Star Wars legend leaves ITV This Morning viewers distracted minutes into interview
This Morning viewers were left distracted by Star Wars legend Mark Hamill's appearance as he discussed his latest TV project.
The 73 year old actor, renowned for his portrayal of the iconic Luke Skywalker in the legendary sci-fi series, is now set to appear in the new film Life of Chuck alongside Tom Hiddleston, who plays the title character Chuck Krantz. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan also feature in supporting roles.
On Tuesday's (August 19) episode of the popular ITV chat show, hosts Sian Welby and Craig Doyle welcomed the actor to discuss his new project.
However, as anticipated, the conversation quickly veered towards Star Wars, with Mark confessing that he initially believed the film was a parody after receiving his script, reports the Mirror.
Craig highlighted, "When you went into that on the first read of that movie with Harrison Ford, you thought it was a parody of some sort of Sci-Fi movie."
Mark elaborated: "The thing is I didn't get the full script, I was going to do the screen test and there were only 8 pages and I was thinking 'who talks like this?' so I asked Harrison 'is this some sort of paradise?'
"Do you know what he said?" Mimicking Harrison's voice, he continued: "Hey kid, let's just get it done.' He was no help at all."
He added: "Harrison was the leading man to me, so I just assumed he was the leading character and I was his annoying psychic.
"Then I got the movie and they sent me the script and I realised 'oh my God it's from my point of view' which was really unusual to talk from a teenage point of view."
However, This Morning fans tuning in from home were captivated by Mark's looks rather than his words. They quickly flooded social media with their thoughts, heaping praise on the Hollywood legend.
One fan posted on X, previously Twitter: "Great guest Mark Hamill. #ThisMorning." Another gushed: "#ThisMorning he still looks good even now."
A third chimed in: "#This Morning was a great interview with Mark Hamill." A fourth viewer declared: "Mark Hamill. What a great guest #ThisMorning."
Meanwhile, someone else raved: "@MarkHamill is definitely a Hollywood legend and still looks handsome as ever #Thismorning."
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