Ewan McGregor played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the divisive Star Wars prequels, but who else was considered for the famous role? It`s been revealed that actor Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love, The Handmaid`s Tale) was close to getting the role before he was passed over for something of a strange reason.Joseph Fiennes told TheWrap that, after considering a number of actors, the list of candidates for Obi-Wan was whittled down to himself and one of his Guildhall School of Music and Drama classmates: McGregor. Fiennes auditioned in front of George Lucas and casting director Robin Gurland, and apparently it went well, at least up until that point. Fiennes in The Handmaid`s TaleAfter auditioning, Fiennes met with `somebody`s daughter,` the report said, a person who Fiennes said was a `lovely, delightful` child who might have only been five years old. But this young girl didn`t approve of Fiennes, apparently. This person`s daughter said, ``I don`t like this guy. He`s weird. I don`t like him.` And that`s how my audition went.`The Wrap originally reported that it was Lucas` daughter who said this, but the site has since clarified that it was not her, but instead someone else who has not been named. Lucasfilm is now making character-specific Star Wars movies, starting with the Han Solo film in 2018. McGregor says Obi-Wan is deserving of his own film--or two--but no announcements have been made.The next Star Wars movie is this December`s The Last Jedi. Some images of the film`s new characters, played by Laura Dern and Benicio del Toro, have been released--you can see them here.
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