKomix
KrazyForKomix - 10/8/2013, 10:30 AM
Kingsley will play the "Emperor Palpatine," which in a twist, turns out to be a fired Storm Trooper who just needs the credits to get home. He working for . . . da da duuuhhhh . . . LEAH, who is the REAL power behind the throne.
IDKwhatToChoose
IDKwhatToChoose - 10/8/2013, 10:38 AM
He's still on the drugs they gave him to play Trevor in Iron Man 3
Moohika
Moohika - 10/8/2013, 11:11 AM
Is he going to pretend to be a sith in this movie only to have the real sith be someone else?
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 10/8/2013, 11:34 AM
Sneaky bastard. He should be in Star Wars though.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 10/8/2013, 11:39 AM
So we going to see a Sith scream out OLe OLE OLE OLE!!!





How bout no
Mike89
Mike89 - 10/8/2013, 3:40 PM
I wonder what the twist will be. Hes an actor playing a sith?
G
G - 10/8/2013, 4:02 PM
Yeah, they'll cast him as an evil, vicious Sith Lord, and then at the end of the movie, he'd act like a clown and reveal that he was just pretending to be.
RyKnow
RyKnow - 10/9/2013, 5:49 AM
He's probaly playing Darth Trevor Slattery who turns out to be a simple dust farmer from the outer rim.
RyKnow
RyKnow - 10/9/2013, 5:51 AM
Iron Man 3 = cop-out
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