Anthony Daniels on being “REJECTED" by Star Wars + Carrie Fisher in The Rise of Skywalker.

[@BenLaurence]

Great interview with the golden rod himself. It’s kinda sad they never really gave him credit until years later. I definitely agree about Leia in Rouge One. I said they same thing, everyone knew it was her from the back!

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks, Ben. And yeah I agree with you both on that 😜 Although I’m still pleased for Ingvild who got the part as ‘Leia’

[@RstewDstew]

Daniels is a well documented egotistical nightmare. He treated Kenny like garbage and sees himself as a legend in his own lifetime, instead of a skinny man who's worn a plastic costume to play make-believe all these years. He needs to get over himself.

[@ConkerKing]

I met Kenny at comicon NEC once (with his family at a cafe outside the event).. Lovely bloke, not least because i was conscious of just how horrible his co-star had been to him. Daniels is an overrated prima donna who should shut up and have some appreciation of just how lucky he has been.

[@e.l.norton]

Oh, look....it's the internet...

[@ManvasPachenko]

@@e.l.norton WTF is that comment supposed to mean?

[@e.l.norton]

@ManvasPachenko Figure it out.

[@ManvasPachenko]

@@ConkerKing I saw that UK show years ago *Just Lee Collins: Bring back Star Wars.* Where this comedian (Collins) meets with members of the cast to ask them to a reunion. When he spoke to Kenny Baker, Kenny said he would up for it, but only if Anthony Daniels wasn't going to be there. He spoke about the way Daniels treated him. Even saying that he didn't offer him any condolonces when all of the of the other cast had, on the passing of his wife. My friend who met him, called him *"a pompus pr@ck"* and *"a legend in his own mind"*

[@andydporter5136]

Daniels and Stangroom should do a live stage show of their interviews (and bring it to the Adelaide Fringe, so I can see it). Their hilarious, clever and endearing banter is wonderfully engaging.

[@DanielRieger]

8:25 "You haven't mentioned my book for several minutes now" I love his humor

[@TheGeeknd]

I could actually make a 20 minute cut of AD mentioning his bloody book ;-)

[@rovhalt6650]

He's not joking though. He's an actual egocentrist.

[@Stiffkittens01]

despise his ego more like

[@ezzahhh]

Oh yeah "humor" sure

[@Della624]

Let's put this into perspective. Harrison, Mark & Carrie were the stars. Chewbacca, as with R2D2, C3PO and Wicket, were the secondary characters who LATER ON became central because of the FANS, not because of the storyline. Also Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker were treated exactly the same way as Anthony Daniels and yet not a twitter about their disgruntlement, if indeed they had any, because I IMAGINE THEIR egos weren't so inflated as to demand the same treatment as the stars of the film. I laugh each time Anthony Daniels would say he fought for C3PO, not for himself. Pahleeease! Another bit of perspective. R2D2 was a far more important CHARACTER than C3PO because he had a vitally important message that needed to be delivered to set everything in motion. Anthony Daniels has admitted his beef with Kenny Baker stemmed from Kenny Baker wanting to inject his own personality onto a scene and not stick to the script. Excuse me? Script? R2D2 had a script? With words? Seriously? Lastly, having said all that, I could be biased because of Anthony Daniel's unforgiving infamous disgusting treatment of Kenny Baker. All in all, all I see is a pompous, self-important, arrogant, insecure, jealous pr*ck who will only play nice if he gets what he wants when he demands it or when he's pimping a book. You don't have to say much to Anthony Daniels to get a good ten minutes of him blabbing on about his self-important self. He just loves every minute of every spotlight no mater how big or small, just so long as it's on him. The epitome of shallow Hollywood. Well, now that I have that off my chest perhaps I might find Anthony Daniels a bit more tolerable to watch in future......................... I won't be holding my breath on that bit of hope

[@johnnyw525]

No, let's put your bizarro rant into perspective. Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew and David Prowse didn't have any lines! They were MUTE performers in special effects outfits. And Baker and Prowse DID complain about how they were treated on Star Wars. It's insane that you compare people without lines with what Daniels did. I'm not saying mime performers aren't real artists, but seriously... what could Kenny Baker do? He was so restricted. Bang his body against the inside of the trash can and whirl the dome. Even Mayhew couldn't do that much in his costume, and he was told from the outset that his role was of a MIME only, so he knew he wasn't going to get much recognition. Daniels was a serious actor who was hired for a central role. He brought his character to life with a memorable performance, and he was treated like a special effect. Literally like the creation of a special effects team. Yes, C-3P0 wasn't the star of the movie, but he was easily as important as Lando. Except he wasn't invited to any of the events. He was played by other people in his costume. Yet it was his specific body movements. His specific voice. That brought that character to life. That made him memorable. It's literally like having a "Gollum" character appear at promotional events played by someone other than Andy Serkis (if Rings had been made before CGI). These days actors like Serkis and Peter Jackson have fought hard to give performers recognition, even if they are hidden behind special effects. They even went so far as to lobby to get him an Academy Award to try and change this perception. Go listen to an interview with Serkis where he talks about the importance of saying "performance capture" instead of "motion capture". Daniels was a victim of old Hollywood thinking, and I completely understand why he felt annoyed at being compared to someone banging around inside a trash can. Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford would have felt exactly the same.

[@e.l.norton]

​@@johnnyw525You can't speak logic to loons. As you accurately point out, Daniels was an ACTOR giving an actual full performance in the movies. He wasn't simply a mannequin for a plastic suit. He was a fully-featured, speaking character. Big difference between that and fitting into a garbage can to rock it around. But, logic eludes the smooth-brained.

[@peelben]

Daniels has a big ego but the reality is that the first movie is largely told from the perspective of the droids. This gets forgotten as they gradually get pushed to the side. As far as screen time and lines go, C3Po is one of the main characters of the original film. I saw it in the cinema when it was released, I can tell you that's how we saw it. For the last 6 films he's mostly decoration.

[@LopMomm]

He definitely added something to episodes v and vi too. I loved his panicking and sucking up to jabba and his bedtime stories for ewoks

[@allsorts-]

"I actually had the biggest part in the film." What a tit.

[@trevorrandom]

'C3-P0 & R2-D2 are the glue that hold Star Wars together' no wonder Disney Star Wars is such a mess...

[@TheGeeknd]

I can see why JJ would say this though. Although they were barely used in TFA & TLJ.

[@bagelj]

They ruined a perfectly good opportunity to end the Star Wars saga with C3P0 as the one telling everyone's legacy, because he was the interpreter turned storyteller.

[@wretch1]

Practically only ever played C3P0. Such a snob as well.

[@Hotchpotchsoup]

He's got such a neat, gentle and almost delicate voice! Great actor and awesome person! I wish him all the joy in the world! ^^

[@TheGeeknd]

He’s definitely all of those things. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@tikvision]

He is a asshole

[@bikerscout7467]

Excellent interview with the Golden one! A really fascinating insight into Anthony's early experience with the original Star Wars movies and the press tours (or lack thereof). I was lucky to meet him very briefly at his book signing last month. The book is just as fascinating!

[@TheGeeknd]

Yeah I agree - I highly recommend the book for all Star Wars fans 👍🏻 The being left off the poster thing really surprised me.

[@Ma55ey]

if JJ Abrams wrote the forward to my book, I think I'd throw it in the bin...

[@tulinfirenze1990]

That was my thought too.

[@KingSidJames]

I'm surprised Abrams managed to finish writing the intro!

[@Ma55ey]

@@KingSidJames lol it was probably copied from another into aswell lol

[@KingSidJames]

@ from an idea by Steven Spielberg.

[@JasonInMelbourne]

Maaaate! You've done it again. Superb interview. And I agree with other commenters that it's one of your best with one of the best of Star Wars. Going to listen to the podcast now...

[@TheGeeknd]

Cheers, Jason. Happy new year to ya.

[@Weneedcarlsaganback]

Thank you Jamie. As always, you bring the best of stuffs! Never stop!

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks man. No plans to stop just yet ✌🏻

[@arkadybron1994]

So he walked out on 2001 because it was boring, but knows what happened in scenes near the end of the film and everyone should go and see it because it's terrifying. Ever time this guy speaks, it's all about ego projection and self agrandissement.

[@jamesgraham814]

He said he saw it again when he was old enough to appreciate it.

[@arkadybron1994]

@@jamesgraham814 Well Ok, then I missed that, and it negates the comment I made about him seeing scenes near the end of the film. But everything else that I said still stands.

[@CptChandler]

Wonderful interview, very natural conversation.

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks dude! AD made it a very easy conversation.

[@JamesCarmichael]

Tony did some very impressive TV work over the years. He played Legolas in the animated Lord of the Rings too.

[@TheGeeknd]

Cool, I never realised he was Legolas!

[@AldenDiaz]

Excellent work, man! This is my favorite interview he’s ever done.

[@TheGeeknd]

Cheers, Alden 👍🏻 AD was on good form

[@BKMakes]

LEGEND!! LOL, Killer start to the interview Jamie. "...It is a book I've not stopped reading - Really? - Yeah, well mostly because I'm lonely and have no friends..."

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks dude :-) I enjoyed spending time with Anthony, he's good fun.

[@Stiffkittens01]

Daniels is utterly insufferable. He thinks so highly of himself & so low of others Not the most Original title for the book either - he should give thanks to the late great Leonard Nimoy in it

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Haha - I got the reference too.

[@simonfarrell6585]

Really enjoyed listening to this Jamie whilst painting props, many thanks

[@jamieah152]

Great interview! Always I strafing to listen too

[@TheGeeknd]

Cheers, Jamie 👍🏻

[@ascetic3312]

Thanks, Jamie!

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks for watching :-)

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Jamie! Thanks, Anthony! 🌠 #ILoveStarWars I'll be thinking of *both* of you tonight as I'm in the cinema for 2 screenings of THE RISE OF SKYWALKER.

[@TheGeeknd]

Hope you like it!

[@TheGeeknd]

I’m going on Saturday

[@auntvesuvi3872]

I had a blast during both screenings... and the crowd was highly reactive and expressive (which also made it extra fun). 😊 If you enjoy it even half as much as I did, you'll be sittin' pretty.

[@DivineGraceQueen]

I have never heard anybody that I personally know who ever worked with him say something positive. I gather that he wants to be treated like Olivier. Sadly, he's a Muppet, except hand puppets have more nuance. He is a costume. That's all. He can hardly move in it! Anybody with a gift of mimic could have done his job after Episode IV. I don't why they all put up with him.. Waddling around in a tin man costume for half a century isn't oncology, queen.

[@bardicdad]

Thank you for hosting this excellent interview. The interview with Anthony Carboni was really awful, and I think Anthony Daniels was annoyed by him. It wound up turning into Anthony Daniels interviewing Anthony Daniels, which was great by itself. It was nice to hear a perspective that I have not heard before, and a good interviewer pulls that out after doing his homework. Well done. For the record, you should be hosting The Star Wars Show instead of Carboni. Responding to Anthony, I think as a kid there was something magical about seeing C-3PO in random things like Sesame Street and Muppets instead of seeing Anthony Daniels out of costume. I'm glad he stuck with it, even after being somewhat ignored in TFA and TLJ. "Taking one last look at my friends" . . . that line seems to be directed towards his fans that have followed C-3PO's story, instead of the characters around him. We heard the message. I haven't seen the show yet, so please no spoilers.

[@TheGeeknd]

Just catching up on comments. Glad you enjoyed the interview. Anthony made my job easy to be honest, he's a great interviewee - fun, interesting and generous.

[@Josh-we9xv]

I like C3P0 but omg is Anthony Daniels up himself 🙄 you're not remotely close to being the biggest part of the 1st star wars. Luke clocks in at 46 minutes and 32 seconds. Well over 20 minutes more. Even R2D2 has more screen time! Get over yourself. Even most the actors have said at points how they found you pretentious.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

George Lucas' first idea of star war was told from the prospective of the two droids. But for the ordinance to get invested into the characters the actor must be invested them first, in fact many actors dont break their character until the film has rapped. This is known as method acting and was the same technique Heath Ledger used when playing the Joke and they say he had trouble letting go after and this could be one of the reasons about his death.

[@Josh-we9xv]

@b00ts4ndc4ts there is a difference between method acting and having a self inflated ego. Plus treating your fellow actors like they were beneath you.

[@Dinvadbhatmarathi98]

The movie picks up on the interaction of han solo and princess Leia not c3po they should have hired Charles Hawtrey he would be a perfect C3po

[@mattdawg83686]

Who are we introduced to first in Episode IV? I rest my case.

[@Dinvadbhatmarathi98]

@@mattdawg83686the crawling credits followed by the pursuit of the diplomatic ship my the star destroyer

[@TheSuperQuail]

Bless my circuits, another great interview, sir. I'm curious, did Anthony at any point refer to you as an 'overgrown mophead'? ;)

[@TheGeeknd]

Haha, not exactly those words but there were a few hair comments made which you might hear in future clips

[@TheGeeknd]

Now you mention it, it’s disappointing that he didn’t use those exact words!

[@A.I.Friends]

It took several years of Disney destroying the franchise to really make be appreciate the character of C3PO. He is now one of my favorite characters.

[@lilred5515]

He seems like such a charming lovely man. I can see why I always felt a genuine friendliness from 3po even when he was annoyed with r2d2!

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks for watching dude!

[@tikvision]

He is not

[@darthmong7196]

Appearances can be deceptive

[@lilred5515]

@@tikvision well now I'm curious

[@skywalkersounds7020]

Great interview Jamie! 😀

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks dude 👍🏻 I enjoyed doing it.

[@nigelfollows6716]

I met Anthony (along with Kenny, Dave and Peter and other supporting players) back in the 90's before Episode 1 came out. All great experiences but Anthony was signing alone on a different day whereas all the others were together at big events. It was a different meeting than the others as he was quite hurried and mithered with it all to a degree, much like C-3PO gets annoyed with R2-D2, so Anthony it seemed, gets annoyed with people quite easily. I always loved R2-D2 & C-3PO together but I felt Anthony was at his best when directed in his costume with a script to stick to.

[@prpwnage9296]

He can’t understand that because his face isn’t seen the people don’t recognise him. I’m sure he would have been welcome in the suit.

[@darthmong7196]

5:16 and don't forget it Anthony

[@ia5662]

Great interview as always, very professional with great questions, but I'm still not a fan of Daniels as a person. He's very smarmy, whiny and not humble whatsoever. His arrogance is legendary and he treated Kenny Baker really poorly, which is unfortunate. A great and iconic character, glad he got his due in Ep. 9, but not a very nice man though he tries to appear that way. Maybe he's changed since Kenny's passing...

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks Ian, mate 👍🏻

[@gippy101]

Thanks for sharing!

[@TheGeeknd]

You're welcome dude! (Catching up on comments by the way)

[@zakattack8624]

I love Anthony Daniels personality. I need to get his book. His part in the new film was good :) I don't want to say more, but let's just say... . . . . He grew out of his shell. Haha. Odd way of phrasing it.

[@TheGeeknd]

Now I've seen it I can comment. He did indeed come out of that gold plated shell of his.

[@zakattack8624]

@@TheGeeknd oh yes :) if you look closely in the scenes of the Millennium Falcon, you'll see a familiar face, haha.

[@LouiseBergh]

This is just awesome!!!

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks 😊

[@mralanr6566]

Enjoyed this, thanks

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks for watching :-)

[@lostabroadmexico7697]

Great interview

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@GrandPrixDecals]

Tony’s great, always has something new to say.

[@stinkymikecomedy]

Thanks for sharing

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks for watching, Stinky!

[@tnowak]

I bet he snitched on David Prowse

[@TC2020-w8u]

Hope you brought an overnight bag? Dont get him too excited😂

[@LouiseBergh]

I wish I could get an autograph from him

[@TheGeeknd]

Sure you can one day. He pops up at lots of events.

[@LouiseBergh]

@@TheGeeknd Do you know if he will come to Sweden soon?

[@TheGeeknd]

I don't unfortunately, I guess with the current situation people /conventions aren't making any big announcements yet but hopefully that will start to change later in 2021.

[@LouiseBergh]

@@TheGeeknd Yeah me too! By the way, merry christmas!

[@TheGeeknd]

@@LouiseBergh merry Christmas to you as well ☺️🎅

[@LouiseBergh]

He's brilliant

[@evancortez2]

It has been an honor to grow up with people like Anthony Daniels

[@TheGeeknd]

Thanks for watching, Evan ✌🏻

[@charleigh195]

Anthony has always seemed abit aggrieved about his career throughout the decades of Star Wars.You auditioned for the part you got the part it changed your life forever be happy buddy.Never hears Kenny Baker whinge about his part apart from laugh about it ,did Anthony whinge at the time?certainly not it was a great part for any jobbing actor.Shut up stop whining to sell your book and try get a part in a new major Hollywood production preferably not in a gold suit?

[@spaceknight793]

The SW script…. Anyone who read comic books regularly would “get it.” Outlandish on the level of your average Fantastic Four comic.

[@peterhagan8454]

voice liquid gold as legolas in lotr animated

[@doctornova3015]

so the hair is real then.

[@danielsant5244]

The lack of respect the interviewer treats the legend with, in an attempt to be ‘funny’, is bothersome

[@ianmeredith7969]

Sorry but delusional and so up himself. According to Kenny, he was horrid and looked down his nose at a fellow actor no less enshrouded in plastic. He played the part well and that should never be forgotten but I think the fact he is known for nothing else says much. Kenny in contrast is less known for Star Wars than the astonishing and far less simplistic cartoon good v evil adventure, namely Time Bandits. OK, Kenny may have had some issues himself, but his claims do kinda align to what we see. The guy is self agrandiousing far beyond reason and would be fine were it not that as part of that if Kenny was correct, he did this not merely manifest as painting himself as wonderful but by painting others as inferior. BUT! He speaks well. I like his work, but he has yet to convince me he is not everything his critics suggest. I hope one day he shall do so. I was genuinely pleased to see a recent interview where he more than briefly mentioned others that made his performance possible and many being off screen specialists. He made a huge point of doing so, albeit never mentioning Kenny. I also adored that he took pains to point out how much the stunt performers are core to such films and how he did what he could to get them recognised for academy awards. SO! My conclusion.. To Anthony, I think you can be a bit of a knob but I also think you have a really good heart (despite the evidence! Sorry had to add that but not wholly meant). Just stop being some kind of diva and no, you are neither Bassey nor Olivier. You did a good job shrouded in a tonne of plastic that denied you any visual expression that skilled actors rely upon, and yet imparted extraordinary expression into that character. I think that is often missed. That is genius and no average actor could have done that. The identical script could have resulted in something very difference with a lesser talent. The lack of a credit on the poster of the first film definitely sucks and maybe a tad why one woukd mow be pushy for recognition. You should rightly be proud, but I sense you also want to be perceived as 'class' and class is to dismiss achievement and let others protest at your modestly not be your biggest fan! Reign it in a bit dude and I will be the first to buy you a drink.

[@troublesomecorsair]

Typical...

[@TheGeeknd]

👀

[@BenVaserlan]

intolerable haircut.

[@historex54tamiya]

Kenny Baker summed Daniels up to a’T’. Never liked the bloke, far too much ego and looking down his nose!

[@gunnaryoung]

I mean he's right: 2001: A Space Odyssey _is_ boring.

[@TheGeeknd]

😂

[@dustybragg4011]

Gunnar Young I would have to disagree, it was not boring. It was, boring as hell.

[@williambaldwin9068]

snooze fest

[@TheGeeknd]

😂😂

[@nikolaki]

Before the Internet life was boring! Interplanetary space travel has got to be boring!

[@Dirty_Hamble]

I'd take Daniels over Hamill any day of the week.

[@MatthewPreston-el3cq]

I was bored enough to read that book. My goodness, he's insufferable.