Mark Hamill on continuing to work at 73: `I should be wandering the beaches`

Veteran Hollywood actor Mark Hamill, who gained the spotlight for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film franchise, says he didn’t expect to be so sought-after at this stage of his career.

The actor, 73,  told in an interview, “I certainly didn’t expect to have this sudden burst of life so late in the game. I should be spending time wandering the beaches with a metal detector. I can’t explain why, all of a sudden, I have five features this year.”

Hamill considers his role in The Fall of the House of Usher, the 2023 horror series, to be a turning point in his career. He said, “There was a point about five years ago where I thought that it’s not easy getting older, and it’s even harder when you’re doing it on camera. So, I thought that I’ve had enough on-camera. I’m going to continue working but in voiceover only. Then Mike Flanagan and his producer, Trevor Macy, contacted me to do The Fall of the House of Usher. I was playing the family lawyer to a really evil family — a soulless, evil guy. And I loved it. It was minimalist. It was unlike anything I had ever done, and it sort of rekindled my satisfaction of doing things on camera.”

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